The University of Arizona
Southwest Indian Art Fair 2009

Award Winners ~ Details

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Judges Choice Award
~ $200 ~ Pam and Roland Shack ~

“Indian Cadillac”
by Clarence Lee, Navajo

Description: Three-dimensional sterling silver bola with inlaid turquoise and coral.

About this Award: This award is also called the "passion award". Each juror selects one piece after all other awards have been decided. The Judge's Choice Awards are designed to bring recognition to a work that each juror, independently, feels is outstanding. These pieces may have been overlooked due to the limited number of awards or because they fell outside other award categories.

Juror’s Comments:

Susan Folwell:  It's a great piece of artwork. The old Indian truck, the Indian with his two dogs getting water, the wheels spin around, there's a spare tire at the bottom, and the muffler and the key to the engine up here. I just think it's a great, really, really fun piece of work.  It's clear that the artist had a really good time making it and really didn’t hold back and I appreciate that.