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EDWARD CHARLIE NAMED 2015 ARTIST OF THE YEAR ; MARK F ISCHER CAPTURES 2ND PLACE
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Two leading River Trading Post artists cap-
tured top honors at the Indian Arts and Crafts
Association annual Artist of the Year
ceremony in Albuquerque in April.
Edward Charlie Takes Top Honors
Navajo jeweler, Edward Charlie, was named
the IACA 2015 Artist of the Year for his mag-
nificent interpretation of Navajo legend Spider
Woman in silver and turquoise (right). While
Charlie’s Spider Woman has simple, elegant
lines, the engineering complexity involved in
its creation took it over the top in the judges
balloting.
Spider Woman is on display and is available at
River Trading Post, Scottsdale.
Mark Fischer Takes Close Second Honor
Oneida sculptor Mark Fischer’s life size sculp-
ture, Ancient Dignity, garnered the second place
recognition in the 2015 Artist of the Year
competition. Fischer used nearly a mile of
copper wire with 39,000 silver weld points to
create the wooly buffalo.
The margins between top honors and second
place were razor thin in the 2015 competition.
Edward Charlie and Mark Fischer are at the
top of their game. Both are valued members
of the River Trading Post artist family. You
can enjoy their work in our galleries and on
our website.
Volume 12, Issue 3 July:September 2015
R i v e r T r a d i n g P o s t
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Turbulence at Santa Fe Indian Market
2
Copper and Silver Is Cool 2
Favorite Places: Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
3
Thoughts from a Hopi
Artist
4
River Trading Post’s Joe
Zeller presents the 2015
Artist of the Year ribbon to
Edward Charlie, along with
a check for $3,000.
Oneida sculptor, Mark Fischer,
garnered second place in the 2015
Artist of the Year competition for his
sculpture Ancient Dignity.
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:
• SWAIA Indian Market
August 22 & 23
Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Indigenous Fine Art Market
August 20 - 22
Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Indian Summer Festival
September 11 - 13
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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2015 SANTA FE INDIAN MARKET SLASHES TOP ARTISTS; TURBULANCE AT
SWAIA CONTINUES
One year ago, we reported about an upheav-
al at SWAIA (Southwestern Association for
Indian Arts) the sponsoring organization of
the Santa Fe Indian Market.
At that time, SWAIA COO John Torres-Nez
unexpectedly resigned from that post and
immediately spearheaded formation of the
Indigenous Fine Art Market that successfully
went head to head with the vaunted Santa
Fe Indian Market during the 2014 Santa Fe
Indian market weekend.
Flash forward to 2015. Dallin Maybee,
(Northern Arapaho/Seneca) an attorney,
assumed the helm of the SWAIA as COO.
Actually while trying to calm the turbulence
within the SWAIA association, the choppi-
ness under Maybee’s leadership has
increased as nearly 70 long time exhibiting
artists were slashed from the show, including
many previous Indian Market award
winners.
We were curious about why SWAIA literally
“dumped” previous major award winners,
who were consistent market attractions, from
the 2015 market. We asked, but we received
no response from SWAIA to our inquiries.
Likewise, the Indian Arts and Crafts Associ-
ation had no response to their own inquiries,
according to our sources.
Dawn Dark Mountain (Oneida), a fellow-
ship recipient of SWAIA and major SWAIA
honors winner was among those “boosted”
from the 2015 market.
Interestingly, Dawn currently serves as the
2015 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Fellow at the
School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.
Dawn Dark Mountain also won a prestig-
ious award at the 2015 Invitational Native
Treasures Indian Art Market.
But you won’t see Dawn at the 2015 Santa
Fe Indian Market.
Clearly the Santa Fe Indian Market is off
balance, while demand to enter the John
Torres-Nez market has increased considera-
bly. The two markets run somewhat
concurrently.
We don’t know why SWAIA has thrown the
cream off the top of its market. We wonder
about its “reformulated” judging process,
whatever that may be.
What we do know is that there will be
around 1,000 artists showing at the 2015
Santa Fe Indian Market.
Perhaps fewer world class artists though.
Many have been given the boot.
Copper and Silver Is Cool...Very Cool. Very Fashionable.
Who would have thought? Copper and silver?
Well, Randy Secatero and his wife, Sylvana Apache certainly did
by combining copper and silver into a stunning collection of brace-
lets and belt buckles.
