Best of Show for the 102nd annual Santa Fe Indian Market went to Daniel Vallo (Acoma) for his mixed-media sculpture, Pueblo Revolt. Vallo said his work is “dedicated to the 1680 warriors of the Pueblo Revolt with a depth of handcraft for protecting and honoring Pueblo communities of past, present, and future.” It incorporates an obsidian blade, turkey feathers, and yucca fiber cordage with knots to represent the knotted cord carried by Popé to mark the days when the Pueblos would rise up against the Spanish invaders.
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Best of Show Winner
Pueblo Revolt, 2024, installation by Daniel Vallo (Acoma Pueblo)
Classification Winners
The 2024 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market Best of Classification winners are as follows.
I. Jewelry: Sarah Aragon (Diné)
II. Pottery: Garrett Maho (Hopi-Tewa)
III. Painting/Drawings/Graphics/Photography: Yazzie Peterson (Diné)
IV. Wooden Pueblo Figurative Carvings and Sculpture: Arthur C. Holmes Jr. (Hopi)
V. Sculpture: Ryan Benally (Diné)
VI. Textiles: Isabel Gonzales (Jemez Pueblo)
VII. Diverse Arts: Dan Vallo (Acoma)
VIII. Beadwork/Quillwork: Monica Raphael (Grand Traverse Odawa-Ojibwe/Lakota)
IX. Youth: Aydrian Day (Ho-Chunk/Lakota/Anishinaabe)
X. Moving Images: suspended
XI. Basketry: Caleb Hoffman (Cherokee Nation/Penobscot)
Special Award Winner
The IAIA Distinguished Alumni Award went to a sculpture by Adrian Wall (Jemez), and Native American Art Magazine‘s Award of Excellence went to Merlin Little Thunder (Southern Cheyenne).
Links
- 2024 Native Art Week advice and events
- Previous years’ winners
- SWAIA Indigenous Fashion Show 2022, by Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD
- In-Person Indian Market Returns This August, by Audrey Rubenstein, 2021
- The Gaussoin Family Reflect on Native Art Week, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 2021
- Reflections on the 2018 SWAIA Couture Fashion Show, by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 2018