At Culture Hub, we have a vision for growing our capacity and building community spaces that will last for generations. Our three pillars are food sovereignty, arts, and cultural preservation, and with this in mind, we strive to build upon that with a community garden, a community kitchen, and establishing Culture Hub Arts Institute (CHAI). We need your help in bringing these dreams to reality.
Our Future at Culture Hub
Culture Hub Arts Institute
Culture Hub Arts Institute (CHAI) is a place where Native artists and cultural creators come to Make, Learn, Empower, and Thrive.
Rooted in our medicine wheel framework, each phase supports the next—creating a continuous cycle of growth, creativity, and self-determination.
Make is the starting point. Artists have access to our fully equipped Makerspace, Artists-in-Residence programs, peer-led co-creation days, material and supply support, and Cultural Makers Nights. CHAI provides the resources and environment for artists to bring their creative visions to life.
Learn follows naturally from making. Through skill-building workshops, artist accelerator programs, and digital literacy training, CHAI supports artists in deepening their practice and building the professional tools they need to succeed.
Empower emerges as artists begin to apply their new skills and knowledge. CHAI helps artists take the next step in their journey—establishing their legal entities, launching their brands, and connecting with mentors who guide them through professional development and entrepreneurship.
Thrive is the result. CHAI provides opportunities for artists to showcase and sell their work, access grant and fellowship support, and grow a sustainable creative career.
Through this cycle, CHAI uplifts artists not just as creators, but as leaders in their communities.
Seeds of Kinship
Seeds of Kinship is an intertribal community garden in Oklahoma City designed to restore connection to land, culture, and one another through Indigenous knowledge. The 7,000-square-foot site will feature ancestral seeds, Caddo and Wichita homeland soil, native plants, pollinators, and a ceremonial space. Community members will engage in landbased learning through storytelling, gardening, harvesting, and cooking. Programming fosters intergenerational connection, cultural exchange, and healing. This space will uplift Indigenous identity and food sovereignty through murals, medicine gardens, and immersive storytelling while nourishing urban Native families in mind, body, and spirit.
This community garden will serve as a healing and educational hub for intertribal Native residents living in or
near Oklahoma City. It will offer space to grow traditional foods, share ancestral knowledge, and build relationships across generations. Programming will center Native youth, elders, and everyone in between—providing culturally grounded, land-based learning experiences that reflect Indigenous values of stewardship, reciprocity, and connection to the land.
