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Festival Artists

Festival Artists (2024)

MUSICIANS & DANCERS

  • Three men posed in front of a thatched structure.
    Associação do Povo Indígena Amondawa
  • People singing and playing maracas outdoors, on either side of a bird sculpture.
    Bird Singers of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
  • A woman poses wearing woven blue and green top and red necklace.
    Sara Curruchich
  • Four Navajo Dancers stand in a line wearing traditional garments.
    DinéTah Navajo Cultural Program
  • Two men dressed in all black against a black backdrop.
    Doc Native & Spencer Battiest
  • A man plays guitar while his son plays the drums.
    Wade Fernandez Apīs-Mahwaew
  • Three men standing outside with instruments.
    The Gaudry Boys
  • Two dancers in colorful masks kneel in the grass.
    Git Hoan Dancers
  • A group of hula dancers wearing green leis and crowns and gray skirts perform on stage, left arms raised.
    Hālau o Kekuhi
  • Four women in floral dresses posed by a river.
    Kontiwennenha:Wi
  • Two dancers in colorful masks kneel in the grass.
    Marimba Maya AWAL
  • A person holds a wooden drum beater and an animal-skin drum, smiling slightly. Black-and-white photo.
    Nadia Larcher
  • Two women holding skateboards.
    MISK'I & K'achamosita
  • Three people in wooden humanoid masks holding drums and feather-adorned instruments.
    Nuna Dancers
  • Three people wearing masks jump in unison on stage.
    Pamyua
  • Eight adults pose in front of an adobe brick wall holding musical instruments: violines, clarinet, double bass, acoustic guitar, horn, small guitar, and drum.
    Pasatono Orquesta
  • A man in a purple shirt poses at a keyboard.
    Murray Porter & Elaine Bomberry
  • A group of people in matching denim tops adorned with blue and red ribbons across the chest pose on a rock face.
    Sons of Membertou
  • Artist Waikil is wearing a green and white headband. He is looking at the camera and is up against a white background.
    Waikil & Ketrafe
  • Five women in Zuni Pueblo garments stand in line, looking at the camera.
    Zuni Olla Maidens

VISUAL ARTISTS

  • A man poses with a plaster sculpture.
    Abel Aguilar Vásquez
  • A person poses with a bundle of weaving fibers.
    Kevin Aspaas
  • A man stands next to a hand-carved totem.
    David Robert Boxley
  • A man stands in front of a colorful background.
    Cornelio V. Campos
  • Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco
    Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco
  • A woman weaving a basket.
    Kelly Church
  • A man sitting at a table with a weave on it.
    The Darden Family
  • A woman holding up a woven basket.
    Ronni-Leigh Goeman
  • A woman smiling in front of a colorful mural.
    Reyna Hernandez
  • A woman wearing a colorful, fur-lined shawl.
    Wooshkindein Da.Áat Lily Hope
  • A woman kneeling over a weaving project.
    Mangyepsa Gyipaayg Kandi McGilton
  • A woman holding a large ceramic vessel.
    Mujeres de Barro Rojo
  • A man paints another person's face with red and black patterns.
    Pataxó Artists
  • A woman in a bright yellow top stands in front of a field.
    Karina Citlalli Ramírez Juárez
  • A man arranges dyed red, white, yellow, and blue rice and beans into colorful shapes and patterns.
    Ubaldo Sánchez, Guate-Maya DC
  • A woman holding a clay pot stands in front of shelves of pottery.
    Taller Ruiz Lopez
  • A woman standing at a table, working with clay.
    Kathleen Wall
  • A man weaving with red silk.
    Yagaa Productores de Seda

STORYTELLERS

  • Close-up of a smiling woman with beaded earrings.
    Amy Bruton Bluemel
  • A smiling man wearing a purple top and a headress.
    Perry Ground
  • Close-up of a man wearing a gray polo shirt.
    Robert Lewis
  • A person wearing a bird mask poses toward the sky.
    Gene Tagaban
    Guuy Yaau

CHEFS & COOKS

  • A man wearing a black shirt on a plain background.
    Bradley James Dry
  • Four people stand outside with drums.
    InterTribal Buffalo Council
  • A selfie of a man standing on the beach.
    Robert Kinneen
  • A smiling woman standing in front of a city skyline.
    Bricia Lopez
  • A woman with beaded earrings.
    Claudia Serrato
  • A man wearing a suit with a feather in his hair and a beaded necklace.
    Sean Sherman
  • Five women wearing skirts standing in fornt of the Washington Monument.
    Wild Bearies
  • A woman with a beaded top on a green background.
    Nico Albert Williams

