MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTER :: Red Cloud Indian School

Heritage Center announces 43rd Annual Red Cloud Indian Art Show award winners
posted July 1, 2010

The Heritage Center is proud to announce the winners of the 43rd Annual Red Cloud Indian Art Show, all of which are currently on display through August 15, 2010 at The Heritage Center on the campus of Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge.

Photos of the winning pieces have been posted to Facebook.
An artist directory is also available for download.

Division I - Painting
1. Hoka Skenandore, Assumptions
2. Denton Lafferty, White Buffalo Vision

Division II - Drawing
1. Wade Patton, Waiting
2. Lauren Good Day Frank, Blessing of the Children

Division III - Graphics
1. Roger Broer, Them Bones
2. Gordon Coons, Water Monster 315

Division IV - Photography / Computer Generated
1. Galen LaRoche, Home…Such As It Is
2. Jolynne Locust-Woodcock, Leksi

Division V - Mixed Media
1. Dwayne Wilcox, In The Days of Cut Meat
2. Angela Babby, Real American

Division VI - Three Dimensional
1. Cecil Apple, Native Ball
2. Ed Thomas, Eagle in Flight

Division VII - Contemporary or Traditional Cultural Items
1. Bev (Bear King) Moran, Thunderball-A Horse Mask of the Hunkpapa Lakota
2. Diane Hudson, Tiole Bag

Br. CM Simon, SJ Award: for artwork to be used in publications in the following years show
Micah Wesley, Voyeur of Utter Destruction, Pt. 1

The Joëlle and Nicolas Rostkowski Award: for the best abstract painting
Denton Lafferty, They Walked the Red Road

Diederich Award: for young artist whose work shows the greatest improvement
Henry Payer

Diederich Award: for the best depiction of a traditional Lakota
Keith Brave Heart, When All You Have is the Warmth of a Wood Stove and Your Grandfather's Last Name

Diederich Landscape Award: for the Black Hills / Badlands, no human figures
Angela Babby, Sheep Mountain

Diederich Landscape Award: for lakes, mountains, prairies, no human figures
Joe Pulliam, Buffalo Spirit

Savage / Zuern Award: most innovative use of traditional methods and techniques
Brian Szabo, Buffalo Skull

The Bonnie Erickson Award: for the best representation of children
Lauren Good Day Frank, A Mother’s Prayer

The Francis Hornikel Award: for artwork depicting the best sense of humor
Dwayne Wilcox, Ah-Ho

The Aplan Award: for the outstanding young artist
Charles Her Many Horses

In Honor of Jim Gillihan Award: for the realistic rendering of a Native American on horseback
Gale Running Wolf, Night Snow Warrior

Oscar Howe Memorial Award: for the most cutting edge artwork
America Meredith, Machine Gun Nest

Allan and Joyce Niederman Award: for the most traditional painting
Angela Reddest, Everybody Pow-Wow

The Powers Award: for the best representation of Native American women
Lauren Good Day Frank, Passing Time, Passing Knowledge

Tony Begay Memorial Award: most explicit development of an Native American theme
Todd Bordeaux, Victory at Greasy Grass

The Bill and Sue Hensler Award: for the traditional representation in sculpture
Eddie Dukepoo, Hopi Hano Mana

The ML Woodard Award: for the painting, drawing/sketch depicting the most developed Native American theme
Diana Hudson, Night Camp

The Heritage Center is located at 100 Mission Drive on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 605/867-8257.