Presented during Native American Heritage Month, Beyond the Image will explore what happens when Indigenous artists move from being the subjects of other people’s stories to defining those stories for themselves.

Dante Biss-Grayson, founder of Sky-Eagle Collection and the International Indigenous Fashion Council, will connect the history of Indigenous creative expression to questions of authorship, ownership, cultural extraction, and tokenism. He will reflect on cultural appreciation and appropriation, as well as the role of creative voices in bringing visibility to the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).

In recognition of Veterans Day, the program will feature a short film about Native American veterans created with Bawadaan, along with a PBS feature. Biss-Grayson will also share the vision behind the International Indigenous Fashion Council and the importance of Indigenous leadership in shaping opportunity, representation, and accountability across the fashion industry.

Admission to Beyond the Image is free, with donations welcome. Attendees are invited to reserve space by visiting www.millicentrogers.com