BIO: Frank Buffalo Hyde,a Southwestern born artist who traces his heritage to the Nez Perce and Onondaga people, has been recognized for breaking through the boundaries that many place around what they think Native American art should look like. He is defining himself as a Native American without being a stereotype dealing with what he calls the "fragmented contemporary life" of a Native U.S. citizen. Hyde grew up in central New York, and then returned to New Mexico to study

BIO: Courtney Michele Leonard is an artist and filmmaker from the Shinnecock Nation of
Long Island, New York. Leonard’s work explores the evolution of language, image and culture through mixed media pieces of video, audio, and tangible objects. She studied art and museum studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts (AFA 2000), Alfred University (BFA 2002), and the Rhode Island School of Design (MFA 2008). Leonard has given lectures and exhibited nationally and internation