The Bead and the Hours Behind It: Inside the Craft of Stevens & Snyder
Supply costs, hand fatigue, and a thousand colors of thread, Indigi-queer artists Adrian Stevens and Sean Snyder break down what beadwork actually demands, and why they consider every piece an heirloom in real time.
Intertwined: Returning to Our Roots
A mother’s 30-year devotion to Tlingit tradition, a daughter who learned at her side, and the students carrying it all forward; a landmark exhibition in Juneau celebrates the living art of spruce root weaving.
“We’re Here”: Stevens & Snyder on Two-Spirit Identity, Visibility, and Making Art as an Act of Presence
In a city where Indigenous queer artists still have to fight for space, Adrian Stevens and Sean Snyder are making that space, one beaded piece at a time. A conversation with the Sweetheart Dancers on protest, preservation, and what it really means to show up.
Stevens & Snyder Complete Denver Art Museum Residency & They’re Just Getting Started
The Two-Spirit artist duo wrapped their Native Arts residency at DAM this month with a new collector acquisition, a beaded Birkin in the works, and their work permanently entering the museum’s collection. Here’s what happened, and what’s coming next.
A Global Stage for Indigenous Beauty: 2026 Awards Now Open
Entries are officially open for the Global Indigenous Beauty Awards 2026, a first-of-its-kind platform celebrating Indigenous excellence across beauty, wellness, and cultural innovation worldwide.
Indigo Rising: Sage Mountainflower’s ‘Indigo Threads’ Collection Redefines Indigenous Couture
Tewa designer Sage Mountainflower transforms reclaimed denim into a landmark of Indigenous high fashion, proving sustainability was always a sovereign act.
Walk the Land: Manitobah Mukluks’ Spring 2026 Collection Is a Masterwork of Indigenous Artistic Collaboration
From Diné beadwork to Cree sole design, Inuk embroidery to Métis berry motifs, Manitobah’s newest moccasin drop turns every step into a story.
SKODEN: Jeremy Arviso Takes Indigenous Streetwear to Sweden’s National Museums of World Culture
One year after a landmark exhibition first brought Native American fashion to Gothenburg, creative director Jeremy Arviso raises the stakes with a live activation built from fashion, hoop dance, and the radical act of creating without permission.
Adrian Stevens and Sean Snyder Are in Residence at the Denver Art Museum, And You Should Be There
Two-Spirit artists, activists, and beadwork visionaries Adrian Stevens and Sean Snyder are in residence at the Denver Art Museum through April 17, with Open Studio Hours running through this week. Known for their SWAIA-winning beaded “Birkin” bag and their runway presence at Indigenous fashion’s most celebrated stages, the couple now invites Denver audiences into their process — and their vision of bridging the past and future of moccasin design.
El Techichi: An Inscription of Jewelry as Evocation, Home, & Accession
Jewelry designer Omar Monroy creates pieces that carry memory, land, and lineage. Through her practice, El Techichi, stones, shells, and pearls become stories—evoking family, migration, and the living geographies of Turtle Island and Abya Yala.
Story and Photography by Nat Armenta
