Forge Project Association

FORGE PROJECT IS A NATIVE-LED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MANDATE IS TO CULTIVATE AND ADVANCE INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP IN ARTS AND CULTURE. THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND EMPOWERS NATIVE CULTURE WORKERS AND PROMOTES BROADER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF INDIGENOUS CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE. LOCATED ON THE HOMELANDS OF THE MOH-HE-CON-NUCK IN NEW YORK STATE, THE CORPORATION'S MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ANNUAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND GRANTS FOR INDIGENOUS CULTURE WORKERS, AN EXPANDING CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ART COLLECTION AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH AND LENDING, REGULAR PUBLICATIONS ON INDIGENOUS ART AND CULTURE, PUBLIC CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, AND GATHERINGS CENTERED AROUND CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS EXPRESSION.