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NACF 2018 Annual Report

Lulani Arquette (NACF President/CEO) Welina me ke aloha,  The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation expresses sincere appreciation to our friends, artists, supporters, and communities for continually inspiring us and working…
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2017 Mentor Artist Fellow Update: Delina White

2017 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) Mentor Artist Fellow Delina White (Ojibwe) creates appliqué and beadwork apparel using traditional Woodland designs of the Great Lakes nations. The use of ribbons and beads…
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2017 Mentor Artist Fellow Update: Royce Manuel

2017 NACF Mentor Artist Fellow Royce Manuel (Auk-Mierl Aw-Thum) is a renowned artist in southern Arizona who has spent years researching and documenting desert plant weavings and desert life-ways. Manuel is revitalizing…
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2017 Mentor Artist Fellow Apprentices on Retreat

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) 2017 Mentor Artist Fellow apprentices culminated their 12-month program this past summer at a week-long residency led by Ka’ila Farrell-Smith and Signal Fire. The…
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2018 National Artist Fellows Convening

Over the course of three days, September 26-28, the eighteen 2018 National Artist Fellows were convened in Portland, Oregon, for sharing and learning from one another, interfacing with the public and…
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NACF Fellows Receive Western Arts Alliance Native Launchpad Award

This year, three Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF), National Artist Fellows have been named the inaugural Western Arts Alliance (WAA), Native Launchpad award recipients. Congratulations to Christopher Kau’i Morgan (2013 – NACF Dance Fellow), Allison Warden (2018 – NACF Music Fellow) and…

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Native Arts for Social Change

NACF has a passion and talent for bringing exceptional artists together before diverse audiences to share their insightful work and inspire the spirit. In October, NACF organized three sessions with…
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2017 Mentor Fellow Update: Dyani White Hawk

Dyani White Hawk, a 2017 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) Mentor Artist, recently completed her joint art project (on right) with apprentice Jennie Kappenman (Red Lake Ojibwe). White Hawk…
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Out of State – A Documentary by Ciara Lacy

Ciara Leina`ala Lacy (Kanaka Maoli), 2018 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) National Artist Fellow, presented her directorial debut, Out of State, to an audience of over 100 people in Portland, Oregon,…
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Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle

This past spring the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) supported three panel discussions with three Native female playwrights – all  presenting their work on Oregon’s top stages – including…
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