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TerryLee WHETSTONe
Award Winning (Tsalagi or Cherokee) Artist
TerryLee WHETSTONe, American Indian Flute Performer, Recording Artist,
Multi-media Artist, Poet and Teacher, 2002 Grand Heritage Award winner at The
Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, OK, 2005 ISMA (Indian Summer Music
Awards) Finalist in the Spiritual Class, Finalist in the Eighth (NAMMYS)
Native American Music Awards for 2006 & 2008, 2008
Finalist for Artist of the Year & Compilation Album of the Year at the
Native American Music Awards. 2006 - 2nd place World Music Awards, Just Plain
Folks Music Awards, for Native American Music. Art work chosen for the Cherokee Heritage Calendar
for 2006 and 2007.
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2007 - 2008 ------Pendleton ® Woolen Mills has chosen
TerryLee's
"Record Keeper"
painting to go on a 2008 Legendary Blanket design
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2006 - TerryLee is a board member of GNAFC (Global Native
American Flute Circle).
"I was born in Denver, Colorado and raised in a suburb of Kansas
City, Missouri. As an adult I was able to fulfill a lifelong dream
of living in Oklahoma. Once known
as Indian Territory, Oklahoma is still home to more American Indians
than any other state in the Union. In
fact, 39 tribal
headquarters and members of at least 67 tribes make their home in
the state. It is a place where time honored tradition, cultural
experience and artistic expression are components of everyday life. I resided in South East Kansas for awhile, out with the cows and Mr.
Coyote and other wild life. I came back into Missouri to be with my
mother and father as my mom had stomach cancer. We lost my mom in 2007,
Goodnight Mom. I then made a move to the St. Louis area in November of
2008. I lost the ability to
walk, the ability to play the flute and to hold a paint brush. I was
diagnosed with a B12 deficiency, a condition which disconnects nerve endings in the hands and feet. I knew I was in
trouble without my hands, so I started giving away my flutes, seven in all. There were a few of
my mentors that heard of me giving
away my flutes. They placed calls to me saying the Creator gave me the
gift to play and reach out to the hearts and souls of many people.
They also told me my gift will be given back and stop giving our flutes
away! With this advice I stopped giving my flutes away and started
being gifted more flutes; receiving an additional 10 flutes. I went back to
my
roots through American Indian healing ceremonies and going to the Tree
at the Sun Dance. I am playing flute again and walking beyond belief!
The flutes have continued to come into me. I started feeling the new woods and listening to what the
flutes are saying to me. The SONGS or VOICES are coming though the
new flutes and the many flutes I did not give away. I also lost most of
the songs I knew."
TerryLee WHETSTONe is a self-taught, talented American Indian Flute Performer and
multi-faceted artist. He reflects the history of his native people
in his music and art. TerryLee recognizes a deep Spiritual connection
and acknowledges these talents as gifts given to him from the Father.
His Spiritual connection guides him in all endeavors, painting, poetry,
jewelry design, and through the melodies he produces when playing the
American Indian Flute. TerryLee proclaims “It is of the Father my hands
and eyes are guided by the heart and then the mind. My art is directed
Spiritually.”
TerryLee WHETSTONe's original compositions are Spiritually directed from
his
state of mind and his surroundings. He utilizes the flute as
a gateway linking the past to the present. Believing that music is a
universal language, he asks “what better way to utilize the flute to
tell a story?”
"The American Indian Flute music has no titles or boundaries. Throughout
history music has been an integral part of everyone’s life. It is heard
in the gentle breezes blowing through the trees, or in the babbling
brook as rustling waters flow upon the rocks. Everywhere you go music is
with you, all you need to do is listen with your heart and a story will
unfold. Come unite with me on a journey through my music and art. Let
us not forget that friends become our chosen family. Welcome my friend.
May we continue to journey together with music in our hearts united by
the one Father and our Mother below our feet.”
TerryLee's programs are arranged around the teachings of the Medicine
Wheel. He demonstrates his gift of utilizing energy through
participation of the audience and then he composes an original melody
using the audience’s energy. Also, he frequently invites children on stage to
perform a flute song with him.
"I enjoy working with the youth. I have in the past worked with
the Twin Arrow Boy Scouts in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I presently work with Kansas City’s Young Audience Program
and have been with them since the fall of 2000, and
Mid-Continent Public Libraries in Independence, Missouri providing flute performances
and educational programs."
TerryLee has an International audience in the following countries;
Austria, Australia, Bosnia, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania,
Russia, South America, Spain, (Transylvania, Romania), and Ukraine, to just name a few places. He did an interview
which was aired on a radio program in Russia.
He has won numerous awards for his art and sculpture. Most
recently he was honored to receive the Grand Heritage Award at the Five Civilized Tribes Museum
for his painting “Good Medicine.”
