Little Eagle Arts Foundation - LEAF

10/08/2026

LEAF founding Board member Chef Elena Terry presents a special culinary experience at her new restaurant in Madison, WI. https://www.mmoca.org/events/harvest-dinner/?fbclid=IwY2xjawU0cu9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMVZFY05IRjNTaU5wTzd3ZFpzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeBX3u2BLsma_ODeoBTck93N0M6xPrCFMugMzF8VnLOcQD6SYSesFFJ1IKTNA_aem_eBSf_gBCNrJedOLAZs3pSQ

Help us celebrate YOU—our amazing volunteers! Join us for a special Volunteer Appreciation Party in the Rooftop Sculpture Garden on September 26 from 2–5 p.m.

09/23/2026

Save the Date: Honor the Effigy Mounds, Oct 8.
Rob Nurre, LEAF Advisory Council member will facilitate this gathering at Teewakacak, also known as Devil's Lake State Park in Baraboo, WI.

09/22/2026

Our Director led a workshop on porcupine quill jewelry for the WI Master Naturalist program at our Maawakacak Studio in beautiful Sauk County!!

09/15/2026

We're hoping the weather cooperates on Thursday. Bring your own chair or blanket and enjoy this meaningful cultural event on the shore of Teewakacak (English translation: Sacred Lake).

09/12/2026

Call for artists: New and emerging artist opportunity with 8th Generation.

We wanted to share an opportunity from Eighth Generation for Native artists! 🫶🏽

The deadline is approaching, so now’s the time to put some work into your artistry!

Inspired Natives Emerging Artist Award
If you’re an emerging Native artist, check it out, apply, and keep building your creative path.

Supporting one another and sharing opportunities is part of how we strengthen our creative community.

Go get it, relatives! ✊🏽🎨🎶neverToday is the final day for designer submissions, and we’ll be making our final selections by the end of the day. We’d love to see your work!

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.