Monty Claw: Fighting for Breath and Life, GoFundMe

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Hello I am Monty Claw,

I have been dealing with respiratory issues since 2013. I wasn’t given a diagnosis till 2022 with COPD. My primary care providers at the time disregarded my diagnosis from pulmonology. I’ve been through a few care providers and it’s been tough to find a provider to help till now. I have a great doctor who really listens to my concerns and we are now changing pulmonologist. Which could take months. He is finally ordering all my needed tests as well. Which I never got before him. I have been pretty ill for over year now trying to just make a living, but my conditions prevent me from doing so. Just this past January I came down with extreme exacerbations. Then in the following months came a mini stroke (TIA), and blood clots in my veins. I also had another PFT which now says I have Restrictive Lung Disease, and I have also been recently diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and Nocturnal Hypoxemia. Which is not a great combo to have. I’ve been trying to resume past activities and exercises. I’m incapable of completing these tasks due to my condition. Just in the past few weeks I have been in a fast decline. I use oxygen about 90% of the time now. 100 yards of easy walking kicks my butt.

So I am asking for you all for some help. I never do this because I carry too much pride in myself to ask. It has been a very tough battle for me physically, mentally, and financially. I really don’t know what my future diagnosis will be, but this kinda help would at least lessen my stress so I can focus on my health and get back to my life as a father, grandfather, mentor, and artist.

I thank you for your time and your concern.

With a long time experience in multiple art forms, Monty Claw of the Navajo Nation from Gallup, New Mexico is a successful artist in which ever medium he uses.   

Being self taught and some studies at The Institute of American Indian Arts, he has taken on being one of the prominent artists of today. Currently he works with jewelry, metal smithing, painting, beadwork, and feather fan making. Monty has been in many publications like The Smithsonian Magazine, and Native Peoples Magazine. He has museum quality collections with the Nelson Atkins, The Nerman Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Denver Art Museum, The Sam Noble Museum, and Musée Du Quai Branly in Paris, France. 

Monty is now working with jewelry and metal smithing. These are works of silver and gold occasionally set with precious gems like turquoise, coral, and diamonds. The pieces he creates are of high quality, with artistic creativity, fine details, and very sculptural definitions that make them come to life. His work is recently sought after by major collectors, museum board members, and major curators.

With the support of his family and peers he continues to explore jewelry and metal smithing with a vision of his own setting a path for his stories in the form of art. He has only began jewelry and metal smithing in 2011. Along the way came awards from distinguished events like the SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, The Heard Museum Indian Market, and Cherokee Art Market in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Monty continues to grow with knowledge and success as one of today’s and into tomorrow’s light as a ground breaking artist. 

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