2024 Forge Project Fellowship Informational Webinar

Join Forge Project for an informational webinar on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 6:30 PM ET via Zoom, outlining the 2024 Forge Project Fellowship and application process.

Potential applicants will have the opportunity to learn more about Forge Project and the 2024 Forge Project Fellowship from Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Executive Director & Chief Curator, Sarah Biscarra Dilley (yaktitʸutitʸu yaktiłhini [Northern Chumash]), Director of Indigenous Programs & Relationality, and Robbie Wing (Cherokee Nation Citizen), Public & Community Programs Coordinator; guidelines for the application and how to apply; eligibility requirements; and tips for using Submittable and drafting long-form answers.

Monique Tyndall, Cultural Affairs Director for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, will share information about the 2024 fellowship application for SMC members, project proposal requirements for the SMC fellowship, and answer questions from members of the Stockbridge-Munsee community.

There will also be a brief Q&A session at the end of each session. Feel free to submit questions in advance to [email protected].

This session will be recorded and available for anyone who is not able to attend live.

About the Fellowship

Forge Project, a Native-led organization whose mandate is to cultivate and advance Indigenous leadership in arts and culture, is pleased to announce its open call for applications for its 2024 funded fellowship program for Indigenous cultural workers broadly.

The Forge Project Fellowship is a cohort of six Indigenous individuals that represent a broad diversity of cultural practices, participatory research, organizing models, and geographical contexts that honor Indigenous pasts as well as build Native futures.

Two of the fellowships are awarded to enrolled tribal members, First and Second Line Descendants of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians in recognition of the peoples on whose homelands Forge Project is situated and to encourage site-specific and relational projects. Each Forge Project Fellow receives a total of $25,000 toward their practice and will have full access to the Forge Project site, libraries, and lending collection of living Indigenous artists during a residency stay of up to three weeks.

For full details, selection criteria, key dates and the link to apply, visit forgeproject.com/fellowship.

Application & Eligibility

Applicants must be an enrolled member, citizen, or descendant with verification from the enrollment office of a state or federally recognized American Indian tribe or Alaska Native corporation, or of Native Hawaiian ancestry, a Canadian First Nations (status or non-status), Metis or Inuit to apply for the 2024 Forge Project Fellowship.

Applicants will be asked to provide documentation of their Native citizenship or ancestry to confirm eligibility.

Please email [email protected] with any questions.