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Cherokee Art Market

Juried market · Tulsa, OK · October

A jury reviews applicants and awards are given.

Artists on record

140

Tribes represented

32

Years

Since 2006

Overview

Run by the Cherokee Nation and held at the Sequoyah Convention Center at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma since 2006. Draws artists from dozens of federally recognized tribes competing for a share of more than $75,000 in prize money across nearly 30 categories — plus special honors like Best of Show, the Innovator Award, and Culture Keeper, which recognizes artists carrying forward traditional forms.

Archive

Most of this history is still on paper. We hold one edition of Cherokee Art Market. The years before that sit in boxes and filing cabinets, or are not on record at all anymore. Help us put the records together.

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