Naomi Natale is an Albuquerque-based interdisciplinary artist whose socially engaged practice centers on collective memory, grief, and the responsibility of belonging. With over 18 years of experience, her work operates at the intersection of social and environmental justice, community collaboration, and large-scale installation.  Natale’s projects invite deep reflection on how we come together—in times of crisis, mourning, and longing—and how art can serve as both witness and catalyst. Natale is the founding artist of One Million Bones, a global art installation that mobilized over 150,000 participants from 50 states and 30 countries to handcraft more than one million bones. The project culminated in an installation of 1,018,260 bones on the National Mall in 2013, raising awareness about mass atrocities in Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, and Syria. Her current work, Of Grief & Dreams, is a socially engaged installation exploring grief as both personal and communal terrain, centered around a large-scale, interactive ship constructed in the desert. She is a recipient of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation’s Artist as Activist Fellowship, a TED Senior Fellowship, and the Arts and Healing Network Award.