This exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.

Co-curators

Joseph Aguilar, PhD (San Ildefonso Pueblo) is an archaeologist with Bering Straits Native Corporation and works in and around his Pueblo. Aguilar has extensive experience working with museums regarding Ancestral Pueblo pottery and cultural stewardship.

Meyokeeskow Marrufo (Eastern Pomo) is an enrolled member of Robinson Rancheria in the Clear Lake basin, but has lived and learned from other California Tribes, including Yurok, Hupa, Maidu, and Miwok territories. She is an artist, curator, and teacher, focusing on cultural arts, regalia making, and foodways.

Hillary C. Olcott is the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s curator of the arts of the Americas and is the leader of this initiative. Her collaborative and cross-disciplinary projects engage with Indigenous arts and artists across the Americas.

Will Riding In (Pawnee/Santa Ana Pueblo) is the curator of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe. His research focuses on historic and contemporary Pueblo pottery, 20th-century Pueblo watercolorists, and Southern Plains ledger art. Riding In is also a potter, working to revive Santa Ana pottery techniques and designs.

Sherrie Smith-Ferri, PhD (Dry Creek Pomo/Bodega Miwok) is a member of Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians. She is currently working as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for Dry Creek Rancheria, a project consultant, and a board member for numerous cultural organizations. She studies and writes about California Indian basketry, art, and history.

Advisers

• Alme Allen (Karuk/Yurok), multimedia artist, designer, cultural consultant, and mentor

• Bruce Bernstein, PhD, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for San Ildefonso Pueblo

• Jonathan Cordero, PhD (Ramaytush Ohlone, Bay Miwok, and Chumash), founder and executive director of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone

• Christina Hellmich, PhD, curator in charge, arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

• Pimm Tripp-Allen (Karuk/Yurok), vice president of community partnerships and tribal relations at the Humboldt Area Foundation

• Brian Vallo (Pueblo of Acoma), former director of the Indian Arts Research Center, School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe