Join us this weekend in Providence at the WaterFire Arts Center!
This holiday season, we are excited to expand our programming to Providence, featuring arts, music, dance, performances, food, workshops, and speakers.
Celebrate this annual event, which honors Indigenous talent and traditions through handmade art, demonstrations, music, and dance. We invite you to visit and shop Cultural Survivals Bazaars, where you will find one-of-a-kind Indigenous, handmade, and traditional jewelry, clothing, accessories, housewares, paintings, sculptures, Palestinian blown glass, and more from artists and cooperatives from more than 20 countries spanning across 6 continents. Featuring 40+ artists and community representatives!
Hours
Saturday, December 20: 10 am - 9 pm
Sunday, December 21: 10 am - 6 pm "Pay what you can" with a suggested donation of $10.
Indigenous Book Swap! Who doesn’t love books! Bring a gently used Indigenous book to exchange for something new to read. Please DO NOT swap books within the WaterFire Art Center's gift shop. Those books must be purchased separately.
DRINKING: Bring your ID if you plan on having delicious beer or wine at our bar after 4pm. Non-alcoholic beverages will be available as well. Be sure to bring your reusable water bottle to fill at our water stations.
Thank you to all who made our last weekend's Bazaar at the Cyclorama a great success!
Featured Performers
Thawn Sherenté Harris (Narragansett-Niantic) is a storyteller, dancer, and cultural ambassador.
Yarina (Kichwa) is an internationally renowned musical group of eleven Cachimuel brothers and sisters from Ecuador.
Tia Roberts (Narragansett) is a highly acclaimed Fancy Dancer who has danced her way across the globe, sharing her heart, culture, and Indigenous pride with Native Pride Productions.
Annawon Weeden (Mashpee Wampanoag/Pequot/Narragansett) is a multi-talented performer, educator, artist, and storyteller.
Marie Dion walks the path of her Northeast Woodlands ancestral lineage and is an author, artist, speaker, and teacher.
Experience authentic Indigenous cuisine of the Northeast. In 2023, Sherry Pocknett received the James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Northeast.
Eli's Delicias
Argentinian sandwiches, empanadas, desserts, and more!
Fry Bread Indigenous Fusion
Where tradition meets taste, Frybread Catering, established in 2024, prides itself on serving fresh, local ingredients.
Mohawk Shwarma Grill
Delicious Palestinian food.
Hi Bar Lo Bar
A Providence-based mobile beverage service with roots in creative culture and 20+ years of event experience, specializing in delicious beverages and small bites.
2067 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 441-5400
www.cs.org
Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972. We envision a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance.
