Candice Hopkins (citizen of Carcross/Tagish First Nation) explores the intersections of history, contemporary art, and Indigeneity in her writing and curatorial practice. She is Executive Director and Chief Curator of Forge Project, Taghkanic, NY, and Fellow in Indigenous Art History and Curatorial Studies at Bard College. She curated Indian Theater: Performance, Art and Self-Determination, at the Hessel Museum of Art, and with Raven Chacon, Impossible Music for the Miller ICA and Tufts University Art Galleries. She was part of the curatorial team of the Canadian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, the SITE Santa Fe Biennial; and documenta 14, Athens and Kassel. 

Jami Powell (she/her) is the Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Indigenous Art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College where she also serves as a senior lecturer in the Native American and Indigenous Studies Department. Powell has curated exhibitions including Form and Relation: Contemporary Native American Ceramics, This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, and Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light). In 2025, she co-edited Re-Envisioning American Art: Transforming Museum Practice, which was published by the University of Washington press. She is on the board of directors for the Native American Art Studies Association and serves on advisory boards for Panorama and the Terra Foundation for American Art.