For this project Denae will be curating her own solo exhibition that transforms an art gallery space into a garden. Her goal is to show the growth and prosperity of her art through visual and physical sensory in the form of a creative oasis. By incorporating textural and abstract elements to immerse the viewer into her realm of art.

The Allen Arts Project is an inspiring initiative aimed at providing the rural community of Allen, Oklahoma, and its public school system, access to art programming. The program is designed to encourage creativity, develop innovative problem-solving skills, and promote a sense of community. Through art education lessons, students will be empowered to create artwork that will ultimately be installed at the city park, showcasing the beauty and uniqueness of their community. These murals will be thoughtfully designed to incorporate themes that reflect the surrounding environment, creating a more vibrant and engaging public space. The Allen Arts Project believes that by inspiring people of all ages to embrace their unique individuality, it can cultivate a stronger and more connected community. Additionally, this project aims to promote future creative community initiatives and reduce vandalism by applying a sustainable approach to improving the quality of life in Allen, Oklahoma.

On December 11, 2018, Kiona’s sister Amber was shot 11 times in her car as she was about to leave her job as the branch manager of the North Natomas Library in Sacramento, CA. The exhibition will focus on her journey through the trial of her sister’s murderer that concluded in the spring of 2022.

This exhibition will feature 11 large scale 4’x4’ paintings showcasing objects of evidence that made an emotional life imprint on Kiona. These images are her interpretations of evidence that she saw or heard through the trial. Each of these 11 paintings will be centered on a vermillion red canvas. Vermillion red is created by alchemy when mercury and sulfur are brought together; a beautiful shade of red but also extremely toxic. Vermillion represents the red of her sister’s coat, her red car, the red brake lights, blood, rage, red flag laws, love and passion. The spaces between each large canvas will hold a tiny white ghost portrait representing Amber and her surviving family members who feel forgotten.

The exhibition will also feature sound inspired by Kiona’s experience through the trial. During the trial, she had the sensation of floating through a surreal dream or a nightmare. Sound without humanity is muffled, somewhere in between reality and the underworld. She is collaborating with three string musicians to create an experience of tension and evoke the texture of the moments in the courtroom. The number 11 will be used throughout this exhibition.

Kyle will attend the two-week Kent Blossoms Art Intensive Painting residency at Kent State University. He will study with instructors from Kent State's MFA Painting program along with visiting artists Sharmistha Ray & Karen Seapker. He will participate in the painting course titled Painting to the Edge.

The short documentary film TIGER highlights Dana Tiger, an Indigenous award-winning, internationally acclaimed artist and elder, and the resurgence of the iconic Tiger t-shirt company. Dana’s mother started a booming t-shirt printing business in the 1980s, which solely featured Tiger family art. It was the first time Native art was seen on t-shirts. Then, tragedy struck their family. Dana’s older brother was relentlessly murdered and their family business was brought to a halt, for what seemed like forever, until recently. After nearly 30 years, Dana and her family revitalized the practice of printing Tiger art on t-shirts. Now, everybody wants to get their hands on a Tiger T-shirt.

Marika will be an artist-in-residence at Constellation Studios in Lincoln, Nebraska for three weeks from July-August 2024. Internationally renowned artist Karen Kunc founded Constellation Studios in 2013 as a creative gallery, workspace and professional classroom focusing on print, paper, and bookmaking. During her residency, Christofides will work with Kunc to make a series of handmade books and an accompanying animation that explore the idea of the human microbiome, based on the research of evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis.

On November 4th, 2020, the Ethiopian government began committing a genocide on the people of Tigray, which is a northern region of Ethiopia. Trapped between Eritrean troops and the federal army, the people of Tigray continue to fight for freedom to live. These past three years have been very difficult to endure and it seems poetry has been a beautiful place to house all of these emotions. Phone Home : ድሃይ ገዛና ናፍቁና (The voice of our house and our yearning), explores different emotions associated with complex grief and fantasies of a hopeful future after Tigray has been freed from genocide.

The Mural Project for Kids will be a free mural process educational program that will take youth through the process of making a mural, start to finish, from ideation to completion! Using Life Changes and Wellness as a venue in Spencer, OK, together we’ll create a beautiful mural to express the community!