Artists

Museums, Galleries, and Artists' Organizations

2001 Cherokee Artist Directory - Downloadable listings of Cherokee artists in NC, TN, and GA. Published by the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in collaboration with the North Carolina Arts Council and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Cherokee Artists Association - OK
A resource of professional artistic services, referrals, and design expertise; art news, networking, and marketing for Cherokee artists

Cherokee Heritage Arts - Tahlequah OK
Representation and wholesale art supplies available to traditional Cherokee craftspeople

Cherokee Heritage Center - Tahlequah OK
museum, gallery, hosts Cherokee competitive art shows and art markets

Cherokee Heritage Trails - Cherokee NC
Artist directory with detailed bios and contact information. An online framework for the "Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook." Online store as well.

Cherokee Moon - Houston TX
Cherokee-owned gallery, art classes, tailored Cherokee clothing

Cherokee Nation Gift Shop - Tahlequah OK
Tribally-owned gallery and gift shop

Cherokee Trading Post - El Reno OK
Cherokee-owned gift store

Lift Contemporary -516 Tsali Blvd., Cherokee NC
Cherokee-operated nonprofit contemporary art space on the Qualla Boundary

Medicine Man Crafts - Cherokee NC
Cherokee-made art and crafts

Museum of the Cherokee Indian - Cherokee NC
Tribally-owned museum, retails Cherokee art in museum store

NDN Gallery, 415 N. Muskogee, Tahlequah OK
Cherokee-owned art gallery

Powersource Gallery - 3707 Adonia Place, Sugar Land TX
Cherokee art gallery

Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual - Cherokee NC
Oldest Native arts cooperative in US

Runningbear's Den - Cherokee NC
Eastern Band Cherokee crafts, herbs, and supplies

Snowbird Indian Trading Post and Gallery - Robbinsville NC
Cherokee artist-owned cooperative

The Studio Gallery - Hays KS
Cherokee-owned fine arts gallery

Swimmer Collection
Online Cherokee gallery owned by Former Principal Chief Ross Swimmer

Turtle Creek Gallery - 24 Wall Street, Asheville NC
intertribal art

Twin Territories
Cherokee and Native American online store


Individual Cherokee Artists

Troy Anderson
Cherokee - Siloam Springs, AR
paintings, bronze sculpture

David Arch
Eastern Band - NC
carving, flintknapping, mask-making

Sonja Ayres
Cherokee - Muldrow OK
painting and traditional pottery
and at Blue Rain Gallery

David Backbone
Western Cherokee - IL
dreamcatchers, chokers, shields

Diana Beach
Chickamauga Cherokee, White River Band
paintings and prints. Also: here

Christina Berry
Cherokee - Austin TX
beadwork jewelry

Martha Berry
Cherokee Nation - TX
beadwork - bandolier bags, sashes

Bigmeat Family
Eastern Band
pottery

Fred Brady
Cherokee
intertribal dance regalia

Peggy Sanders Brennan
Cherokee Nation - Edmond OK
doubleweave basketry

Jeanne Rorex Bridges
Cherokee - Oktaha OK
paintings, prints, tiles

S. S. Burrus
Cherokee Nation
Paintings, illustrations, prints

Roger Cain
United Keetoowah Band - Adair County OK
booger masks

Gloria Case
Cherokee - Tahlequah OK
quilts

Michael Anthony Cheatham
Echota Cherokee of Alabama - Spring Valley CA
silver jewelry

Goingback Chiltoskey
Eastern Band - late of NC
sculptor/carver
and at www.cherokeeheritagetrails.org

Amanda Crowe
Eastern Band - late of Cherokee NC
sculptor, carver
and: www.thesylvaniaherald.com and
at www.cherokeeheritagetrails.org

Bill Crowe
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
carver; mask, drum and flute maker

Gilbert Crowe
Eastern Band - Wright's Creek NC
wood carver

Richard Crowe
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
wood carver, doll maker

Birdie Crowe
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
doll maker

Virgil Crowe
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
wood carver, mask maker

Talmadge Davis
Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah OK
paintings

Cecil Dick
Cherokee Nation - late of OK
gouache and tempera painting and murals

Mavis Doering
Cherokee Nation - Oklahoma City OK
basketry

Wynona Dreadfulwater
Cherokee Nation - Briggs OK
traditional clothing, weaving

Jimmie Durham
NTA Cherokee - Europe
sculpture, assemblage, installation, performance artist
and at Arte All'Arte

