Inquiry

Understood as equal and often interrelated practices, we ask: How do art and craft facilitate connections to culture and land? What do they tell us about local histories and the traditions from which they derive? Drawing from ancestral knowledges and models for community-building, Indigenous and diasporic practitioners activate or reimagine traditional techniques and materials. In doing so, engagements with media and matter can reclaim marginalized heritage, highlight overlooked histories, and recover severed ties to ancestral lands. Working in diverse media, including textiles, photography, digital image-making, and site-responsive installation, the practitioners listed below bridge relations to place through reviving cultural traditions, reimagining the archive, fostering ecological stewardship, and forging connections to land.