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04-30-2008, 07:19 PM
The Indian Arts & Crafts Association Announces
2008 Artist of the Year Award Winners
Mary Lou Big Day (Crow Nation) Wins Top Honor
<center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>Mary Lou Big Day, Crow Nation – “Crow Traveling Medicine Beaded Doll,” buckskin, rawhide, trade wool, horsehair, mink, seed beads, earth paints, brass beads, 18”x24”</font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/1Mary_Lou_Big_Day.jpg border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt='Mary Lou Big Day, Crow Nation – “Crow Traveling Medicine Beaded Doll,” buckskin, rawhide, trade wool, horsehair, mink, seed beads, earth paints, brass beads, 18”x24”'></td></tr></table></center>
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>Charlene Sanchez Reano, San Felipe Pueblo – Reversible Mosaic Inlay Necklace, Side 1: Mother of Pearl, turquoise, spiny oyster and lapis; Side 2: Mother of Pearl, red spiny oyster.</font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/1stplace.jpg border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="Charlene Sanchez Reano, San Felipe Pueblo – Reversible Mosaic Inlay Necklace, Side 1: Mother of Pearl, turquoise, spiny oyster and lapis; Side 2: Mother of Pearl, red spiny oyster."></td></tr></table>Albuquerque NM– On April 10th, the Indian Arts and Crafts Association announced the winners of its 2008 Artist of the Year Competition during its annual Spring Wholesale Market held in Albuquerque. This year’s top award, “Artist of the Year” went to Mary Lou Big Day, a bead worker and doll maker from the Crow Nation in Montana for her “Crow Traveling Medicine Beaded Doll with Cradleboard.”
Mary Lou Big Day has been making dolls since she was a little girl. This beautifully beaded doll sits on a red birch pole which represents the teepee poles. This miniature scene depicts the moving of the family camp. The dolls were used to teach young people about what needs to be done when moving, from picking and packing medicines to storing dry meat and berries in the saddlebags. The doll itself was considered “medicine” and would help when the camp was moved.
<table border=0 align=left width=198><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>L. Bruce Hodgins, Navajo – “Color in Time,” sterling silver bracelet. </font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/1bracelet.jpg width=188 border=1 align=left vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="L. Bruce Hodgins, Navajo – “Color in Time,” sterling silver bracelet. "></td></tr></table>In addition to the cradleboard, the doll carries her husband’s lance case made for a captured army sword, his war bonnet case and coups stick. The doll’s face is painted with earth paints in the Big Day family design. “The colors and designs used for this doll are all traditional Crow designs, very geometric with lots of sky blue beads and what are now called Cheyenne pink beads. Through my dolls,” says Mary Lou, “I hope to preserve our past heritage for my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.”
Images of the artworks and crafts of other award winners at this show are also included on this page.
For more information, contact: Mary Lou Big Day at (406) 248-1602 or, Gail E. Chehak Indian Arts & Crafts Association 4010 Carlisle Blvd NE, Suite C Albuquerque, NM 87107, Call: (505) 265-9149 FX: (505) 265-8251, Email: gchehak@iaca.com (gchehak@iaca.com) or visit: www.iaca.com (http://www.iaca.com/)
2008 Artist of the Year Award Winners
Mary Lou Big Day (Crow Nation) Wins Top Honor
<center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>Mary Lou Big Day, Crow Nation – “Crow Traveling Medicine Beaded Doll,” buckskin, rawhide, trade wool, horsehair, mink, seed beads, earth paints, brass beads, 18”x24”</font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/1Mary_Lou_Big_Day.jpg border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt='Mary Lou Big Day, Crow Nation – “Crow Traveling Medicine Beaded Doll,” buckskin, rawhide, trade wool, horsehair, mink, seed beads, earth paints, brass beads, 18”x24”'></td></tr></table></center>
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>Charlene Sanchez Reano, San Felipe Pueblo – Reversible Mosaic Inlay Necklace, Side 1: Mother of Pearl, turquoise, spiny oyster and lapis; Side 2: Mother of Pearl, red spiny oyster.</font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/1stplace.jpg border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="Charlene Sanchez Reano, San Felipe Pueblo – Reversible Mosaic Inlay Necklace, Side 1: Mother of Pearl, turquoise, spiny oyster and lapis; Side 2: Mother of Pearl, red spiny oyster."></td></tr></table>Albuquerque NM– On April 10th, the Indian Arts and Crafts Association announced the winners of its 2008 Artist of the Year Competition during its annual Spring Wholesale Market held in Albuquerque. This year’s top award, “Artist of the Year” went to Mary Lou Big Day, a bead worker and doll maker from the Crow Nation in Montana for her “Crow Traveling Medicine Beaded Doll with Cradleboard.”
Mary Lou Big Day has been making dolls since she was a little girl. This beautifully beaded doll sits on a red birch pole which represents the teepee poles. This miniature scene depicts the moving of the family camp. The dolls were used to teach young people about what needs to be done when moving, from picking and packing medicines to storing dry meat and berries in the saddlebags. The doll itself was considered “medicine” and would help when the camp was moved.
<table border=0 align=left width=198><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>L. Bruce Hodgins, Navajo – “Color in Time,” sterling silver bracelet. </font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/1bracelet.jpg width=188 border=1 align=left vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="L. Bruce Hodgins, Navajo – “Color in Time,” sterling silver bracelet. "></td></tr></table>In addition to the cradleboard, the doll carries her husband’s lance case made for a captured army sword, his war bonnet case and coups stick. The doll’s face is painted with earth paints in the Big Day family design. “The colors and designs used for this doll are all traditional Crow designs, very geometric with lots of sky blue beads and what are now called Cheyenne pink beads. Through my dolls,” says Mary Lou, “I hope to preserve our past heritage for my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.”
Images of the artworks and crafts of other award winners at this show are also included on this page.
For more information, contact: Mary Lou Big Day at (406) 248-1602 or, Gail E. Chehak Indian Arts & Crafts Association 4010 Carlisle Blvd NE, Suite C Albuquerque, NM 87107, Call: (505) 265-9149 FX: (505) 265-8251, Email: gchehak@iaca.com (gchehak@iaca.com) or visit: www.iaca.com (http://www.iaca.com/)