Mound Summit 2025 Symposium
Schedule
Sat Dec 06 2025 at 08:30 am to 05:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Kimpton Gray Hotel | Chicago, IL
About this Event
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).
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Check-in
Info: Coffee and continental breakfast provided
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
CfNF Welcome, Introductions
Host: Debra Yepa-Pappan
🕑: 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Presentations
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
Info: Meal provided
🕑: 01:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Presentations
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Discussion
🕑: 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Closing
Where is it happening?
Kimpton Gray Hotel, 122 West Monroe Street, Chicago, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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