Field Guide-Field Guide features the work of recipients of the 2020 and 2021 Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists, including Teresa Baker (Mandan/Hidatsa), Anthony Hudson (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians), Jessica Mehta (Cherokee Nation), and Eliza Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo).
In the exhibition, the four artists, who are all from different regions and disciplines, explore diverse cultural traditions while forging new personal identities and investigating topical issues such as the diasporic experience, resilience, and autonomy. Evoking a trek though the surrounding Wyoming wilderness, Field Guide invites viewers to explore the intersecting visions of these artists, as well as their connection to place, nature, and the larger universe. Offering a complex view of the present and past, and a comingling of place and voice, the works engage in contemporary Indigenous discourse while celebrating the vibrancy that Ucross’ extraordinary residency experience offers to each artist who attends. Several pieces in the show were created while the artists were in residency.