IN 2022, THE MUSEUM EXHIBITED KA'ILA FARRELL-SMITH WHO IS A CONTEMPORARY KLAMATH MODOC VISUAL ARTIST, WRITER AND ACTIVIST BASED IN MODOC POINT, OREGON. THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF HER PRACTICE FOCUSES ON CHANNELING RESEARCH THROUGH A CREATIVE FLOW OF EXPERIMENTATION AND ARTISTIC PLAYFULNESS ROOTED IN INDIGENOUS AESTHETICS AND ABSTRACT FORMALISM. UTILIZING PAINTING WITH WILD HARVESTED PIGMENTS AND STENCILING FOUND METAL DETRITUS, HER WORK EXPLORES SPACE IN-BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN PARADIGMS.