Meet the artists featured in this year's Kananesgi Art Market!
Artist
John "Bear: Allison is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He is a professional photographer and videographer. He can be reached at bearallision@me.com.
Gabe Crow is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He is a basket maker in both white oak and river cane baskets. Gabe is a talented young artist working to keep the Cherokee basket making tradition alive in the younger generations. He can be contacted at gabecrow.89@gmail.com.
Letitia George is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She does beadwork and photography. Letitia can be reached at lttgeorge@yahoo.com. - Authentically Cherokee Profile
Luther "Butch" Goings is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He is a master carver doing both wood and stone work. Butch can do a variety of effigies as well as mask making and pipe making. He also is knowledgeable in gathering basket materials. He can be reached at louisegoings@icloud.com. - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Profile
George "Ed" Goings, Sr. is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He is a multi-medium artist working in flint knapping, carving, and white oak basketry. He can be reached at louisegoings@icloud.com. - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Profile
Lauren Goings is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She works in basket weaving and mat making. She can be reached at louisegoings@icloud.com.
Lydia "Louise" Goings is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is a master basket maker. She works mostly with white oak and maple materials. She is a basket maker because she can gather her own materials to make the entire basket from start to finish. She can be contacted at louisegoings@icloud.com. - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Profile
Antonio Grant is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He does work in jewelry, shell carving, and spirit horses. He can be contacted at thunderstorm141411@yahoo.com. - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Profile
Charles Jumper is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He is a self-taught coppersmith and does work in woodburning. Charlie’s work is unique because he combines traditional Cherokee patterns and designs from pottery and baskets into gorgeous copper jewelry. Charlie can be reached at dilatadegi@yahoo.com. - Authentically Cherokee Profile
Waylon Long is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He is a talented river cane mat maker. Waylon is experienced in gathering his own river cane and preparing his materials from scratch, including gathering and using natural dyes for his mats. He also is knowledgeable about the different designs in the mats and has even created his own unique designs and patterns. Waylon can be reached at zhana_long@outlook.com.
Betty Maney is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is a multi-medium artist in beadwork, baskets, and pottery. She can be contacted at bettymaney@gmail.com ; Facebook ; Authentically Cherokee Profile ; Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Profile
Sharon McCoy is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is an accomplished bead worker.
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Tara McCoy is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is a multi-medium artist working in pottery, beadwork, finger weaving, and shell carving. She can be contacted at mccoytara15@gmail.com. - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Profile
Dylan Morgan is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He is an up and coming Cherokee basket maker. He works with both white oak and river cane to create single and double weave baskets. Dylan can be contacted at smorganwrx@yahoo.com.
Nancy Pheasant is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Her artwork mediums include shell carving and jewelry. Nancy can be contacted at npheasant3281@gmail.com.
Lori Reed is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is a multi-medium artist working in basters, pottery, and painting. Lori can be contacted at lori.reed@ccs-nc.org - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Profile
Judith Smith is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She makes elaborate cloth dolls. Each of her handcrafted dolls comes with its own unique story imagined by Judith herself and incorporates Cherokee culture. - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Profile
Mary Welch Thompson is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is a multi-medium artists in pottery, baskets, and pucker toe moccasins. Contact Mary at marywelchthompson@outlook.com ; Facebook ; Authentically Cherokee Profile ; Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Profile
Marvel Welch is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Her artwork includes painted belts, ribbon skirts, bandolier bags, and assorted corn bead necklaces and leather earrings. You can reach Marvel at marvwelc59@gmail.com.
Jarrett Grey Wildcatt is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He is a multi-medium artist who does weaving, carving, storytelling, and flute playing. Jarrett can be reached at jarrett.wildcatt@gmail.com.
Angela Wolfe is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She makes jewelry, carvings, and spirit horses. She can be reached at thunderstorm141411@yahoo.com.