Notions

Notions is a work about accepting displacement as a Dakota/ Navajo woman born and raised in Los Angeles. The artist's parents relocated to LA from their reservations in the early 1970s to create a better life. Eventually, tragedy would encompass both parents, and she is left to wonder, where is home? Avis has lived in her ancestral homelands of North Dakota and New Mexico yet remains connected to all three places through their scents, sounds, landscapes, and temperatures. This print is about childhood and genetic memories, adapting, and accepting that home is not within four walls. Peace is home.