Center for Native Futures

The Center for Native Futures (CfNF) is the only Indigenous artist-run organization in Chicago to promote Native fine arts, foster contemporary artists, and encourage Indigenous Futurists.

Located in the Marquette Building, the CfNF art center will host gallery exhibitions, artist-in-residencies, and community events throughout the year. CfNF recognizes the city of Zhegagoynak (Chicago) as Indigenous land and works to promote the voices of displaced Native people of the Great Lakes region. The organization fosters Native visual artists, curators, and writers at various career stages and provides a lens to learn from the past, nurture the present, and realize our thriving future.