2025 Juried Artists

Congratulations to the artists accepted into the 54th Annual Trail of Tears Art Show and thank you to all who entered. We are proud to have your work representing Native art, culture and tradition.

Category 1 – Basketry

Carol Wyatt – “From the Ashes”

Debra S. Keazer – “Indian Summer”

Debra S. Keazer – “Gar Scale Creations”

Desmond Ellsworth – “Grandma Treasure Baskets”

George Edward Goings Sr. – “Maple Basket”

Hattie Lee Mendoza – “Inner Light”

Holly Pyke – “Purple Curl Basket”

Holly Pyke – “Blue Strawberry”

Juan Ramos – “Cherokee Basket”

Kristy Owens – “Nature”

Kristy Owens – “Lily Rain”

Laney Cully – “Carry My Heart”

Laney Cully – “The Seven-Point Star”

Lisa Baker – “Sacred Fire”

Lydia Vann – “Cherokee Standard”

Lydia Vann – “Holy Grail”

Stephanie Stick – “Diversity”

Stephanie Stick – “Tradition”

Stephanie Pinkston – “Ribbon Dance”

Stephanie Pinkston – “A Deer’s Life”

Vicki Coppedge – “Living on Spring Creek”

Category 2 – Diverse Art Forms

Andrea Tidwell – “Legends of the Rez”

Andrea Savar – “Anidawi (Lost and Found) Bandolier Bag”

Bradley Terrapin – “Protector”

Bradley Terrapin – “Hunter”

Della BigHair-Stump – “A Crow Girls Gems”

Demos Glass – “Stylized Spear Point”

Donivan Riddle – “Roger Vann Tribute Peace Pipe”

Jamie Bennett – “The Path of the Strawberry”

Kindra Swafford – “ᎢᎦᏤᎵ i-ga-tse-li (Ours)”

Sarah (Seli) Stewart – “Shawl Dancer”

Sarah (Seli) Stewart – “Cherokee Woman”

Tiffany Simpson – “Rattling the Trail”

Tony A. Tiger – “Community Arbor: Mvskoke Fathers & Sons”

Category 3 – Drawing, Graphics & Mixed Media

Alicia Lewis – “Hands of Time”

Alicia Hilton – “A Legacy Woven in Love”

Billy Hensley – “Low Water”

Bryan Waytula – “The Grass Dancer”

Gregg Standridge – “Comanche Horses”

Jeremy Dylan Cavin – “No Sheriff Here: Sheriff Ledger 1886”

Karon Renae Crutchley – “Sky Dog”

Marina Staubus – “Swimming Turtle”

Mark Wolfe – “Aniyvwiya”

Regina Free – “Temu (Strut)”

Rhiannon Schubert – “Nez-Perce Native”

Robin Stockton – “Our Ancestors in the Hills & Winds”

Ronald Mitchell – “Earth’s Children”

Stephanie Bayles – “Gourd Village”

Tony A. Tiger – “Woven Memory”

Vivian Howerton – “For Those Before, With, & After Me”

Category 4 – Jewelry

Aleah Jones – “Westward”

Alica Wildcatt – “Cherokee Women: Our Roots & Flowers”

Amanda Rutland – “Stompdance Gorget”

Amanda Rutland – “Matriarch’s Legacy Set”

Amy Deer – “Rose Necklace”

Amy Deer – “Blessings Cuff”

Andrea Tidwell – “Cherokee Water Spider, Bringing the Fire”

Crystal Rae Wabnum – “NDN Armor: Protect, Resist & Build Like Wilma”

Demos Glass – “Stylized Scroll Gorget”

Irene Creek – “Everlasting”

Jennie Wilson – “Bat Plays Ball”

Jennie Wilson – “Feather Gorget”

Joseph Byrd – “ᎠᎦᎵᏍᎬ (Sunshine)”

Karen D. Sixkiller – “Corn Mother Gorget”

Kimberly Garcia – “The Rose”

Phyllis Sixkiller – “Cherokee Clay Bead Necklace”

