About Yonavea Hawkins and her Native American Bead Work
The Arist
As an award winning Native American artist Yonavea started when she participated in her first juried art market, entering a pair of Delaware moccasins in the Bead Work competition at the Red Earth Festival and placed.
Since then she has continued to place in other Native American art market competitions with moccasins (pucker-toe), beaded belts, beaded jewelry, and Native American cultural items in the Bead Work and/or Diverse Art categories at the Red Earth Festival, South Eastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM), the Artesian Arts Festival, Santa Fe Indian Market, Eiteljorg Indian Art Market, and the Cherokee Art Market.
Art Markets and Shows Attended
- Red Earth Festival
- South Eastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM)
- Artesian Arts Festival
- Mvskoke Art Market
- Autry Indian Art Market
- Eiteljorg Indian Art Market
- Santa Fe Indian Market
- Cherokee Art Market
- Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market
- First Americans Museum Winter Art Market
Awards Won for Bead Work & Cultural Items
Awards Won for Bead Work & Cultural Items
Awards Won for Bead Work & Cultural Items
2023 – Honored One 2023 This prestigious award from Red Earth recognizes outstanding Native American artists who have made significant contributions to the world of art and their respective communities.
2022- Honorable Mention Beadwork/Quillwork at Santa Fe Indian Market. 3rd place Beadwork/Quillwork Contemporary at Cherokee Art Market.
2021 –Judges Award at Artesian Arts Festival, 1st place Beadwork at Red Earth, 2nd place Beadwork/Quillwork at South Eastern Art Show and Market, and 3rd place Beadwork/Quillwork and the Innovator award (A piece that looks to the future for Native American art, not just what it is now, but what it can be.) at Cherokee Art Market.
2020 – Kathleen Everett Upshaw award at Red Earth, Judges Award at South Eastern Art Show and Market
This is not a complete list of her awards.
FAQs about Her Bead Work
Awards Won for Bead Work & Cultural Items
Awards Won for Bead Work & Cultural Items
I am enrolled member of the Caddo Nation and I am also Delaware Nation and Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma.
For my bead work I use Czech cut beads and my bead work is done on a loom or hand stitched on buckskin using two needle applique stitch or half stitch.
I sign and date my work, so you know that it is an original piece made by me. My bead work has several influences ranging from South Eastern, Woodland to Plains style.