[Founding / Full Member Since: 2004]

Cherokee
Moccasins

Above: "Traditional Cherokee Moccasins" by Mary HorseChief Henderson
Description: Beaded buckskin
photo by: m.horsechief © 2

Mary HorseChief Henderson Mary is a second-generation artist, daughter of artist Mary Adair and sister of artist’s (Dan HorseChief) and Sam HorseChief Jr. She is a graduate of Muskogee High School and studied art at the University of Oklahoma, Bacone College, and Northeastern State University. While at Bacone, she studied under Ruthe Blaylock Jones and Dick West. Mary then studied under Jim Terrell, R.C. Coones and Jerry Choate at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. Mary graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and a minor in Native American Studies from NSU in 2000.

Above: "Traditional Cherokee Moccasins"
by Mary HorseChief Henderson
Description: Beaded buckskin
photo by: m.horsechief © 200?

In addition to watercolor, Mary also works in acrylic, oil, pottery, drawing, photography, Cherokee moccasins and other traditional crafts.

Mary HorseChief has worked for the Cherokee Nation for fifteen years, and is the Community Services liaison for the Cherokee Nation Prevention Services, and collaborates with community members to organize community coalitions and implement activities designed to reduce the harmful effects of drug abuse, among Cherokee citizens.

Mary makes her home with her husband, Jim Henderson, in Welling, Oklahoma. Mary is a founding member of the Cherokee Artist’s Association.

Above: Simple, yet elegant by Mary HorseChief Henderson photo by: Mary HorseChief Henderson© 2006?

Tiny Dancer Above: "Tiny Dancer" by Mary HorseChief © 2005 Description: Oil painting / Size (in inches): Height: ? x Width: ?

Cherokee/Pawnee Artist,
Mary HorseChief Henderson photo by: s.irla © 2007

Additional Artist's Info - Mary HorseChief Henderson

—Primary Category and Mediums—
Moccasins, Paintings, Pottery
Authentic SE / Woodland Motifs, Native Clays & Slips, Traditional wood - pit firing


—Tribal Affiliation—
Cherokee/Pawnee

—HomeTown—
Muskogee, Oklahoma

—personal website—
None Listed

—email—
maryhorsechief@cherokee.org

—Studio—
Tahlequah, Ok
Hours: By Appointment Only


—Galleries—
None listed


—Workshops—
None Scheduled

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—Credentials—

Cherokee Artists Association Full/Founding Member since 2004
Apprenticeship:

—Awards—

Purchase award from Philbrook Museum of Art

Frances Rosser Brown Heritage Award from the Five Tribes Museum

Grand Prize from the Anadarko Indian Fair Art Show

Graphics Award from Trail of Tears Art Show at the Cherokee Heritage Center

Powers Award from the Red Cloud Indian Art Show.


—Shows—

OKC Kirkpatrick Center

Cherokee Heritage Center

Red Cloud Art Show

Heard Museum

Five Civilized Tribes Museum

Northeastern State University Symposium Featured Artist.