Artist Bio: Anna Ochoa is a Samala Chumash (Santa Ynez Chumash) descendant, bead worker, and artist. Her work draws inspiration from nature, pop culture, Chumash cultural history, and traditional art practices. She is deeply passionate about art, wellness, plant medicines, food as medicine, and cultural revival.
For Anna, art is a grounding practice, a place she can return to no matter what life brings. She loves weaving together traditional and contemporary designs, exploring how ancestral knowledge can continue to thrive and adapt to the moder world
