Atsei Designs
upcoming markets
April 5, 2026
12-5 pm
Fleetwood’s, 496 Haywood rd, Asheville, NC 28806
Poster by Xarlakk Heavy Industries TM
Original Atsei Designs “I Will Treat Your Existence As Sacred and Important”
True to size
Comfort Colors Unisex Garment-Dyed Heavyweight T-Shirt - 1717 in color graphite
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Linoleum cut print
Open edition
Black block printing ink
Atsei signature in archival ink
6 “ x 6”
Acid free paper
More merch and art to come! Spring 2026
Hand sanded dentalium shells ~”2 in length, 4 total
Freshwater pearls
Shell centerpiece
Necklace 16” in length with 10” velvet ties, 35.5” total length
Linoleum cut print
Open edition
Black block printing ink
Atsei signature in archival ink
6 “ x 6”
Acid free paper
Noquisi means star in the Cherokee language. These earrings feature hand sanded dentallium shells, ceramic beads, and a star bead. The lever back earrings are hypoallergenic.
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Kituwah woman II
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Custom Beaded Floral Earrings
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![Four jewelry boxes embossed with gold glitter. Atsei's signature in Cherokee syllabary is stamped across all boxes, the two smaller square boxes feature a cat wearing party hat with a fish skeleton and tulle collar.]()
Special packaging for certain jewelry pieces
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Moss Cradle
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Atsei Designs digital services
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you are not a burden to her
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The Harga
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batty 4 u block print
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Beaded strawberry and dentalium earrings
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“Dreaming of Fishes” on display at “Intertwine: Shaping Our World Through Acts of Togetherness”, Dogwood Arts Gallery, Knoxville, Tn. A group exhibition curated by Bella Thomas-Wilson.
“Moon Mother” is awarded 1st place in the adult painting division at the art show in the 2024 Kananesgi Fashion Show, theme “Feminine Roots”
Click here to donate to the Qualla Boundary Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women organization. This grass roots organization is sponsored by the Center for Native Health (501c3).
“Private Property” now on view in the McClung Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate. Check out Homelands: Connecting to Mounds through Native Art art by 17 incredible native artists! January 2025–December 2027
Atsei Cooper on Homelands: Connecting to mounds through Native art, by Todd Stedd at WUOT 91.9 FM Knoxville, TN. January 23, 2025.
McClung staff, EBCI THPO NAGPRA officer, and Homelands artists participate on a panel at the 11th annual Cherokee Archaeological Symposium October 2024
“EBCI Natural Resources, the Nature Conservancy, and Eastern Cherokee BIA host Eco-Cultural Wildland Fire training” Brooklyn Brown, the Cherokee One Feather, 12/5/2025. Atsei Cooper illustrates and presents the EBCI Seasonal Round for Eco-Cultural Wildland Fire Training.
“Disruption” shakes up Museum of the Cherokee Indian exhibit, photo and article by Scott McKie of the Cherokee One Feather 2022.
Inaugural Indigenous Logic Model Cohort with the Center for Native Health. Photo taken by Kilyne Oocumma.
University of Tennessee Knoxville graduate student profile.
Atsei Cooper is selected as lead artist by the Museum of the Cherokee People for the Cultural District Public Arts Project funded by the Z. Smith Reynolds Grant, 2023
“Hundreds Attend WNC Environmental Summit at Haywood Community College” WLOS Staff. March 20, 2026. Atsei Cooper was invited to be a keynote speaker and lead watercolor workshops for students. Cooper spoke on “Being in Relationship with the Land”. Photograph by WLOS staff.
“The Art of Reclamation” by Maggie Palmer, Torchbearer Magazine. University of Tennessee Knoxville, May 2025.
Conservation Corp North Carolina 2024 LinkedIn post. Historic dairy bottle from 1914 found at Kituwah Mother Town.
“Center for Native Health launches first Indigenous Model Cohort with Cherokee artists,” WLOS staff, Fri, August 1st, 2025. Photo taken by Kilyne Oocumma.
Contact
For any questions you can contact me here:
hcooper0110@gmail.com
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