Ben Pease is a multidisciplinary artist and founding member of the Creative Indigenous Collective and Native Youth Art in Action. Together with Robert Martinez (Northern Arapaho, 2012 First Peoples Fund Artist in Business Leadership Fellow, 2015 FPF Cultural Capital Fellow) and John Pepion (Piikani, 2017 Artist in Business Leadership Fellow), they host an annual youth mentorship workshop sponsored by the Indian People’s Action and the Montana Folk Festival.