There are oil paintings, gouaches, watercolors, and sketches with charcoal. In each case, the artist is at hand, talkng with potential buyers and casual visitors alike. In some booths, craftsmen carefully apply intricate painted decorations to graceful, elegant pottery pieces. Artisan Bruce Caesar at Work at the 1997 Exhibits Leather workers ply their craft for onlookers and sell their work on the site, including handmade, beaded mocassins. Basket makers craft small and large baskets, weavers create colorful blankets, mats, and other items while visitors watch.
Some artists offer silk screened T-shirts to order.
Sculptors display exquisite pieces and apply finishing touches to others, and wood carvers and burners offer delicate figures and plaques. Beaded jewelry is a popular purchase for many visitors, especially made from the real glass item, and many craftspeople thread beads onto earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and bolo ties, or sew them into intricate designs on clothing items and dance costumes. Other items on display and offered for purchase include clay peace pipes decorated with feathers and paint, walking staffs, arrows, lances, and furs and other raw materials for other craftspeople to use. The legend is that bad dreams are deterred from entering the owner's home by the elaborate webbing when a dream catcher is hung in the window, but the good dreams are guided by the spirits to the one hole in the center where they may pass through. A competition is held before the exposition for paintings, sculpture, and other arts and crafts, with prizes and ribbons for the winners.