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PARK HILL, OKLAHOMA – The Cherokee Heritage Center is pleased to announce a call for entries to the Tenth Annual Cherokee Homecoming Art Show and Sale. Thanks to the Oklahoma Arts Council and Cherokee Nation Enterprises, this show offers $5,000 in prize money. Participation in this show is limited to artists who have membership in a federally recognized Cherokee tribe (Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band, or Eastern Band of Cherokees).
The 10th Annual Cherokee Homecoming Art Show poster features last year’s grand prize winner "The Plants Became Allies", a bandolier bag by Martha Berry. 
“The Cherokee National Historical Society mission is to promote Cherokee cultural,” said Mickel Yantz, Cherokee National Museum curator. “This is our way of supporting the Cherokee artists and assuring buyers they are receiving authentic Cherokee artwork in regulations with the federal Indian Arts Act.”
The art show categories are divided into two divisions, Traditional and Contemporary. Traditional is used to describe arts performed prior to European contact.
Divisions and categories for the show include: Traditional Division - 1. Traditional Basketry, 2. Jewelry and Beading, 3. Traditional Pottery, 4. Traditional Arts; Contemporary Division – 5. Visual Arts (Painting and Graphics), 6. Contemporary
Sculpture, 7. Contemporary Pottery, 8. Contemporary Basketry and 9. Textiles.
The Tenth Annual Cherokee Homecoming Art Show opens to the public October 8, 2005 at 10:00 a.m., followed by an awards presentation at noon to recognize all participating artists. The show will be on display through November 14.
“We have art buyers and scholars who travel from around the country to see and buy the artwork in our show,” said Yantz. “Last year we had reviews in national publications that gave wonderful press to the local artists.”
The Cherokee Heritage Center must receive all artwork by 2:00 p.m., September 24. For more information or a registration package, call 918-456-6007 or e-mail Mickel Yantz.
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Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org
Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager |
Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org
Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation |