Independent Project

Our Indigenous Future

eight16 creative was one of a handful of artists and collectives granted a 2025 RedLine Contemporary Arts Center INSITE grant. These funds allowed us to collaborate with Native youth in the Denver area, mentoring on photography and creative visual storytelling, culminating in a series of exhibitions sharing their visions with our communities.

The first exhibition of OUR INDIGENOUS FUTURE is taking place at Creative Nations at The Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, Colorado and features works from six of the ten artists who participated in the workshop: Sage Deal (Pyramid Lake Paiute), Rosalyn Paz (Purépecha+Community of Ihuatzio), Elizabeth Tafoya (Jicarilla Apache+Laguna Pueblo), Eshtolae Ribera (Navajo+Apache+Crow), Brielle Patillo (Northern Arapaho+Northern Cheyenne+Lakota), and Ana Barcenas (Chippewa Cree).