Little Eagle Arts Foundation - LEAF

09/04/2026

In-person, comprehensive NAGPRA regulations training and compliance training for Great Lakes Nations and institutions with collections from the Great Lakes region. Registration deadline: Oct. 9.

In-person, comprehensive NAGPRA regulations training and compliance training for Great Lakes Nations and institutions with collections from the Great Lakes region.

08/28/2026

Call for Photographers living in WI and neighboring states.

REPOSTING: Sharing this opportunity with Filter Photo

CALL FOR ENTRY: Field Notes from the
Middle, juried by Nathaniel M. Stein, Curator of Photography at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Filter Photo invites photographers and lens-based artists making work about the Midwest to submit to Field Notes from the Middle, an inaugural juried exhibition.

Five artists will be selected to each exhibit 5-7 works from a single body of work.

Each exhibiting artist will be eligible for the 2026 Filter Photo Museum Purchase Award ($2,000), with the selected work acquired by the Cincinnati Art Museum for its permanent collection.

Photography, photographic materials & other lens-based work are all welcome. Open to artists working in:
IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD & WI.

Follow the link in our bio to learn more and submit your work today!

08/28/2026

We love being a part of the Baraboo community in beautiful Sauk County, Wisconsin! Our friends at Powerline Coffee Company, right off the square in Baraboo, are supporting our work this month. If you're in the area, please stop by and enjoy their tasty selections of beverages and food.

08/27/2026

Our Teewakacak art workshop series in partnership with the Nature Center at Devils Lake State Park wrapped up today. Twenty nine dream catchers were created by a group of wonderful participants. They were taught by LEAF teaching artist Deanne Croaker (Leech Lake Ojibway). We’re so grateful to our volunteers for their helpful hands and the Wisconsin Arts Board for making this free community event possible.

08/19/2026

Several LEAF roster artists are featured in a variety of public art installations on exhibit in the Teejop (Madison) History Project. As LEAF Director and one of the artists our own Melanie Tallmadge Sainz was selected for this project and she was honored to be asked to speak on the recent City Cast Madison podcast. Melanie had such a great time with Jade and Hayley. We hope you can visit the sites around the Teejop area. We've listed the website in the comments. You can listen to the interview by clicking on this link: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/indigenous-art-across-madison-wonder-bars-future-and-your-hot-takes

08/14/2026

Our Executive Director Melanie Tallmadge Sainz was invited to join Mike Mossman, President of the Badger History Group to speak about the history and beauty of Maa Wákąčąk (English translation: Sacred Land). LEAF's Maa Wákąčąk Art Studio can be found here. Listen to the Lee Rayburn Show on WI Public Radio. https://www.wpr.org/news/complicated-legacy-rebirth-sauk-countys-sacred-earth?fbclid=IwY2xjawTr-AlwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7PdJJ1p5cnKj2tVnjZ8wgyEh_YRIjMm-pm2gnFQe5xoNFTPRqhjQDa_lFWzA_aem_VwD8eJwA914c1OLiVL3P-Q

From "Sacred Earth" to "Devil's Lake" and from farmland to a munitions factory, a Ho-Chunk Nation citizen and a Wisconsin historian share the crucial life lessons inherent in the history of the Badger Lands.

08/13/2026

The 104th annual SWAIA Indian Market https://www.swaia.org/ includes two LEAF roster artists this year. If you're attending market in Santa Fe, NM this year be sure to visit Dawn Dark Mountain near the Plaza at Booth LIN W 722, and Sayokla Kindness at Booth FR S 322. Congratulations to our artists from the Great Lakes area and best wishes for a great Market weekend!!!

Santa Fe Indian Market — Discover Over 1000 Artists Representing More Than 1000 Native Artists from 200 different Tribal Nations.

08/12/2026

LEAF participated in a community tour including friends from the Ho-Chunk Nation, Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance, UW Madison Arboretum, International Crane Foundation, Aldo Leopold Foundation, Wormfarm Institute, and more. We’re so blessed to open our Maawakacak Art Studio to our supporters, allies, new friends, and visitors.

08/08/2026

In July we partnered with ICF to host our youth camp. We’re looking forward to next year!

08/07/2026

LEAF Roster and Native Artists: ArtLit Lab in Madison has vendor spots available. Deadline to apply is 8/15!

📣FINAL CALL 📣

Artist applications due August 15th, 2026 by midnight!

We welcome all native artists at any stage of their career to apply. Paige Skenandore and I developed this market to support artists and their economies. Please share!!

Applications can be submitted via Arts + Literature's link below:

https://artlitlab.org/events/native-art-market-2026

The Market will take place at the Arts + Literature Laboratory on Saturday, November 14, 2026, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm in Madison, WI.