Call for Art Submissions: The UAKN is looking for art by five (5) Indigenous Youth for the upcoming UAKN book!

In partnership with the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC), the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network (UAKN) is in the process of writing a final book based on the last 10 years of urban Indigenous community-driven research across Canada.

A central theme of the book, and as something to focus on and consider in the sharing of your visual artwork, is the experience for Indigenous people of the ‘city as home’. If selected, your artwork will be chosen for different areas of the book, including the front and back covers, as well as at the beginning of each chapter.

They are seeking artwork that reflects and celebrates the experiences, knowledge, and stories of Indigenous Peoples in an urban context with the theme of “City as Home”.

Interested Indigenous Youth artists are asked to submit their Expression of Interest with examples of their work and an Artist’s Statement by the end of the day, October 30th, 2025. If you have any questions, please send all your questions to uakn@nafc.ca

For more information: nafc.ca/uakn