J. Houston-Emerson
Cherokee Nation - Tulsa OK
pastel, graphite, oil, acrylic, sculpture

Tom Fields
Muscogee, Cherokee - Stillwater OK
photographer

Yakita Starr Fields
Cherokee, Creek, Osage - Tulsa OK and Boston MA
painting, drawing, photography, video

Margaret Flanagan
Cherokee Nation - Broken Arrow OK
handmade dolls

Emma Garrett
Eastern Band - NC
basketweaver

Ed Goings
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
white oak basketweaver

Christina Goings
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
fingerweaver

George Goings
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
stone and wood carver

Louise Goings
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
white oak basketweaver

Dennis Goodhawk
Cherokee
scrimshaw, pipes, hatchets

Shan Goshorn
Eastern Band - Tulsa OK
photography - hand-tinted photographs

General Grant
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
antler carving, flintknapping, drum making, powwow regalia

Guthrie Family
Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah OK
John Guthrie, Connie, C. Lei (polymer dolls), Cindy (Little People sculpture), Joe and Tom Guthrie. oil and acrylic paintings, cast paper, prints

Lucille Hair
Cherokee Nation - Briggs OK
weaver

Adria Hanson
Choctaw Nation, Cherokee descent -
Seattle WA
painter, muralist

K. Henderson
Western Cherokee - Weed NM
photorealistic oil paintings

Brooks Henson
Cherokee - Locust Grove, OK
oil paintings

Al Herrin
Cherokee - outside of Tahlequah, OK
bows, flintknapping, publishing

Joan Hill
Muskogee Nation, Cherokee descent -
Collinsville OK
painter

David Hornbuckle
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
mask carver

Jenean Hornbuckle
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
oil painting

Daniel Horsechief
Cherokee Nation, Pawnee -
Tahlequah OK
oil painting, wood carving

Toby Hughes
Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah OK
beading, leatherwork, wood carving

Jess Hummingbird
Cherokee - Bisbee AZ
acrylic paintings

Dorothy Ice
Cherokee Nation
loom weaving

Sharon Irla
Cherokee Nation - Oklahoma
painting, murals, digital art

Murv Jacob
Kentucky Cherokee - Tahlequah OK
acrylic paintings, drawings, ceramic pipes, sculpture, illustration

Glenn Johnson
Cherokee Nation
acrylic paintings
[link broken as of 4.12.03]

Roger King
Cherokee, Seminole
paintings

Virgil Ledford
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
wood carver

Ernie Lossiah
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
stone and wood carver, flutemaker, pen and ink, pencil drawings

Lynn Lossiah
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
oil painter

Lucille Lossiah
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
basketweaver

Mary Jane Lossiah
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
basketweaver

Ramona Lossie
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
basketweaver

Betty Maney
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
basketweaver, doll maker, beader

Katrina Maney
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
basketweaver

Louise Bigmeat Maney
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
pottery and at
www.cherokeeheritagetrails.org

Melissa Ann Maney
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
pottery

Sarah Manis
Cherokee Nation - Solsberry IN
beaded jewelry

Radine Marie-Cook
Cherokee - CA
mixed media

Dewayne Mathews "Fishinghawk"
Cherokee - OK
monotype printmaker, painter

Starr Martin
Western Cherokee, Lenni Lenape
colored pencil and ink drawings

Ken Masters
Cherokee Nation - Houston TX
pottery

Barbara McAlister
Cherokee Nation - New York City NY
tempera paintings, opera singer

Pat and Joe McAllister
Echota Cherokee - Eureka Springs AR
paintings

Linda McCool
Cherokee descent - Gunnison CO
paintings and prints

Carl Ray McCoy
Eastern Band
wood carver

America Meredith
Cherokee Nation, Chickahominy
San Francisco CA
acrylic, egg tempera, watercolor, gouache paintings, serigraphy

Ted Miller
Cherokee
handmade knives, scrimshaw

Jerry Milner
Cherokee
turned wood, alabaster vessels

Ron Mitchell
Cherokee - Prague OK
Southern Plains-style painting, airbrush

N. Scott Momaday
Kiowa Nation, Cherokee
poet, author, painter

Harry Oosahwee
Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah OK
stone sculpture

Jane Osti
Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah OK
ceramics, sculpture

Shirley Jackson Oswalt
Eastern Band - Robbinsville NC
beadworker, basketweaver, gourd carving

Freeman Owle
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
stone sculptor, storyteller
and: www.visitnc.com

