Ohi:yo’ Art Market – Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center Skip to content Ohi:yo’ Art Market Ohi:yo’ Art Market 2026-04-22T16:36:38-04:00 The 2nd Annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market Applications for the 2026 Ohi:yo’ Art Market are now closed. Nya:wëh. Applied but still need to make the payment? Click here to pay Celebrating Native Artists The Ohi:yo’ Art Market is a celebration of Native American Resiliency through art and culture. We welcome Native American artists from nations across the United States and Canada to participate in our art show competition and art market. We further welcome all visitors to experience the creativity and talent of today’s finest Native artists at the market. Save the date! The 2nd Annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market will be held on May 16, 2026. 2025’s 1st Annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market Check out the winning artists from 2025’s competition below. Nya:wëh to all the participating artists who made this event a success! 2025 Winners Visit And Explore Best of Show: David Martin Pokagon Potawatomi Family Hunt Jurors Award: Christal Ratt Anishnabe from Mitchikanibikok Inik Honoring Katashobinatetc Basketry: 1st place: Ronnie-Leigh & Stonehorse Goeman, Onondaga Nation/Tonawanda Seneca, Gwesloeata-Two Row Wampum 2nd place: Ronnie-Leigh & Stonehorse Goeman, Onondaga Nation/Tonawanda Seneca, First Act of Compassion 3rd place: Carrie Hill, Akwesasne Mohawk, Porcupine Cutie Gwesloeata Two Row Wampum First Act of Compassion Porcupine Cutie Beadwork 1st place: Natasha Thompson , Mohawk Nation, Katinekwá:tare 2nd place: Michael R. L. Begay, Navajo, Evening Lights 3rd place: Konwahonwawi Stacey, Kahnawà:ke Kanien’keha:ka, Kew’niiohantehja Katinekwá:tare Evening Lights Kew’niiohantehja Cultural Items 1st place: Michael Galban, Washoe Tribe of NV & CA. and Mono Lake Paiute, Gasha:a’ Trumpline 2nd place: Frazer Sundown, Oneida Nation Twined Kayowas 3rd place: Trevor O. Brant, Mohawk Resilience Gasha:a’ Trumpline Twined Kayowas Twined Kayowas Resilience Resilience Drawings 1st place: Ron Mitchell, Cherokee Nation, Where our World Spiraled Out of Control 2nd place: Victoria Ransom, Akwesasne Mohawk, Lakotatberonni 3rd place: Ron Mitchell, Cherokee Nation, Re -Emergence Where our World Spiraled Out of Control Lakotatberonni Re-Emergence Innovative Arts: 1st place: Clifford C. Redeye III, Seneca, Rez 1s 2nd place: Carrie Hill, Akwesasne Mohawk, She Wears the Bone on her Chest 3rd place: Trevor Brant, Akwesasne Mohawk, Oh Kwa Ho Kowa Gunta Rez 1s She Wears the Bone on her Chest She Wears the Bone on her Chest Oh Kwa Ho Kowa Gunta Oh Kwa Ho Kowa Gunta Jewelry 1st place: Chaslyn L. Crespin, Kewa Pueblo, Cleopatra 2nd place: Chaslyn L. Crespin, Kewa Pueblo Thunderbird 3rd place: Janie Reano, Santo Domingo Pueblo Ee-tsi-ch ïn Cleopatra Cleopatra Thunderbird Thunderbird Ee-tsi-chïn Paintings 1st place: David Martin, Pokagon Potawatomi, Ojibwa Woman 2nd place: Victoria Ransom, Akwesasne Mohawk, A Grandmother’s Embrace 3rd place: Clifford C. Redeye III, Seneca, Land O’Takes Ojibwa Woman A Grandmother's Embrace Land O'Takes Photography 1st place: Marjorie Kaniehtonkie Skidders, Akwesasne Mohawk, Ahtahwan 2nd place: Karley Brooks, Tonawanda Seneca Merlin Release 3rd place: Maurice A. John, Jr., Oglala Lakota/Seneca Old Bridge Ahtahwan Merlin Release Old Bridge Pottery: 1st place: Natasha Smoke Santiago, Akwesasne Mohawk, Residential School Survivors 2nd place: Peter B. Jones, Onondaga Beginning 3rd place: Peter B. Jones, Onondaga, Old Ways Residential School Survivors Beginning Old Ways Quillwork 1st place: Michael Galban, Washoe Tribe of NV & CA. and Mono Lake Paiute The Pen is Mightier than the Sword 2nd place: Kiera Pyke, Mohawk, Trump Who’s Your Daddy 3rd place: Michael