The hybrid bracelets are solid, with the cuff measuring a full 1/8”
thick, shaped into a perfect oval.
Each cuff is features an inset of sterling silver that is stamped with
a traditional design. They are available in a variety of sizes from
delicately feminine to manly man.
A feature that we particularly like is the price of the bracelets
which are typically well under the $200.00 mark. The buckles are just a bit higher priced.
These are about the coolest works to come along in contemporary American Indian art in a long,
long time. They make perfect, reasonably priced gifts for small people as well as linebackers.
You can find a great selection of this stunning work in our River Trading Post galleries, and on our
website.
Volume 12, Issue 3 Page 3
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Dundee, Illinois 60118
847-426-6901
7033 E. Main Street, 102
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
480-444-0001
www.rivertradingpost.com
Going on 15 years,
River Trading Post has become
renowned for its diverse collection
of American Indian art, and as the
friendliest place around for explor-
ing and buying American Indian
art.
Browse our galleries, visit our web-
site, and we believe you will find a
treasure with your name on it.
BRINGING YOU THE F INEST AMERICAN
INDIAN ART FOR 15 YEARS.
R IVER TRADING POST
Scottsdale Dundee
FAVORITE PLACES: INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER
Remembering Brant
He was a teacher, a former
Navy Seal, an airplane pilot an
Ojibwe pipe keeper, a storyteller
and a valued member of the
River Trading Post family.
Brant Snyder was a big man,
and a gentle soul who never lost
his passion for teaching, wheth-
er the subject was science or
engineering or American Indian
art.
Friends visiting River Trading
Post and having the pleasure to
meet Brant never left the gallery
without taking away a bit more
understanding of American
Indian art.
Frequently Brant would bring
groups of bright-eyed students
to River Trading Post where he
would enthrall them with stories
of ancient American Indian
tradition as it is expressed
through various art forms.
We lost our friend Brant in May
following his determined battle
with a long illness that ultimate-
ly took him away from us. But
never away from being a part of
the River Trading Post family.
The consummate teacher
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One of our very favorite places is the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in
Albuquerque. The center is owned by the 19 northern Pueblo tribes of
New Mexico, and is worth each minute of your visit. On weekends, you can see
beautiful traditional dances from the various pueblos, and feel the heart beat of the
pueblo drums. You also will enjoy the marketplace where pueblo artisans offer
their work.
The center features a wonderful museum where you can see art and artifacts, in
addition to a resource library with over 5,000 titles.
The Pueblo Harvest Café has to be the best “brunch” spot in Albuquerque. Their
blue corn pancakes are just yummy, and their Bloody Mary is the best!
And, cameras are permitted. Enjoy the visit.
A Buffalo Dance at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Bring your camera.
Phone: 866-426-6901 www.rivertradingpost.com
314 N. River Street East Dundee, IL 60118
Hopi art is centered on Holy places and writing by means of pictures and symbols. Every detail in Hopi art is planned with
meaning and purpose.
Any communication is to be correct and effective, and must point towards the Divine, and bring our minds back to the surface.
All wisdom granted to mankind comes from light. All understanding in visions and dreams and all skills and learning comes from the
Creator. From the Creator comes the knowledge of all that exists of the past, present, and future.
To the Hopi, four is a number for mortality, and the Fourth World. Idiographic writing is the association of words with pictures of ob-
jects that represent Ideas.
A cloud symbol with vertical lines descending from it may represent rain, tears, or something sent from above. It is the substance of our
bodies.
A mother is represented by an ear of corn. A perfect ear of corn whose tip ends in four full kernels is called a “mother corn.” Four, we
have learned represents mortality, Mother Earth, and so forth. So an ear of corn is an excellent symbol for mother and her offspring.
(Cycle of Life)
Eagle feathers signify the power which the eagle has to rise above the clouds and carry the prayers of the people with strength and speed
to the ear of the Great Spirits in the sky, in the Heavens.
The Downey feathers of the eagle represent the clouds, every natural thing has a parallel. What
does the Downey feather spiritually represent? (Heavens). Our elders consider clouds as “the
bottles of Heavens” - so I would say we have our spiritual guidance leading us wherever we go.
Arts of Native America
Augustine Mowa Jr. Provides Thoughts About Hopi Art.
Augustine Mowa Jr. is a Hopi jeweler, and kachina doll carver. He is Augustine Mowa III’s father, a teacher and a storyteller. Courtesy of Augustine
Mowa III.