We acknowledge that we are situated on the unceded and ancestral homelands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok, the Peoples of the Waters that Are Never Still.

We recognize that there is a history to this land that is older than we are and pay honor and respect to this history and to the Elders, past, present, and future.

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Korina Emmerich (Puyallup) speaking at the inaugural March to Raise Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) in Hudson, NY May 6, 2022. Courtesy Thatcher Keats

Forge

About

Koonamanthe’mã

Forge Project is a Native-led initiative centered on Indigenous art, decolonial education, and supporting leaders in culture, food security, and land justice. Located on the unceded homelands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok in Upstate New York, Forge Project works to upend political and social systems formed through generations of settler colonialism.

Launched in 2021, Forge Project serves the social and cultural landscape of shared communities through a funded fellowship program for Indigenous culture workers, including those working in food and land justice, law and decolonial governance, and art. Forge hosts Native-led public education and events, a lending art collection focused on contemporary art by Indigenous artists, and art-,land-, and food-based educational programming at the Community Learning Kitchen developed in partnership with Sky High Farm.

Team

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Emily Alfeche
Residence Manager, she/her
emily@forgeproject.com
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Frances Cathryn
Editorial Projects Manager, she/her
frances@forgeproject.com
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Candice Hopkins
(Carcross/Tagish First Nation)
Executive Director & Chief Curator,
she/her
candice@forgeproject.com
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Larissa Nez
(Diné)
Digital Storytelling Fellow,
she/her
larissa@forgeproject.com
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Amelia Russo
Collections and Special Projects Manager, she/her
amelia@forgeproject.com
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Paloma Wake
Strategy & Operations Manager, she/they
paloma@forgeproject.com
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Zach Feuer
Co-Founder, he/him
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Becky Gochman
Co-founder, she/her

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Contact

General inquiries: info@forgeproject.com

Collections: amelia@forgeproject.com

Media: Ed Winstead / Cultural Counsel: ed@culturalcounsel.com

Editorial inquiries: frances@forgeproject.com

Social Media

Credits

Collection and purchase consultation support by Broken Boxes Projects

Photography by Thatcher Keats, Alon Koppel, Zoe Chan, Letha Wilson, Carrie Schneider, Lexie Smith, Jason S. Ordaz, Anna Victoria, Johnny Fogg

Video production and consulting by Bob Bellerue and Connor Martin

Design by Other Means

Accessibility

Forge Project makes every effort to provide a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology, age, or ability. We aim to comply with all applicable standards, including WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards up to level AA. If you experience any difficulty in accessing any part of this website, please feel free to email us at info@forgeproject.com. We will work with you to provide the information through an alternate communication method or one that is accessible for you.

Visit

Forge Project is open during public events and by appointment only. Please reach out to schedule a tour.