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Arkansas Appliqué, By Jane Osti

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – The Cherokee Nation’s newest living treasure, artist Jane Osti, is having a winning year all-round. Osti, of Tahlequah, received the Living Treasure designation at the Cherokee Nation's 2005 annual holiday celebration and is now the grand prize recipient of the Cherokee Heritage Center’s 10th Annual Cherokee Homecoming Art Show for her contemporary pottery entitled "Arkansas Appliqué."

Winners of the Tenth Annual Cherokee Homecoming Art Show and Sale were announced at a 12 p.m. awards ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Cherokee Heritage Center. Sponsored by Cherokee Nation Enterprises, the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, 49 artists from across the nation competed in various categories for more than $5,000 in cash awards.

"I would like to thank the Cherokee Heritage Center for this award, and I appreciate their support of Cherokee artists," said Jane Osti, Cherokee Nation Living Treasure. "The Cherokee Homecoming Art Show is a good show, and I am pleased that some of my traditional pottery students also received awards and made sales. The Heritage Center provides a wonderful opportunity to encourage new artists and to share our art and culture with others."

First prize was given in each division as well as a Grand Prize award. In addition to these awards, five Judge’s Choice Awards and 15 Honorable Mention’s were given. This year’s Grand Prize winner is Jane Osti for her contemporary pot "Arkansas Appliqué."

Divisions and categories for the show include: Traditional Division - Traditional Basketry, Jewelry and Beading, Traditional Pottery, and Traditional Arts; Contemporary Division – Visual Arts (Painting and Graphics), Contemporary Sculpture, Contemporary Pottery, Contemporary Basketry and Textiles.

For more information about the show and to view the art work, visit the Cherokee Heritage Center web site.

2005 Cherokee Homecoming Art Show Winners

Grand Prize Winner
Jane Osti – Arkansas Appliqué

First Place – Traditional Division

Traditional Baskets

Bessie Russell – Famine Wheel

Traditional Jewelry & Beading

Martha Berry – After the Storm

Traditional Pottery

Lisa Rutherford – Nv-da Ga-sa-qua-lv (Sun Circle)

Traditional Arts

Dave Blackbird Jr. – Family Gatherings

First Place - Contemporary Division

Visual Arts

Virginia Stroud – Surrounded by Beauty

Contemporary Sculpture

William Demos Glass – Spider’s Journey

Contemporary Pottery

P.J. Gilliam Stewart – Starry Night by the Water

Contemporary Baskets

Lena Blackbird – Indian Summer

Textiles

Julie Perkins – Nvki

Judges Choice Awards

Shawna Morton Cain – Unfinished Business, A Peace Wampum
Abraham Locust – Beaded Cane
Virginia Stroud – Baby Bonnet Beaded
Carlene Wiley – Black Beauty
Joe Scott Jr. – War Club

Honorable Mentions

Bill Rabbit – The Elders
Lisa Rutherford – A Tsa Di (Fish)
Kathy Van Buskirk – Fall
Sharon Irla – Serpentine Birds
Darrell Bollin – Ivory Billed Woodpecker
Judith Emerson – Into the Light
Jacque Young – Where the East Wind Blows
Valerie Blea – Small Pack Basket
America Meredith – Double Eagle
Tonia Hogner-Weavel – For Thelma
Mary Beth Nelson – Corn Woman
P.J. Gilliam Stewart – Thunder Boys
Roger Cain – Booger Mask
Jacque Young – Talking Pentacles
Shirley Sims – My Wild Pink Rose

Related Cherokee Nation contact information:

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 Cherokee Nation - Public Affairs Phone 918-456-0671 (Ex.2324) E-mail: ldaugherty@cherokee.org

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 Natural Resources Specialist Phone: 918-456-0671 (ex.2843) E-mail: bpeak@cherokee.org