Ronnie Morris – “Spiny Oyster Shell Necklace & Earrings”

Rube Bradley Starr – “Our Prehistoric Ancestors Through Modern Eyes”

Rube Bradley Starr – “Our Ancestors Cuff”

Tiffany Reiter – “Sunny Skies”

Tiffany Reiter – “Back to Nature”

Tyran Cartledge – “A Cautionary Tale”

Category 5 – Miniatures

Alisha Fletcher – “Ani”

Amber White – “The Strength of Syllabograms”

Andrea Tidwell – “Grandmother Turtle”

Bill Glass, Jr. – “Little Big Head”

Carolyn Swepston – “ᎤᏍᏗ ᏓᎦᏏ”

Debra S. Keazer – “Miniature Pine Needle Basket with Handle”

Diane Giddeon – “Kamama: Beauty Along the Trail”

Fawn Brown – “Kituwah Mound”

Harry Oosahwee – “Future Shell Shaker’s Delight”

Hattie Lee Mendoza – “Violet Winter”

Holly Pyke – “Basket of Pink Flowers”

Irene Creek – “A Gift”

Jeremy Dylan Cavin – “His Presence”

Joan Patterson – “Usdi Yona

Jon Tiger – “Journey Toward the Sunset”

Jon Tiger – “Song for the Homemakers”

Justyne Eden – “Tiny Twine”

Karon Renae Crutchley – “Feel the Ground”

Kayla Miller – “Coyote Magic”

Laney Cully – “Mini Storage Basket”

Linda Mccrary – “B is for Bison”

Lydia Vann – “Gathering Flowers”

Lynette Trotter – “Rabbit Rattle”

Maeve Hilgers – “Tsisdu’s Wish”

Margaret Wakefield – “Sacred Star Pony Searches the Fallen Snow II”

Mark Wolfe – “Stickball”

Michael Kyle Brown – “The Raven”

Pamela Bakke – “Peace & War”

Paula Hefley – “Small Crocheted Hand Bag”

Phyllis Jennings – “Line at the Buffet”

Regina Free – “In Flux”

Robin Stockton – “Stickball Animals”

Robin Leslie Coile – “A Warrior’s Trinket Box”

Ronald Mitchell – “Trail Walkers”

Samantha Meredith – “The Barber Talks”

Sequoyah Wildcat – “Horned Trickster”

Stan Charging – “Lil Thunder”

Stephanie Stick – “Band Together”

Tony A. Tiger – “Blue Deer”

Vivian Cottrell – “Miniature Basket with Lid”

Category 6 – Paintings

Amanda Lawson – “Issi (Deer)”

Amber DuBoise-Shepherd – “The World Walker, Mother Earth, Father Sky & The Star Beings”

Brian Lambert – “Selu”

Brooks Henson – “Old Friends”

Candace Shanholtzer – “Rabbit Stick”

Candace Shanholtzer – “Copper Pounce”

Chloe Davis – “Selu: The Tallest Sister”

Dean Wyatt – “Death Travels West”

Diana Stanfill – “Gvna’s Dance”

Diane Giddeon – “Cherokee Rose”

Genevieve Irwin – “Hesaketvmesē”

Gwen Ahlers – “Remembrance”

Harry Oosahwee – “The Birth of Turtle Island”

James Smith – “Illinois River, Cherokee County, OK”

Jennifer Hicks – “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue”

Jennifer Hicks – “Bejeweled”

Jeremy Thompson – “Roots”

Jerry Sutton – “ᎩᎳᎪᎨ Gilagoge (Spring)”

Jerry Sutton – “ᎢᏤᎢᏳᏍᏔᏗ ᏎᎷ Itseiyusdi Selu (Green Corn)”

Joan Patterson – “Wise Woman With Her Sisters & Brothers”

Jon Tiger – “No Time for Burial”

Kenny Henson – “A New Generation”

Kindra Swafford – “Ours Glitched”

Lee Anne Ghilain – “Super Deer”