R.L. Begay, Navajo, Homecoming The Pen is Mightier than the Sword Trump Who’s Your Daddy Homecoming Sculpture: 1st place: David Farnham, Onondaga, Mom I’m Hungry 2nd place: Leroy Henry, Cayuga, Dawa:noha’ (Our Mother) 3rd place: Oronhiokewahton Watio Splicer, Kanien’kehaka Ahtsihkwa Mom I'm Hungry Dawa:noha' (Our Mother) Ahtsihkwa Weavings and Textiles: 1st place: Emma Shenandoah, Saint Regis Mohawk She Spills Over the Town 2nd place: Natasha Thompson, Mohawk Nation Onekw énhtara 3rd place: Jillian Waterman, Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan Let them Eat Corn She Spills Over the Town Onekwénhtara Let them Eat Corn 2024’s Ohi:yo’ Art Market 2024 was the Ohi:yo’ Art Market’s inaugural year. Nya:wëh to all the participating artists who made this event a success! Check out the winning artists from the market’s competition below. And read more about our inaugural year here. 2024 Winners Visit And Explore Best of Show: Leith Mahkewa Oneida Nation of the Thames/Hopi/Tewa, Wolf Clan Cultural Items: 1st place: Leith Mahkewa, Cradleboard #1- Inaugural 2nd place: Leroy Henry, Cayuga-Grand River Territory, Horn 3rd place: Sharon Trudeau, Wikwemikong Band Odawa, MMIW Forget Us Not Cradleboard #1- Inaugural Basswood, white ash and raw ride cradleboard. The front of the board displays predominantly white flat beadwork on black cotton velvet with accents of sterling silver plated beads and wampum. The choice to use this colour scheme comes directly from my appreciation for the flat geometrical designs found on the back of board is adorned raised Haudenosaunee beadwork on tanned/smoked deer hide, with various coloured florals, vines in and around. Jurors Award: David Martin Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Simeon Pokagon Paintings, Drawings, Photography 1st place: David Martin, Star Brothers 2nd place: Bruce Boots, Akwesasne Mohawk, Little People 3rd place: Kenneth T. White III, Dine’h/Navajo, Charging New Treaties Star Brothers Sculpture: 1st place: Leroy Henry, Cayuga-Grand River Territory, Haudenosaunee Strong 2nd place: Kaysun Tremblay, Kanien’keha’:ka, Kanehsodake, Wisdom in the Water 3rd place: Margaret Jacobs, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Old Growth Blueberry Haudenosaunee Strong Pottery: 1st place: Brennen Johns, Onondowa’ga, They Cut Across the Sky 2nd place: Cynthia Thomas, Oneida Nation, Exercising Indigenous Rights 3rd place: Cynthia Thomas, Oneida Nation, Kanehelatu’ksla They Cut Across the Sky Basketry: 1st place: Ronnie-Leigh & Stonehorse Goeman, Onondaga Nation/Tonawanda Seneca, Grandfather 2nd place: Penelope S. Minner, Seneca Nation, Born to Shine Grandfather Weavings and Textiles: 1st place: Faye Lone, Tonawanda Seneca, Winter Traditions 2nd place: River Webb, Nez Perce, Meskwaki, Gettigawigea 3rd place: Rachel White, Onondaga Nation, Ceremony Trade Cloth Winter Traditions Jewelry 1st place: Jaycee Custer, Diné, Blossom 2nd place: Mickey Sickles, Oneida Nation of The Thames, Silver Arm Bands 3rd place: Christal Ratt, Anishnabe-Mitchikanibikok Inik, Wabikoni Blossom Beadwork/Quillwork 1st place: Kierra Pyke, Mohawk/Akwesasne, Creation 2nd place: Christal Ratt, Anishnabe-Mitchikanibikok Inik, Ayashesh 3rd place: Michael Begay, Navajo & Santo Domingo Pueblo, Bandless Growth Creation Innovative Arts: 1st place: Ronnie-Leigh & Stonehorse Goeman, Onondaga Nation/Tonawanda Seneca, Pope 2nd place: Samantha Jacobs, Seneca Nation, Reconnection-Land 3rd place: Trevor Brant, Mohawk, Knowledge Check out some other award winning pieces below! Michael Begay Rachel White Bruce Boots Penelope S. Minner Margaret Jacobs Kaysun Tremblay Cynthia Thomas Cynthia Thomas Mickey Sickles Kenneth T. White River Webb Jaycee Custer Sharon Trudeau Inspired? Check back soon and follow us on social media for updates on the next Ohi:yo’ Art Market! Page load link Go to Top