Mound Summit 2025 Symposium

Center for Native Futures' Mound Summit Sympsoium is a biennial event that brings together Native artists, curators, poets, and thinkers to imagine ourselves and our futures richly from atop a metaphoric effigy mound.

In this year's Symposium, we will highlight Native-led arts spaces from across the country and Canada.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 6-8pm: RECEPTION with drinks and light bites at Center for Native Futures, 56 W. Adams St. Music by DJ Toyacoyah.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 8:30am-5:30pm: SYMPOSIUM at Kimpton Gray Hotel, 122 W. Monroe St.

FEATURING:

Candice Hopkins, Executive Director & Chief Curator, from FORGE PROJECT (Taghkanic, NY)

Clementine Bordeaux and mary v. bordeaux, Co-Founder & Co-Director, from RACING MAGPIE (Rapid City, SD)

Angela Two Stars, Director, from ALL MY RELATIONS ARTS (Minneapolis, MN)

Emma Robbins, Founder & Executive Director, and Jana Schmieding, Board Vice President, from THE CHAPTER HOUSE (Los Angeles, CA)

Hannah Claus, Co-Founder, from daphne (Montreal, QC)

SPECIAL GUEST: Nancy Marie-Mithlo, curator, writer, and professor

CfNF Mound Summit Symposium is funded by Terra Foundation for American Art and the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).