The Roots We Water
An immersive traveling art installation — where land, water, and Indigenous rights are brought to life through story, art, and ceremony. Five multidisciplinary artists. One shared declaration: We are still here.

Built from think tanks, collaboration, workshops, lived stories, canvas, projection, photography, natural elements, and the knowledge of our elders — this installation doesn’t just ask you to look. It asks you to feel, remember, and witness.

This is for our communities. For the water under threat. For the land that holds our memory. For the generations we’re creating right now.

6 pm Refreshments
7 PM Performance
8 PM Artist Panel

Featuring:
Carrie “Cc” Sage Curley
Cc, (San Carlos Nnee Apache), is a multidisciplinary Queer artist creating large-scale murals, photography, and woodwork rooted in cultural heritage and land reverence. A community advocate and Apache Stronghold member, she works to protect sacred sites and preserve traditional Apache foodways for future generations.

Alicia Velasquez
Alicia (Indigenous / Sonoran Desert / Apache) is an award-winning Indigenous artist and founder of The House of DOTLIZHI. Working in metal, beadwork, leather & mixed
media to transform adornment into storytelling rooted in Indigenous knowledge & intergenerational memory.

Eunique Yazzie
Eunique (Diné) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans multimedia installations, light projection, murals, and immersive experiences rooted in Indigenous identity and land. Her practice transforms space into story — inviting communities to see, feel, and reclaim the narratives that shape their world.

Diane Ovalle
Diane (Mexica/Yoeme) is an artist, storyteller, and cultural organizer from Maryvale, West Phoenix, using artivism and community storytelling to document movement history and fight for collective liberation at the intersections of mass incarceration, climate justice, and systemic change.

Ernesto Burbank
Ernesto (Diné) is a tattoo artist, painter, and founder of Honor Life Collective, translating personal stories and Navajo ancestral teachings into meaningful visual form across 15 years of practice rooted in ceremony, prayer, and the landscapes of the Southwest.