A message from the director
Dear Family, Friends, and Supporters of We Are the Seeds,
We Are the Seeds has been flourishing in our commitment to amplify Indigenous voices since 2016. It was then that we developed the vibrant and meaningful Seeds Santa Fe. The acknowledgement of a much needed shift in approach to Indigenous arts, and taking on that pivotal work has led us to produce over 150 additional programs (including our podcast From Here, With a View), increasing agency and direct engagement between Indigenous artists and audiences. Seeds has created, and continues to implement a more expansive view on how to support and lift Indigenous artists and communities through action.
In the past two years, we’ve learned many lessons about the importance of remaining flexible and responsive. We've also gained a greater understanding that our organization’s mission extends well beyond public in-person programs— that connection and positive change can be expressed in many forms, and work that is managed privately without fanfare can often be the most powerful and productive.
Our utmost priority is to serve the Indigenous community of Philadelphia and surrounding areas, as well as to design engagements that would reconcile the major gaps in representation of Northeast Indigenous artists and makers. We have developed exciting partnerships and collaborations that will nourish and expand this important work that we care so deeply about. We are challenging Indigenous erasure and invisibility in Philadelphia (and beyond) and creating safe spaces to exist as we are— beautiful, thriving peoples with important histories and even stronger futures.
Best to you and yours,
Tailinh
We Are the Seeds has been flourishing in our commitment to amplify Indigenous voices since 2016. It was then that we developed the vibrant and meaningful Seeds Santa Fe. The acknowledgement of a much needed shift in approach to Indigenous arts, and taking on that pivotal work has led us to produce over 150 additional programs (including our podcast From Here, With a View), increasing agency and direct engagement between Indigenous artists and audiences. Seeds has created, and continues to implement a more expansive view on how to support and lift Indigenous artists and communities through action.
In the past two years, we’ve learned many lessons about the importance of remaining flexible and responsive. We've also gained a greater understanding that our organization’s mission extends well beyond public in-person programs— that connection and positive change can be expressed in many forms, and work that is managed privately without fanfare can often be the most powerful and productive.
Our utmost priority is to serve the Indigenous community of Philadelphia and surrounding areas, as well as to design engagements that would reconcile the major gaps in representation of Northeast Indigenous artists and makers. We have developed exciting partnerships and collaborations that will nourish and expand this important work that we care so deeply about. We are challenging Indigenous erasure and invisibility in Philadelphia (and beyond) and creating safe spaces to exist as we are— beautiful, thriving peoples with important histories and even stronger futures.
Best to you and yours,
Tailinh
