
Yumi Rodriguez
Axis Mundi, 2023
Mixed media, primarily handmade
watercolor paint, on fabric
48" x 72"
Made largely with recyclable materials and handmade pigments derived from plants and food waste, this painting emerged during a period of climate policy work in Cartagena, Colombia, following an encounter with an ancient ficus tree. Sitting at the base of its roots, Rodriguez entered a meditative state and received a vision that later revealed itself as an expression of the Axis Mundi—a cross-cultural archetype symbolizing the connection between earth and sky, often embodied by a sacred tree.
Axis Mundi, 2023
Mixed media, primarily handmade
watercolor paint, on fabric
48" x 72"
Made largely with recyclable materials and handmade pigments derived from plants and food waste, this painting emerged during a period of climate policy work in Cartagena, Colombia, following an encounter with an ancient ficus tree. Sitting at the base of its roots, Rodriguez entered a meditative state and received a vision that later revealed itself as an expression of the Axis Mundi—a cross-cultural archetype symbolizing the connection between earth and sky, often embodied by a sacred tree.

Gwendolen Cates
Sitanka Wokiksuye, 2000
Analog photograph
16" x 20"
Every December, several hundred Lakota and other Indigenous riders undertake an annual 300-mile two-week pilgrimage on horseback and in prayer from the site of Sitting Bull's assassination on the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota to Wounded Knee, on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, where Miniconjou Lakota Chief Bigfoot and hundreds of his people - mostly women and children - had fled looking for refuge.
On December 29, 1890, as many as 300 were massacred by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry. Twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions. Those medals have never been rescinded.
Sitanka Wokiksuye, 2000
Analog photograph
16" x 20"
Every December, several hundred Lakota and other Indigenous riders undertake an annual 300-mile two-week pilgrimage on horseback and in prayer from the site of Sitting Bull's assassination on the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota to Wounded Knee, on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, where Miniconjou Lakota Chief Bigfoot and hundreds of his people - mostly women and children - had fled looking for refuge.
On December 29, 1890, as many as 300 were massacred by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry. Twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions. Those medals have never been rescinded.

Avery Hines-Mudry
Untitled, 2025
Pencil on paper
14" x 14"
My portrait reflects my biracial identity with light and tones blending around a central scar, symbolizing historical racial divides. Around my face I wrote part of the Vision and Creed of Piers Plowman, an allegorical poem by 14th-century poet William Langland.
Untitled, 2025
Pencil on paper
14" x 14"
My portrait reflects my biracial identity with light and tones blending around a central scar, symbolizing historical racial divides. Around my face I wrote part of the Vision and Creed of Piers Plowman, an allegorical poem by 14th-century poet William Langland.









































