2023 Fellowship Recipients


Hellen Holloway
2024 Horsehair Hitching Fellowship RecipientHelen Holloway is a wife, mother, and fourth-generation rancher who has found a passion for rawhide braiding. She resides in Dewey, OK, on the Scudder Ranch, a preconditioning oper...Read More

Cassie Waggoner
2024 Fine Art Fellowship RecipientCassie was raised on a desert cow outfit north of Globe Arizona. Her early days were filled with long cattle drives through rough country, big brandings with mesquite smoke and bur...Read More

Hailey Fancher
2024 Silversmithing Fellowship RecipientMy name is Hailey Fancher, I am 18 years old and have always called Arizona home. I am lucky enough to have lived in some of the neatest country I have seen and have spent many of ...Read More

Cailin Messer
2024 Horsemanship Fellowship RecipientCailin Messer grew up horseback in Glen Carbon, Illinois where she and her family own and operate a working horse farm today. Inspired by her experiences helping horses and people,...Read More

Peyton Kottwitz
2024 Ranching Fellowship RecipientRaised on a ranch outside of Lusk, Wyoming, hard work and responsibility are ingrained in my DNA. I take pride in carrying on the ranching tradition while tackling the next challen...Read More

Kristen Allen
2024 Saddle Making Fellowship RecipientI was born and raised in a small mountain community in southwest Colorado where I was raised by a healthy mix of ranching folk and hippies. This eclectic group of people showed me ...Read More
2023 Master Artists


Trina Morris
2023 Master HorsewomanFor over 20 years Trina has been traveling across Canada and the United States conducting horsemanship clinics, helping folks from all walks of life, from a variety of equine disci...Read More

Lisa Sorrell
2023 Master Boot MakerLisa Sorrell is an award winning artist working in the medium of leather. She builds cowboy boots in her shop in Guthrie, working from flat pieces of leather and the client’s mea...Read More

John Willemsma
2023 Master Saddle MakerJohn Willemsma grew up spending time at the horse stables surrounding his home in southern California. After leaving California and moving with his parents to the Netherlands and t...Read More

Robin Brown
2023 Master Cowdog TrainerRobin Nuffer-Brown was born and raised on a third-generation cattle ranch in Idaho, where the mountains and valleys were a classroom and here she learned all aspects of ranching an...Read More

Teresa Black
2024 Master Rawhide BraidingTeresa Black of Plush, Oregon, is an expert in rawhide braiding and horse hair hitching.
Originally exposed to leather work, Teresa discovered rawhide braiding in 2000 when ...Read More

Barbara Van Cleve
2023 Master PhotographerBarbara Van Cleve’s heritage is rich with family history and firsthand experience. Her family’s ranch, the Lazy K Bar, was founded in 1880 on the east slopes of the Crazy Mount...Read More