Southwest Indian Art Fair

February 23 & 24, 2013, on the Museum's Front Lawn

Featured Artists by Year

At each Fair since 2004, we have honored an outstanding artist by featuring the artist's work on that year's poster and website. See more below about the Featured Artist designation		Links to artist's biography and winning entries
	2013 Gerry Quotskuyva (Hopi/Yaqui)	More Info 2008 "Hototo"
	2012 Melvin John (Diné)	More Info 2011 "Yei Healer"
	2011 Laura Fragua Cota (Jemez Pueblo/Pecos)	More Info 2008 "Taos Artist Study" 2008 "Coyote Stories"
	2010 Charlene Laughing (Navajo)	More Info 2010 "Vegetal Crystal Stars" 2010 "Wide Ruins Rug" 2009 "Germantown Men's Wearing Blanket" 2009 "Crystal Rug" 2008 "Wide Ruins/Crystal Rug" 2007 "Vegetal Crystal"
	2009 Julius Keyonnie (Diné)	More Info 2008 "Spirit People Concho Belt" 2008 "Two Generation Bracelet" 2007 "Language Makes the Difference"
	2008 Vino Leon Manuel (Tohono O’odham/Hopi)	More Info 2007 "Butterfly Maiden"
	2007 Upton Ethelbah, Jr. (White Mountain Apache/ Santa Clara Pueblo)	More Info 2006 "Apache Mountain Spirit" 2004 "Pueblo Raindancer I"
	2006 Carol Chiago Lujan (Navajo)	More Info 2008 "Beautiful" 2005 "Learning About Coyote"
	2005 Lawrence LeAllen Acadiz (Hopi)	More Info
	2004 Michelle Tsosie Sisneros (Navajo/Santa Clara/Laguna)	More Info 2006 "Gathering of the Holy Women" 2005 "A Koshare Watermelon Party" 2003 "Creator"

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About the Southwest Indian Art Fair Featured Artist Designation

Guiding Philosophy

The Southwest Indian Art Fair’s (SWIAF) featured artist designation represents a collaboration between Arizona State Museum (ASM) and the selected artist. This mutually beneficial relationship affords a distinction to the selected artist, helps the artist promote his/her work, highlights the high standards of the juried competition, and reinforces the image of the SWIAF as a high-quality culturally authentic event.

Procedure

Each year, a featured artist is chosen from among past winners of awards of excellence in the juried competition. An artist need not have won in the immediately preceding year. Recommendations originate in a sub-committee and are vetted through the SWIAF steering committee. Final approval rests with the chair.

Image Usage

The artist gives ASM written permission for limited use of image(s) of his/her work. Full copyright is retained by the artist. ASM and the Southwest Indian Art Fair base the visual theme of the next year’s event on the featured piece, creating all manner of collateral material. The artist is credited in every use.

A featured artist can expect to see his/her work:

• featured in national, regional, and local print publications and on the SWIAF homepage on ASM’s website
• possibly featured in television ads
• celebrated on the cover of the SWIAF program
• blown up to a wall-size banner hung on the museum’s facade before and during the event

Benefits to the Artist

Each year’s featured artist receives an invitation to exhibit at the fair with a free booth or table, comparable in size to his/her past exhibition space. The winning artist is featured in a biographical sketch on the SWIAF web site and in the event program, and receives recognition at the event with special locator information. The artist may also, if he/she is willing, have opportunities to be interviewed by local print, radio and television outlets. Finally, the artist is presented with a packet of materials (fliers, ads, tickets, posters, banners, etc.) showing how his/her work was featured.

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