TerryLee WHETSTONe's music and artwork can be found at his website at
www.terrywhetstone.com or in
Alabama at Moundville Archaeological Park, in
Arkansas at The Circle Of Art Gallery, L.L.C. in Mammoth Springs, at Cherokee Mountain Gallery and The Cherokee Store in Eureka
Springs, Arkansas; in Oklahoma at National Cherokee Museum in Tahlequah,
Oklahoma, Five Civilized
Tribes Museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Pat’s Gallery in Bartlesville,
Oklahoma; in
Missouri at S & S Western Outfitters in Joplin, Missouri, Three Trails in Independence,
Missouri; in
Illinois at Cahokia Mounds Interpretative Center at Collinsville,
Illinois; and in
Kansas at the Haskell Indian
Art Market, Lawrence, Kansas, South West and More in Lawrence, Kansas; Cherokee Accents in Corpus
Christi, Texas; THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM GIFT SHOP IN Washington DC;
Native American Trading Co. in Hannibal, Missouri; and at One
Feather in Ft. Walton Beach; Florida.
"I believe that All Life is Precious. It is critical that we, as a
people, take care of each other and nature, and in turn all living
things. My beliefs are demonstrated intensively in each of my
paintings, sculptures, jewelry, and my music."
"A Belief from the Heart - Any player will sound
only as good as the spirit of the flute they are playing, and must
also have a connected Spirit within.
It is all of the Creator,
giving me the ability to see and hear things in the spiritual way. It is
through Him that all things are possible.” TerryLee WHETSTONe
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 In
Memory of My Mother
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FEATURED AT
Native American Trading Co.
115 N Main - Hannibal, MO
63401
1-888-989-3451 Toll Free
1-573-248-3451 Local
email:
natamtrd@sbcglobal.net
Located in Historical
downtown Hannibal, the Native American Trading Co.
was established in 1992. The company started small
with the intent of carrying authentic Native
American Arts & Crafts as well as other unique
American made products, depicting Native Americans.
We are located across from the Mark Twain Museum
about 2 blocks from the Mighty Mississippi River in
Historical Downtown Hannibal, Missouri. The building
was built in the mid 1800's.
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*******************************2010********************************
Give Time, Time....
The Best is yet to come....
I am TerryLee
*******************************2007********************************
Oct. 21st - Here the year is about past
us all. There has been so much that has happened in this year within my
family and personally to myself. I know there has been lot of
problems within my extended families also.
Here are my words to hopefully
help us all for the years ahead of us....
"Walk in a Beautiful manner and with Freedom of
Heart"
Osta Nuwati (Nahwahtea)
To All My Relations
*******************************2006********************************
Osiyo,
Every year I take the time to put down in
words a thought of where I am in this Wheel of Life. It helps me to have
a clearer picture of where I have traveled and the pathways ahead of me.
It is usually about a 2-3 liner but this time it seems to take a few more
words.
Well what follows is it, I know I
have traveled far and still have a long way to go.
Blessings.......
Wa-do' for being my Friends and Family on
this journey in the Wheel of Life.
Thoughts………
“Art is to me a part of my Life. No
different then taking a breath or getting out of bed. It is not
something that is separated from day-to-day Life. It all has to do with
my Life and the need to share in a beautiful way. It does not matter if
it is painting, composing music, recording music, playing music, and/or
talking and sharing with children or elders. Everything I do seems to be
so natural and in tune with all of Life. I believe this is because
everything to me is art related and is a part of my own Life Walk, and
as well as to the lives of all living things, our relatives. For All
Life is of the Creator and so is the True Art.”
Osta Nah wah tea (Good
Medicine)
TerryLee WHETSTONe
Copyrights ã February 19, 2006
Noted
Comment -
Terry-
This is beautiful! I am going to take it to school this week and
share it with my students- all of them K-6.
Fondly,
Robyn
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For Performances, Concerts or Educational Programs Contact:
TerryLee at
DancesOnTheWinds@hotmail.com
2006 - Checkout
the latest on how "Heart Song" CD has been received at
http://www.terrywhetstone.com/fans_comments.htm#music
 2009
- By popular demand of my fans and collectors, re-release of Good
Medicine Book and a New Collector Set including; Kairos Audio Book, Good
Medicine Audio Book, and Good Medicine Music CD.
TerryLee accepts private commissions to create custom,
affordable, one-of-a-kind paintings that depict both joyous and tragic
events which are personal in a persons ‘Walk of Life’. Few artists have
such a gift from the Father’s guidance – to be able to capture in paint,
events which have touched a soul.
To have TerryLee capture such a masterpiece for yourself or for a loved
one, contact him by e-mail
DancesOnTheWinds@hotmail.com and tell him about the event you wish to
capture in a moment of time. The painting he will create for you will
contain symbolism that accurately portray the meanings of that moment in
time.
Such a painting will become a treasure that will last for
generations and which will touch your own heart and soul. |
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