We are committed to promoting opportunities that support and enrich Native artists and organizations in the United States to the best of our abilities, and in respect to the suitability of each opportunity for our community.
Would you like to alert the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation community to an upcoming residency, fellowship, internship, commission or funding opportunity of interest to American Indian, Alaska Native and/or Native Hawaiian artists and organizations in the United States? Email full details to info@nativeartsandcultures.org.
Please check back as we learn of new opportunities, and visit us on Facebook for updates.
Commissions / Calls for Submissions / Calls for Artists
Rezilience: Call for Indigenous Performers (Music, Dance & Song) for April 29 & 30 in Alburquerque, New Mex.
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Public Artist Roster
Due: April 12, 2017
New Mexico Arts – Arts in Public Places
Deadline: April 13, 2017
Gallery South, Ohio – Call for Contemporary Native Artists
Deadline: June 30, 2017
Creative Nation II, Ellsworth Gallery, Santa Fe
Submission deadline: July 31, 2017
Yakama Nation Cultural Center 37th Anniversary & Treaty Day Celebration – Call for Arts Market Vendors
Event is June 8, 2017
Grant Funding
Institute of Museum and Library Services, Activating Community Opportunities Using Museum & Libraries
Deadline: April 3, 2017
Hewlett Foundation 50 Arts Commissions (Bay Area)
Deadline: April 14
Oregon Cultural Trust, Cultural Development Project Grants
Deadline: April 21, 2017
Harpo Foundation Grants for Visual Artists,
Deadline: April 21, 2017
Allied Arts Foundation – Emerging Artist Grant Program
Deadline: May 8, 2017
Potlatch Fund: Native Arts
Opens: July 11, 2017 / Deadline to apply: August 16
National Endowment for the Arts – Art Works Grants for Organizations, www.arts.gov/grants
Deadline #2: July 13, 2017
Fellowships
Oregon College of Art and Craft, 2017 Residential Art Camp for Native Teens
Deadline: April 21, 2017
First Peoples Fund 2018 Fellowships
Artist in Business Leadership
Cultural Capital
Deadline: September 30, 2017
Alliance for California Traditional Artists, Apprenticeship Program
Deadline TBA
Residencies
Signal Fire Arts Residency Programs, http://www.signalfirearts.org/
Deadline: April 1, 2017
Minnesota Historical Society Native American Artist-In-Residence Program, http://www.mnhs.org/residencies/naair
Deadline: April 1, 2017
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, 3.5 Month Residencies
Deadline for Fall 2017-Spring 2018 Residencies: April 18, 2017
Caldera 2018 Artist-In-Residence Program
Deadline: June 16, 2017
National Museum of the American Indian, Curatorial Residency Program
No deadline
Idyllwild Arts Scholarships for Native American Youth and Adults
Contact summer@idyllwildarts.com
Harpo Foundation Emerging Artist Residency Fellowship at the Santa Fe Art Institute, http://www.harpofoundation.org/
Deadline TBA
Internships