Ball, whose heritage is a mix of Black, Modoc, and Klamath, lives and works in her ancestral homeland of Southern Oregon and Northern California. Her hybrid approach to art-making slyly mixes codes, allowing many narratives to circulate.
Sonny Assu (Ligwiłda'xw of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nations) was raised in North Delta, BC, over 250 km away from his home ancestral home on Vancouver Island. Having been raised as your everyday average suburbanite, it wasn't until he was eight years old…