Award Winners.

2023 EVENT REPORT BEST OF CLASS I: JEWELRY Lyndon Tsosie (Navajo), Untitled, silver sea turtle pendant with movable fl ippers, sterling stamped silver, inlay with coral, turquoise, lapis and Boulder opal, all hand-fabricated, 4½ x 3" CLASS IV: WOODEN PUEBLO FIGURATIVE CARVING & SCULPTURE Arthur Holmes Jr. (Hopi), Talavi Morning Katsina, root of cottonwood tree, fi ne wood burner, knives and oil paint, 18½ x 9½" CLASS IX: YOUTH Aydrian Day (HoChunk/Anishinaabe/ Lakota), Father's Love (Ate Iyocicila), Lakotastyle cradle board, size 11 true-cut sterling silver beads, 24-karat beads, smoked hide, brass sequins, pine and cotton, 24 x 9" BEST OF SHOW / BEST OF CLASS II: POTTERY Jennifer Tafoya (Santa Clara Pueblo), Caught by Surprise, etched black pot with dinosaurs, hand-dug Santa Clara Clay, coil method, stone polished, etched and then painted with hand-dug natural clay paint, 4¼ x 4¼" CLASS V: SCULPTURE Ryan Benally (Navajo), Dreamscapes of Love, calcite onyx, black Indian granite, hand-carved stone with electric and hand tools, 68 x 22 x 12" BEST OF CLASS III: PAINTING, DRAWING, GRAPHICS & PHOTOGRAPHY Dan HorseChief (Pawnee/Cherokee), Judgement Day Manifest, The Greasy Grass 1976 Keough's Stand, water-based oil on canvas, 24 x 36" CLASS VI: TEXTILES TahNibaa Naataanii (Navajo), Autumn Rose Carnival, Navajo shawl and purse, sheep wool with 26 aniline acid dyes in diff erent colors, 16½ x 62" CLASS XI: BASKETRY Carol Emarthle Douglas (Northern Arapaho/Seminole), Skywoman Watches, coiled basket, waxed linen, thread, hemp and beads, 7 x 9½ x 9½" NATIVE AMERICAN ART AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo), Tewa Tales of Suspense!. [Extracted from the article]