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Annual TICA Conference
Nov. 13-14, 2025
pre-conference activities November 12
Conference Location
Annual TICA Conference will be held at Direct Relief at 6100 Wallace Becknell Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93117.
About the Art & Artist
Each year, the conference sponsors one American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian artist whose work is featured on digital and print conference materials, including the conference poster. We’re thrilled to introduce this year’s conference art, “Mother Goose,” by Jared Tait! @taitjared

Artist Biography
Jared Tait belongs to lynx clan with roots to Sachigo Lake First Nation and Thunder Bay, Ontario. Learning under the mentorship of his father, Tim Tait, Jared began a journey into creating articulate imagery by painting. He practices within the Anishinaabe art style known as woodland.
His exposure to woodland painting began from a young age. Jared built a strong connection and appreciation for this artistic practice. Inspired through personal experience and oral stories, he captures the Anishnaabe relations to the traditional world and spirits that inhabit it. Each creation from Jared is meant to preserve shared teachings, symbolisms, and stories. For those now, in the past and future generations to come.