TRADITIONAL CHEROKEE  POTTERY CHEROKEE BLACKWARE STONE AND WOOD SCULPTURE CHEROKEE BASKETS COPPER BASKETS

Cherokee Artist Joel Queen                (photo by Mickel Yantz)

"As a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians I feel I have a responsibility to keep Cherokee art alive.  I live to teach others about my art and the Cherokee culture.  Prejudice drives me to educate.  It is my passion to break the stereotype that has been placed upon Native art.      The simplicity of line is what I look for and line is what I manipulate.  Stone and wood speak to me in a visual picture and then I carve that image. Ceramics binds my images to the functional world.  I strive to link all cultures together through art.  My goal is to create art so that people can see their past and future in my creations."

                      
      Joel Queen sanding a limestone sculpture          Joel Queen working on a clay pot at