This month we launched our 2024 Community Tours Series with an artist talk by Kanani Miyamoto (Native Hawaiian/Japanese), show and tell style!
In Memoriam: Remembering N. Scott Momaday, A Literary Luminary
Photo by Brandon SoderThe Native Arts & Cultures Foundation (NACF) mourns the loss of N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), a beacon of Native American storytelling that illuminated the hearts and minds…
READ MORENative Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces Shyla Spicer as New President and CEO
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) proudly welcomes Shyla Spicer (Yakama) as its new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Lulani Arquette (Native Hawaiian) after her remarkable 15-year…
READ MOREUnited States Artists announces its 2024 fellows, including 5 NACF previous awardees
Congratulations to all 50 of the 2024 USA Fellows including NACF awardees Sgwaayaans TJ Young (Haida Nation), Kelly Church (Grand Traverse Band Ottawa Chippewa), New Red Order (Adam Khalil [Ojibway],…
READ MORENACF Artist Fellow Billy Luther’s ‘Frybread Face and Me’ is a heartwarming Navajo tale
Frybread Face and Me, is a new film written and directed by Billy Luther (Navajo/Hopi/Laguna), a 2014 Native Arts & Cultures Foundation (NACF) National Artist Fellow. Frybread Face and Me…
READ MORENACF Announces 2023 SHIFT Program Awardees
PORTLAND, Oregon, November 16, 2023 – The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is excited to announce the new 2023 SHIFT – Transformative Change and Indigenous Arts program awardees. Following…
READ MOREChords to Other Chords (Relative) 2023
Marie Watt and her dog walking in front of Chords to Other Chords (Relative) at The CenterPhoto by Kevin McConnellIn August of 2023, Seneca Artist Marie Watt began constructing her…
READ MOREWelcome to “The World’s UnFair” New Red Order Call to ‘Give It Back’
On a cool blustery fall day in a vacant city lot in Queens, New York, visitors were welcomed to New Red Order (NRO)’s “The World’s UnFair”. Attendees walk through an…
READ MOREThree NACF Artists honored with MacArthur “Genius” Awards
Congratulations to Native Arts & Cultures Foundation (NACF) alumni Raven Chacon (Diné), Dyani White Hawk (Sicangu Lakota) and Patrick Makuakāne (Native Hawaiian) for being honored with a MacArthur “Genius” Award.…
READ MORENACF Board Meets in Oklahoma City Welcomes Two New Board Members
WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS! The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is pleased to announce that America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) and Betsy Richards (Cherokee Nation) have joined the NACF Board…
READ MORENACF Welcomes New VP of Programs
NACF is excited to announce new staff member Andrea Hanley, Vice President of Programs. Andrea is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She comes to us from the Wheelwright…
READ MORENACF Board of Directors and Staff Tour the First Americans Museum
In September 2023, the Native Arts & Cultures Board of Directors and staff members were treated to a tour of the newly completed First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.…
READ MOREThe Importance of Storytelling through Native food
This month we hosted local Chef and Artist Ramon Shiloh (Mvskoke/Cherokee/Filipino/Black) and Chef Caitlyn Tuttle (Celiac + Allergy-Friendly Recipe Developer) for a food demonstration and mini talk as part of…
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PORTLAND, Oregon, September 13, 2023 – The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is excited to announce the new 2023 LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program awardees!…
READ MOREIntroducing Community Tours
While NACF has always been headquartered in the Pacific Northwest, our roots in the Oregon community have been expanding through our new national headquarters at the Center for Native Arts…
READ MORESupport for Maui
At the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, our hearts are heavy with the news of the lives that have been lost and the devastating wildfires that have destroyed Lahaina town…
READ MORERemembering Frank Blythe champion of public media content for Native Americans
At Native Arts and Cultures Foundation we are mourning the loss of visionary leader Frank Blythe (Eastern Cherokee/Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) on July 21, 2023. One of Frank Blythe’s many notable achievements…
READ MORELIFT Awardee Lehuauakea presents “E Hoʻāla Ka Lupe: To Awaken the Kite”
On July 29, 2023, the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation hosted LIFT awardee Lehuauakea at The Center for a presentation and celebration of their traditional kapa (barkcloth) kite recreation project.…
READ MORE“My Father’s Father’s Sister: Our Ancestor Shimkhin” at Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center
Recently some of the NACF staff gathered to take a little road trip to Grand Ronde, Oregon to visit the exhibit “My Father’s Father’s Sister: Our Ancestor Shimkhin” at Chachalu…
READ MORERemembering Kathryn Harrison Grand Ronde Tribal Matriarch
One of the most influential, respected, and tireless tribal leaders in Oregon history, Kathryn Harrison has walked on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at the age of 99. Kathryn was born…
READ MOREOpening of the Protection: Adaptation & Resistance Exhibit
We are so grateful to everyone who joined us for the opening of the Nationally traveling exhibition featuring Alaska Native art – Protection: Adaptation and Resistance, on May 19th. Exhibit…
READ MORENACF PROGRAMS DIRECTOR JOINS PORTLAND INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
It’s time to say goodbye to a member of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) staff who has been with us for a long time and is part of…
READ MORENew exhibition includes art in response to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis. #MMIW
The first week of May is National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness week, culminating on Friday, May 5th as a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous…
READ MORENative Arts & Cultures Foundation’s Founding President & Chief Executive Officer Announces Transition
It is with mixed emotions that we announce the transition of our beloved Founding President & Chief Executive Officer, Lulani Arquette from her role as President/CEO of Native Arts &…
READ MORERestoring Néške’emāne Film Screening with Director Loren Waters
On March 25th in Portland, Oregon, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) had the pleasure to celebrate and showcase the latest documentary short by 2022 LIFT program awardee Loren Waters…
READ MOREThe Story of Everything – once a theater performance – now a film screening in April!
