​Founded in January 2018 by poet Joni Renee Whitworth in Portland, Oregon, Future Prairie is a queer creative studio and non-profit artist collective. We pay marginalized artists to create art and specialize in creating collaborative, community-driven events and social communications.

Pre-COVID, we hosted an artist residency in downtown Portland and curated monthly live variety shows. In quarantine, we've pivoted to producing short films, a podcast, social content, and an online magazine. Our work centers the narratives of historically-marginalized groups such as women, disabled, racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities, and low-income individuals. Our core team is comprised of opera singer Emmanuel Henreid, filmmaker Hannah Hefner, and designer Tiana Avila.