Winners of the 2023 Indian Fair & Market Juried Competition

Best of Classification — I Jewelry and Lapidary Work
First Place — Division J, Bolos
Denise Wallace (Aleut) “My Brother, The Seal”

 

 

Best of Classification — II Pottery
First Place — Division B, Unpainted, polished, no external design, includes ribbed (melon) or undecorated forms, native clay, hand built, fired out-of-doors
Jared Tso (Navajo), Red and White Rippled Jar

 

Best of Classification — III 2-Dimensional Art
First Place — Division E, Photography
Idyllwild Arts Imagination Award
Eugene Tapahe (Navajo), “Strength and Dignity”

 

Best of Classification — IV Pueblo Carvings
First Place — Division B, Contemporary Carved Figures, including sculpture (Hopi/Zuni)
Arthur Holmes, Jr. (Hopi), “Coming Together As One–Mud Head & Tuhuve (paralyzed)”

 

 

Best of Classification — V Sculpture
First Place — Division C, Other media
Leon Misak Kinneeveauk (Inupiaq), “Wind of the Arctic”

 

Best of Classification — VI Weavings and Textiles
F
irst Place — Division B, Contemporary Style Weavings
Phil Singer (Dine), “Pure Chaos”

 

Best of Classification — VII Diverse Art Forms
Innovation Award
Victoria Adams (Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho), “Carries the Fire”

 

Best of Classification — VIII Baskets
First Place — Division A, Natural fibers and cultural forms
Don Johnston (Qagan Tayagungin), “Hunting Seal”

 

Best of Show, Best of Classification, and First Place — IX Open Standards
Raynard Scott (Navajo), “Dinetah-Poly”

 

Conrad House Innovation Award
Mark Taho (Hopi/Dine), “Blessings”

 

Indian Arts & Crafts Association Commemorative Award
Adrian Pinnecoose (Navajo/Southern Ute), “Celestial Beauty”