The Story of Everything began as a Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) Community Inspiration project with its creator, Hawai’i’s First Poet Laureate Kealoha Wong. The performance is an epic…
READ MOREConnecting with Native Theater Arts in March 🎭
This March the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) staff had the opportunity to see Native plays and connect with some of the incredibly talented performers. First we had the…
READ MORENative Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces Open Call for Native Artist Support Programs 🎨
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is pleased to announce its open call for two important programs, the LIFT–Early Career Support for Native Artists and the SHIFT – Transformative…
READ MORE“We Are The Land” Native American Heritage Month Activation 📷 🪶
For #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth NACF partnered with Josué Rivas (Mexica and Otomi) Founder and Creative Director of INDÍGENA to bring visibility to the original people of these lands and begin a conversation…
READ MORENACF SHIFT AND LIFT SITE VISITS TO NEW YORK CITY
Emily Johnson, IV Castellanos rehearsal for Being Future Being: Inside / Outwards at New York Live ArtsEmily Johnson, IV Castellanos, Kevin Holden - Pre Production for Being Future Being: Inside…
READ MOREVoices Like Thunder: An Afternoon of Poetry with NACF
Left to right: Trevino Brings Plenty (Minneconjou Lakota), Rena Priest (Lummi Nation), Laura Da’ (Eastern Shawnee/Seneca/Miami), Brenna Two Bears, Ei-Shah Pirtle-Wright (Warm Springs, Siletz, Klamath & Modoc) and Alma Tapio…
READ MOREHappy Native American Heritage Month 🍂🍁
From Indigenous Peoples Day to Native American Heritage Month, this is a busy time for Native-led organizations — and Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is no different. NACF took…
READ MORENACF Publishes Literary Anthology
We are excited to announce the release of The Larger Voice: Celebrating the Work of Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Literature Fellows. This is the first publication by NACF that…
READ MORENative Artists Perform at TBA Festival in Portland
Over the course of the last two weeks, September 8 – 18, the Time Based Art festival (TBA) welcomed artists from around the world for a series of performances, also…
READ MORENACF Announces 2022 LIFT Program Awardees
PORTLAND, Oregon, September 8, 2022 – The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is pleased to announce the new 2022 LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program awardees.…
READ MORECongratulations to SWAIA on its Centennial!
NACF congratulates SWAIA (Southwestern Association for Indian Arts) as the celebrate their 100th Indian Market on August 21-22, in Santa Fe, New Mexico! If you’re attending Indian Market this year…
READ MOREMentorship and Matriarchy
Mesh Portland Art Museum November 6, 2021 thru May 8, 2022 The Mesh exhibition closed on May 8 after six months at the Portland Art Museum (PAM), in Portland, Oregon.…
READ MOREArt and Community Mark the Public Opening of NACF’S Center for Native Arts And Cultures
A wholehearted thank you to the more than 550 people who joined us on April 22-23 in Portland, Oregon, to bring our new home to life. The two-day event included…
READ MORENACF 2021 Annual Report
Lulani Arquette - President/CEOAno’ai Kakou, Looking back at all we have been through in the last year and moving into the dawn of 2022, we are reminded of the opportunities…
READ MOREExhibition: Where the Waters Come Together
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition at the Center for Native Arts and Cultures in Portland, Oregon. “Where the Waters Come Together” explores…
READ MORENACF Partners with WA Poet Laureate to Curate Literary Anthology
We are excited to announce that Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is publishing a literary anthology that highlights the work of many of our National Artist Fellows in literature. The…
READ MORERemembering Jim Denomie
Our hearts are heavy with the loss of artist Jim Denomie (Ojibwe) who passed away on March 1, 2022, at his home in Minnesota. Jim was an NACF National Artist…
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