Lloyd Carl Owle
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
mask carver

Mary Beth Nelson
Cherokee descent - Coyle OK
ceramic sculptor, watercolosr, drawing

Sallyann Milam Paschall
Cherokee Nation - Nathrop CO
painting, ceramics, pastels
also: http://www.cozine.com

T. J. Powell
Cherokee
paintings, sculpture, drums

Marie Proctor
Cherokee Nation - Kenwood OK
buckbrush basketry

Shirlene Proctor
Cherokee Nation - Briggs OK
weaver, traditional crafts

Joel Queen
Eastern Band - Clyde NC
pottery, beadwork, painting, jewelry

Bill Rabbit - Cherokee - Pryor OK
paintings and prints

Tracy Rabbit - Cherokee - Pryor OK
paintings and prints

Polly Rattler
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
cornshuck dollmaker, beadworker, miniature basket maker

Robert Rauschenberg
Cherokee descent - Captiva Island FL
assemblage, collage, installation, sculpture, prints

Bob Reed
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
flintknapper, blowgun and dart maker, wood carver

Dean Reed
Eastern Band
pottery

Bessie Russell
Cherokee Nation - Rose OK
basketry

Richard Saunook
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
traditional clothing, drum maker, quillwork, beadworker

Bert Seabourn
Western Cherokee, Chickasaw - Oklahoma City OK
acrylic, oil, and watercolor paintings, handpulled prints

Connie Seabourn
Western Cherokee, Chickasaw - Oklahoma City OK
watercolor paintings

Hastings Shade
Cherokee - Tahlequah OK
marble making, carving, flintknapping

Emily Smith
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
honeysuckle and white oak basketweaver

J. Bud Smith
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
wood carver

Janet Lamon Smith
Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah OK
painting

P. J. Gilliam Stewart
Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah OK
ceramics and embossed copper reliefs and www.swimmercollection.com

Dorothy Stone
Cherokee descent - Northern California
basketry, oil and watercolor painting

Jason Stone
Cherokee, Choctaw - Locust Grove OK
sculptor

Mary Stone
Cherokee Nation - Midwest City OK
basketry

Willard Stone
Western Cherokee - late of Oktaha OK
stone, bronze, and wood sculptor

Virginia Stroud
Cherokee Nation, Creek, adopted Kiowa - OK
acrylic and gouache paintings, prints, handmade furniture, interactive sculpture
Also: http://www.leonakinggallery.com

Dorothy Sullivan
Cherokee Nation - Norman OK
acrylic, gouache, and oil paintings, prints

Amanda Swimmer
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
pottery and at www.cherokeeheritagetrails.org

Emma Taylor
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
basketweaver

Shirley Taylor
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
basketweaver

Reuben Teesatuskie
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
wood carver

Dianna LaFerry Thomas
Cherokee Nation - Oakland CA
painting, drawing, textiles, printing, sculptor, assemblage, graphic arts

Dana Tiger
Muscogee Nation, Cherokee - OK
gouache paintings and prints

Kathy VanBuskirk
United Keetoowah Band - Tahlequah OK
basket weaver

Donald Vann
Cherokee - San Antonio TX
paintings

Victoria Mitchell Vazquez
Cherokee Nation - Welch OK
pottery, ceramics

Amy Walker
Eastern Band, Lakota - Cherokee NC
painter

Kay Walkingstick
Cherokee, Wampanuag - Jackson Heights NY
oil paintings and charcoal drawing

Roberta Wallace
Cherokee Nation, Apache
ceramics, pastels, dolls

Jimmie Warnell
Cherokee Nation - Vienna VA
silver jewelry

Sam Watts-Kidd
Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah OK
drawings, acrylic paintings

Billy Welch
Eastern Band - Robbinsville NC
wood carver

Carol Welch
Eastern Band - Cherokee NC
basketweaver

Davis Welch
Eastern Band
wood carver

Terry Lee Whetstone
Cherokee - OK
flutist, painting

Tommy Wildcat
Cherokee Nation - Lost City OK
flutist, rivercane flutes, dance rattles, blowguns

Linda Windell
Eastern Cherokee, Muscogee - Ocoee FL
paintings and prints

The is the most comprehensive collection of Cherokee artist links on the web. Included are Cherokee artists, as well as artists of Cherokee descent that are enrolled in other tribes or not enrolled. Noksi Press makes no guarantee of a particular artists' tribal status.

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