Several Indian artists were presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts on Wednesday.
Ramoncita Sandoval, an embroiderer from San Juan Pueblo; Ignacia Duran, a potter from Tesuque Pueblo; Dextra Quotskuyva, a Hopi potter; and Clara Sherman, a Navajo weaver were honored for their work. A ceremony took place in Santa Fe.
SWAIA also announced the winners of its Fellowship Award. They are: Jerry Ingram, a Choctaw/Cherokee beadworker and quilter; Carol Emarthle-Douglas, a Seminole/Northern Arapaho basket weaver; Gabriel Paloma, a potter from Zuni Pueblo; Irene Clark, a Navajo weaver, Kevin Pourier, an Oglala Lakota buffalo horn carver; and Olvera Monte, a Tohono O’odham basket weaver.
The fellowship award comes with a $3,000 grant.
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Honored Indian Artists Ponder Future of Their Culture
(The Albuquerque Journal 5/20)
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Indian artists honored for lifetime achievement
Thursday, May 20, 2004
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