To support “Confluence,” an Indigenous-led convening that engages with art criticism focused on sovereign reflection on contemporary and continuum-based Indigenous arts practice, bringing together faculty, writers, and thinkers of all stages in their careers or pathways of academic access for two weeks of exchange, creativity, and reflection. The event concludes with a public gathering where participants can share their writings and reflections, to be recorded and shared on Forge Project’s website. A publication in 2027 is also under consideration.