Curator Tony R. Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo) has more than thirty years’ experience collaborating with tribes and curating Native material culture. As Curator of Ethnology at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, he has curated many exhibitions, including Comic Art Indigène and What’s New in New 2, and in 2018 he was co-curator of Creating Tradition: Innovation and Change in American Indian Art, the first Native exhibition at Epcot in Orlando, Florida. He is an occasional potter and artist.
Tony Chavarria (Tesuque jar)
Curator Tony R. Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo) has more than thirty years’ experience collaborating with tribes and curating Native material culture. As Curator of Ethnology at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, he has curated many exhibitions, including Comic Art Indigène and What’s New in New 2, and in 2018 he was co-curator of Creating Tradition: Innovation and Change in American Indian Art, the first Native exhibition at Epcot in Orlando, Florida. He is an occasional potter and artist.
Jason Garcia (Avanyu jar and vase)
Curator Jason Garcia/Okuu Pin (Tewa/Santa Clara Pueblo) is a potter, ceramicist, printmaker, painter, father, son, brother, uncle, and an alumnus of the universities of New Mexico and Wisconsin.
Jason Garcia (melon bowl)
Curator Jason Garcia/Okuu Pin (Tewa/Santa Clara Pueblo) is a potter, ceramicist, printmaker, painter, father, son, brother, uncle, and an alumnus of the universities of New Mexico and Wisconsin.
Nora Naranjo Morse (Nambé jar)
Curator Nora Naranjo Morse (Kha’p’o Owingeh/Santa Clara) is a student, elder, and builder of things.
Nora Naranjo Morse (San Ildefonso storage jars)
Curator Nora Naranjo Morse (Kha’p’o Owingeh/Santa Clara) is a student, elder, and builder of things.
Rose B. Simpson (Water Jar)
Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara) is an artist, public speaker, and mom.
Rose B. Simpson (Ancestral Puebloan Jar)
Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara) is an artist, public speaker, and mom.
Monyssha Rose Trujillo (Water jar)
Monyssha Rose Trujillo (Cochiti, Santa Clara, Laguna, Jicarilla, Diné) is an anthropologist and geographer working toward the creation of inclusive spaces for Indigenous people in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math). Her work is driven by the desire to expand areas of knowledge through Indigenous teachings and to reclaim narratives of the natural world.
Monyssha Rose Trujillo (Storyteller figure)
Monyssha Rose Trujillo (Cochiti, Santa Clara, Laguna, Jicarilla, Diné) is an anthropologist and geographer working toward the creation of inclusive spaces for Indigenous people in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math). Her work is driven by the desire to expand areas of knowledge through Indigenous teachings and to reclaim narratives of the natural world.
Nathan Youngblood (Banded Water Jar)
Curator Nathan Youngblood (Santa Clara) is a potter, designer, and master apprentice.
Nathan Youngblood (Bear Paw Water Jar)
Curator Nathan Youngblood (Santa Clara) is a potter, designer, and master apprentice.