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  • The Cherokee National Holiday art show and sale offers visitors at the festival the opportunity to enjoy modern and traditional Native American art of the highest caliber. The show is seeking art entries now through Aug. 10.

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May 12, 2012

Art show seeks entries

Entries are being accepted for the sixth Cherokee National Holiday art show, to be held over Labor Day weekend in Tahlequah. Deadline for entering artwork in the show is Aug. 10.

Artists will compete for $12,000 total prize money in 12 categories: traditional, contemporary pottery, paintings, drawings and graphics, photography, sculpture, contemporary basketry, textiles and weaving, diverse arts, youth ages 1-8, youth ages 9-13 and youth ages 14-18.

“We have expanded the youth category this year and broken the ages down a little more, offering more prize money for the youth, which are our future,” said Marie Smith, show coordinator.

The show will be displayed at the Tahlequah Armory Municipal Center, 100 N. Water Ave. It opens at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, and winners will be named on opening night. The artwork will remain on display Saturday, Sept. 1, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“Henry Ward Beecher said, ‘Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.’ This is very true of Native American artists,” said Smith.

To enter, an artist must be a citizen of a federally recognized tribe and may submit one piece per category in a maximum of two categories.

Artwork entered must have been created within the last year and be ready for display.

The show is part of a full slate of events happening at the 60th Cherokee National Holiday.

The festival attracts more than 90,000 visitors annually to Tahlequah to celebrate the tribe’s signing of its 1839 constitution and an Act of Union that formally joined factions of the tribe into one nation.

Cherokee National Holiday showcases the best of Cherokee art, food, music, crafts, sports, culture and history and most events and attractions are free of charge.

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