This photographic print is entitled "Walking Your Path, 2016" by Michelle Tapia of the Santa Clara Pueblo. She was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although she never received formal art or jewelry training, she has been creative since childhood. This natural inclination made her a quick study as she learned silver and goldsmithing, lapidary, and the art of scrimshaw from renowned Alaska Native jewelry-makers, Denise and Samuel Wallace.

Michelle’s heritage includes her paternal great-grandfather, a full-blood Comanche from Picuris Pueblo, and her maternal great-grandfather, of Santo Domingo Pueblo. Along with her Spanish-Catholic upbringing and her Tibetan Buddhist philosophies, these multicultural influences, combined with nature and animals, inspire her. Working from her home studio in Santa Fe, Michelle carves each of her pieces by hand from fossilized walrus tusks, some dating back 20,000 years. She fabricates all her own metalwork, setting every hand-inked design in fine metals.

Tapia has won numerous awards, including Best of Show, 6 Best of Fine Jewelry, 2 Best of Fine Crafts (3-dimensional), and Best of Collaboration Fine Art at Santa Fe’s Contemporary Spanish Market. 

This piece is a photographic print entitled "Walking Your Path", created in 2016.

Looking closely, you can see elements of Michelle's photograph imprinted on the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star sneakers.

Teri Greeves is a Native American beadwork artist, living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is enrolled in the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. Greeves learned beadwork from her mother, who learned from her mother, as well as her aunt. Greeves has said, "My grandmother is present in everything I do." Greeves was already an accomplished beadwork artist at the age of eight.

Look closely at the exquisite beadwork on the Converse Chuck Taylor High Top All-Star sneakers — it is incredible. She calls this item "We Gave Two Horses In Honor Of Our Son".

This work, also by Teri Greeves, is entitled "Starry Magpie" using Czechoslovakian beads, brain-tanned deer hide, commercial-tanned cowhide, and powder pigment.

Rose B. Simpson is a Tewa sculptor of Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh (Santa Clara Pueblo) is a mixed-media artist who works in ceramic, metal, fashion, painting, music, performance, and installation. She lives and works in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico.

This untitled piece was made with leather, sinew, clay, and high-top sneakers.

Simpson is a mixed-media artist whose artwork investigates the complex issues of past, present, and future aspects of humanity's tenuous survival in our current ecological condition. This piece is entitled "Dream 3 - Connect" and was fabricated using commercial cloth, paint, ceramic, and plastic. It was purchased from the artist by the Heard Museum.

Jarrod Da is a Native American artist from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. When he was young, living in secluded areas like the Rocky Mountains and the High Plains of New Mexico, he learned to have a creative imagination which in turn gave him an appreciation for nature and all its mysteries. The complex patterns and colors of the world influence his artwork. He says he is driven to best replicate that perfection we see in the natural world. The driving influence of his life is to create interpretations of what he sees as a way of celebrating the greatness and beauty all around us.

This work is untitled, using pastel on paper.

Even though Da comes from a rich Tewa background, he feels his work speaks on many levels. These levels are his experiences and influences he sees and deals with in current society as a Native American. By putting himself in the mainstream he feels he can reach more people with his work.

This work is also untitled and uses paint, Converse Chuck Taylor High Top All-Star sneakers.

Jennifer Tafoya is one of the brightest and most talented artists from Santa Clara Pueblo working in the sgraffito area. Her incising work on pottery is particularly detailed and precise — revealing great accuracy and fabulous use of color. Her themes are wildlife, fish, birds, and mountain animals in stunning realistic detail. She combines this with fabulous traditional Santa Clara geometrics and symbols.

This piece is untitled but fabricated from paint, Converse Chuck Taylor High Top All-Star sneakers.

Jason Garcia is a contemporary Native American artist in the United States, who was born in Santa Clara, New Mexico. His work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Palm Springs Art Museum, and many more. He won the 2018 Mentor Fellowship Award from the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation among many others.

This piece is entitled "Corn Maidens #13". It uses traditional hand-processed clay tile, mineral pigments, and traditional Pueblo pottery outdoor firing methods. It was purchased by the Heard Museum.

This piece is also from Jason Garcia and is entitled "Tewa Tales of Suspense!" It uses paint, Converse Chuck Taylor High Top All-Star sneakers. I happened to notice the Superman logo on the tongues — did you?

Marla Allison is a visual artist producing artwork inspired by traditions, cultural displacement, and the human experience. Originally from Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, she is committed to participating in artist residencies that facilitate collaborations with artists from around the world. In her words, “Through the collaboration of artists, free thinkers, and open-minded creative people, we can strengthen each other and build greater bridges…no matter where you come from or how you start, if you set a journey to learn, you will inspire and understand the essence of a strong human race.”

This piece is entitled "Dragonfly and Moonlight" using acrylic, silver leaf, and gold leaf.

This piece is also by Marla Allison and is entitled "Sunday Shoes". She used UV-reactive and acrylic paint on Converse Chuck Taylor High Top All-Star sneakers. Way cool.