Linda Mccrary – “The Three Sisters”

Lynette Trotter – “Rainbow Robes”

Mark Wolfe – “The Front Porch”

MaryBeth Timothy – “Only She Could Bring the Fire”

Michael Kyle Brown – “Don’t Cross Elisi”

Nicole Lopez – “A Shadow of What We Used to Be”

Paula Hefley – “Wow Pow Wow”

Robin Stockton – “Rabbit Plays Stickball”

Roy Boney – “ᏂᎦᏓ ᎫᏍᏗ ᏗᏓᏓᏛᏂ (We Are All Related)”

Roy Boney – “ᏥᏍᏚ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ (Rabbit Chief)”

Russel Smith – “Sky Weaver, Midnight Weeper”

Tyson Hudson – “Pisachubbe”

William Matthew – “Stick Warrior Spirits”

Category 7 – Photography & Digital Art

Anita Mitchell – “The Corn Woman”

Brenda Kay – “Bradford Finding Roots”

Cathy Thompson – “The Wolf Knocks”

Ja-Li-Si Bird Gladd – “ᏅᏱ ᎠᏅᏓᏗ ᎢᎾ ᏚᎾᏠᎯᎸ (The Stones Remember Where They Cried)”

Jacob Long – “Fair Warning”

Jeff Edwards – “ᏌᏊ ᎤᏍᏗ, ᏔᎵ ᎤᏍᏗ, ᏦᎢ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᎧᏖᎾ (One Little, Two Little, Three Little Uktena)”

Jenna Cook – “Tallchief”

Lisa Hudson – “Family Forward”

Lisa Hudson – “Beneath Us”

Lorna Mason – “Path of the Fox”

Roxanne Hudson – “Uktena”

Sheiyenne Seegmiller – “Silverado Caballo”

Z Long – “The Culling”

Category 8 – Pottery

Barbara Weaver – “Emotion in Motion”

Bill Glass, Jr. – “Men & Animals”

Crystal Hanna – “Blue Eyed Buffalo”

David Pruitt – “Ancient Symbols”

Genevieve Irwin – “Cakhetv”

Jessica Ann Mitchell-Gibson – “Goes with the Upflow”

Keith Anna – “Mesingw on Turtle Island”

Levi West – “Daughter of the Sun”

Lillie Vann – “Exposed”

Lillie Vann – “No Traps”

Maeve Hilgers – “Catfish Journey”

Nathan McAlister – “The Path of the Wyandot”

Tara McCoy – “Cherokee View”

Troy Jackson – “The Journey Forward”

Troy Jackson – “Cherokee Bowl”

Category 9 – Sculpture

Grant Morris – “I Want to Be a Hawk”

Harry Oosahwee – “Doxie”

Maeve Hilgers – “Water Spider Altar”

Regina Free – “Puskawo (Heron)”

Ross Earl Ridge – “Hollow Trail”

Ross Earl Ridge – “Mahli Chito

Scott Middleton – “Sacred Embrace”

Scott Middleton – “Rise”

Stan Charging – “Diamond Willow Rattler”

Category 10 – Textiles

Andrea Savar – “Denim Spider Jacket”

Caroline Glenn – “Ancient Colors: Representing Cherokee Cardinal Directions & People”

Della BigHair-Stump – “Pretty In Pink”

Jamie Bennett – “Radiant Journey”

Jennifer McAffrey – “We Survived”

Karen Berry – “Grackle Dance”

Karen Berry – “Hummingbird Bath”

Mary W. Thompson – “Noon Day Sun Jacket”

Merinda Adair – “ᏩᎵ ᎤᏥᎵ”

Patrick Knowles – “Saquu

Patrick Knowles – “Tali”

Paula Hefley – “Crossroads Ribbon Skirt”

Shaye Bread – “Business Ribbon Skirt”

Shaye Bread – “Poppy’s & Fire Color Ribbon Skirt”

Tonia Hogner-Weavel – “Wool Snake Vest”

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