Aanii, Shé:kon, Wachay,
Tansi, Kwe, Hello!
Imagine a place where Indigenous artists can come together with community to share, create, teach, and connect through the Land itself. LodgePole Arts Alliance has turned that image into intention.
Our Vision is an Indigenous-owned, operated, and land-based arts studio complex; a place for visiting, creating, teaching, performing and feasting.
Our mission is to platform Indigenous artists to action Indigenous resiliency, respect, and reclamation through art making, creative collaborations, and cultural renewal.
We promote the reclamation and revitalization of cultural well-being through the arts of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples and their communities across Turtle Island (North America). We engage all Treaty Partners (Non-Indigenous) by fostering appreciation for Indigenous art and culture through public presentations, gatherings, celebrations, performances, educational programming, and language preservation.
In pursuit of our vision and to fulfill our mission, LodgePole focuses its efforts in two key areas: the development of a national self-determined and sovereign Indigenous arts creation space on the eastern edge of the Dish with One Spoon territories (Frontenac biosphere), and building relationships through land based public experiences, storytelling and programming towards elevating the gifts of Indigenous artists, presenters and arts sector creatives in hosting public events, celebrations, teachings and learnings.
The Land holds our stories, our culture, and our future.
We are working to create an Arts Studio Complex where the Land itself becomes part of the creative process. A place for inspiration, expression, and belonging.