Wa:k O’odham artist Harrison Preston is a potter and basket weaver who creates both traditional and contemporary work, all the while trying to preserve and respect the traditions therein. He was raised and currently lives on the San Xavier Indian Reservation (Wa:k), a district of the Tohono O’odham Nation, south of Tucson, Arizona. While attending high school, Preston began learning traditional Tohono O’odham basketry from the noted Tohono O’odham artist and activist, Terrol Dew Johnson. Under Johnson’s tutelage, Preston would go on to win several awards at Native American art markets at the Heard Museum and the Arizona State Museum. After high school, Preston attended the prestigious Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM. Preston also attended Pima Community College in Tucson, where he studied metalsmithing and sculpture. In 2017, Harrison began learning Traditional Tohono O’odham pottery from Kathleen Vance of Sells, AZ, and has collaborated with her and others to reinvigorate O’odham pottery traditions. Harrison can be found demonstrating and displaying his work at regional markets and events across southern Arizona.