Associations

Memberships:

• IACA (Indian Arts & Crafts Association) 2006 – present, Board of Directors 2009 – 2013, Vice-President 2011, 2012
• IACA-EF (Indian Arts & Crafts Education Fund) 2009 – present, Board of Directors 2009 – 2013, IACA-EF Vice-President 2011
• CIAC (Council for Indigenous Arts & Culture) 2008 – present, Board of Directors 2008 – 2013
• Southwest Premier Artists 2010 – 2013
• Fairbanks Arts Association 2002 – present
• Wickenburg Art Club 2009 – present

Publications:

• Native Peoples Magazine Nov/Dec 2011; article and photo
• World Eskimo-Indian Olympics Program 2011; featured artist
• Book: American Indian Jewelry II; by Gregory & Angie Schaaf
• River Trading Post Times; article and photo 1st quarter 2012
• Book: Whirling Thunder: One Man’s Journey through Native America; by Paul Bullock

Awards:

• 2008 IACA Artist of the Year Show; Judges Choice 3rd Place
• 2010 “The Gathering” Native American Arts Festival; Traditional Category 2nd Place (wampum art); Overall 2nd Place (bone breastplate)
• 2012 “The Gathering” Native American Arts Festival; Judges Choice Award
• 2016 Wickenburg Art Club “Gold Rush” Juried Art Show; 1st Place Jewelry (moose bone feather with sleeping beauty turquoise)

Showcase Artist:

• Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Alaska; 2010 – present (Summer)
• River Trading Post, Scottsdale, Arizona; 2010 – present
• Alaska House Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska 2009, 2011 – present
• World Eskimo-Indian Olympics; Fairbanks, Alaska 2011

Shows:

• Festival of Native Arts, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska
• Tanana Chief’s Convention, Fairbanks, Alaska
• Alaska Federation of Natives Art Fair, Alaska
• “The Gathering” Native American Arts Festival, Litchfield Park, Arizona
• Arts of Native America; Scottsdale, Arizona
• Southwestern Premier Artists Invitational; Casa Grande, Arizona
• Native American Art Festival; Sun City, Arizona
• IACA Spring & Fall Wholesale Shows; Albuquerque, New Mexico (Spring) Mesa, Arizona (Fall)
• World Eskimo-Indian Olympics Art Show; Fairbanks, Alaska
• Indian Art Market & Cultural Festival; Carefree, Arizona
• The Autry Museum American Indian Arts Marketplace; Los Angeles, California
• The Native Heritage Art Market; Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Pueblo Grande Museum Indian Market; Phoenix, Arizona

Lecturer:

• Southwest Indian Art and Culture; varies 2010 – present
• The Business of Art, The Art of Business; 2009 – present

Commission Work:

• Clients kept confidential