Maile Andrade is a multi-media artist and educator connecting ancestral and contemporary practices in her work.
2023 SHIFT Awardees
Growing Thunder Collective
Growing Thunder Collective represents three generations of highly accomplished, well-respected, and prolific Dakota/Nakoda bead and quill artists.
Lani Hotch
Lani Hotch is a master Ravens Tail and Chilkat weaver and tribally designated Culture Bearer dedicated to intergenerational teaching and cultural revitalization.
Anthony Hudson & Felix Furby
Anthony Hudson is an artist and writer and well known as Portland, Oregon’s premier drag clown, Carla Rossi. Felix Furby is a linguist, carver, Indigenous historical researcher, and Indigiqueer advocate.
Leilehua Lanzilotti
Leilehua Lanzilotti is a Kanaka Maoli composer and sound artist whose practice explores radical indigenous contemporaneity, integrating community into the heart of projects.
Christen H. Marquez
Christen Marquez is a Director, Producer, and Videographer who creates films that spark empathy and bridge understanding between communities.
Warren Montoya
Warren Montoya is a muralist and multidisciplinary artist, entrepreneur, youth development facilitator, teacher, and farmer.
Marie Watt
Marie Watt is an interdisciplinary artist whose work offers a platform for community engagement and sparks critical conversations around humanity and our understandings of the past, present, and future.