ATHLETES

  • A woman with a fringed belt skateboarding on a halfpipe.
    Di’orr Greenwood
  • A team of men's lacrosse players lifting their sticks in the air.
    Haudenosaunee Lacrosse Athletes
  • Six women in colorful skirts stand holding their skateboards.
    Imilla Skate
  • A man in a white shirt and khaki pants skateboarding on a rail.
    Manny Santiago
  • A man wearing a red flannel and a beaded necklace stands in front of a table.
    Keith Secola, Jr.

CEREMONY LEADERS

  • A woman wearing a foliage lei and crown.
    Hālau ‘Ōhi‘a
  • Four women wearing blue patterned dresses.
    Native American Women Warriors Association

KNOWLEDGE KEEPERS & SPEAKERS

  • A woman smiling in front of a white and blue wall.
    Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta
  • A man wearing a black bandana and sunglasses on his head smiles.
    Angelo Baca
  • A man with short, black hair and glasses wearing a white polo smiles head-on at the camera.
    Johnson Cerda
  • A woman wearing glasses and a red, black, and tan scarf.
    Brenda Child
  • A woman in a blue shirt on a brown background.
    Kelly Fivekiller Hallman
  • A person with dark hair and the ocean in the background.
    Patrick Austin Freeland
  • A man standing in front of a leafy background.
    Francisco Huichaqueo
  • A woman wearing a cowboy hat.
    Kayla Jackson (GALACTIC)
  • A smiling woman with short hair and glasses.
    Jacinte Lambert
  • A woman with short, gray hair wearing a maroon polo and black framed glasses.
    Debbie Lavallee
  • A man wearing a black button up shirt and a beaded bolo tie.
    Oren Lyons
  • A man standing in front of a pine tree.
    Rex Lyons
  • A man in a feathered headdress and a woman wearing a cowboy hat standing together.
    Harvey & Gina Posey Pratt
  • A man wearing a black t-shirt standing in front of a body of water.
    Brett Ramey
  • A smiling woman with blue earrings.
    Angela Riley
  • An image of a woman.
    Nonabah Sam (GALACTIC)
  • A man wearing a suit with a feather in his hair and a beaded necklace.
    Sean Sherman
  • A smiling woman wearing a blue paisley top.
    Gabrielle Tayac
  • A smiling woman with long black hair wearing a white sweater sitting in front of a brick wall.
    Heather Dawn Thompson
  • On a pure white background, a man wearing a gray suit jacket, blue button-up shirt, and a silver bolo tie looks straight ahead.
    Brian Vallo
  • A man smiling on a red patterned background.
    Daniel Wildcat
  • A woman with dreadlocks wearing beads and holding a fan.
    Penny Gamble-Williams & W. Thunder Williams
  • Lauren Good Day
    Dallin Maybee
  • Chris Pappan
    Greg Smith

PRESENTERS

  • A woman wearing glasses and beaded necklaces.
    Yolanda Alcorta
  • A man speaking into a microphone.
    Betto Arcos
  • A woman wearing a black, red, and tan scarf.
    Elaine Bomberry
  • A woman smiles, wearing a black and gold striped head covering and white dotted face paint.
    Camila Bryce-Laporte
  • A man wearing a black t-shirt and blue shorts skateboarding.
    Bert Correa
  • A man wearing a brown jacket.
    Fernando Gumeta-Gómez
  • A woman in a dark red hat.
    Diana Hendrickson
  • A man wearing a gray polo shirt.
    Gustavo Hinojosa Arango
  • A man wearing a brown baseball cap and a gray shirt sitting in the grass.
    Halena Kapuni-Reynolds
  • A man wearing a black shirt and a woven hat.
    Demián Ortiz Maciel
  • A blonde woman wearing a purple sweater and red scarf stands in front of a beach's shore.
    Marcia Ostashewski
  • A woman wearing a black jacket.
    Christine Panther
  • A woman with two dark braids and maroon T-shirt.
    Miss Chief Rocka
  • A woman standing in front of a sunset.
    Emily Uruchima
  • Grô Mirawê
    Amanda Villa Pereira
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