New 2021 LIFT Program Launches
NACF was pleased to host a two-day virtual program orientation for our new LIFT awardees on July 21-22, 2021. The LIFT…
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Transforming Community
2021 LIFT AWARDS
PORTLAND, Oregon, July 7, 2021 – The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is pleased to announce the first cohort of the LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program awardees. Following a national open call for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian artist applicants, over 100 artists’ applications were reviewed by a panel of arts professionals specializing in dance, literature, film, multidisciplinary arts, music, performance art, theater, traditional arts and visual arts. Twenty artists were selected to receive a $10,000 one-year award designed to support artists in furthering their work and/or to serve as a launching point in their career…
THANK YOU
Thank you to our community of supporters!
NACF is grateful for gifts with commitments received from the following Foundations, Corporations and Tribes over the last quarter.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
James F & Marion L Miller Foundation
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett
PROGRAMS
ABOUT
GIVING
NEWS
We are forever grateful to the Native nations and tribes, foundations, nonprofits, businesses, and individuals who have so generously enabled the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation to provide the following assistance as of June 30, 2021:
$0
Total program support
1
Total awards
1
Native artists and organizations
1
Different states and the District of Columbia
I was taught that our arts carry the spirit of the people. It is through art that we know ourselves. It’s through art into the world and it is through art cultures will be remembered.
– Joy Harjo (Mvskoke) NACF Board Chair & U.S. Poet Laureate
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NEWS, UPDATES & EVENTS
Art That Connects Us – A Visit with Mentor Artist Fellow Brenda Mallory
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person activity across the nation last year, Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation) had just received…
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Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists
NACF is pleased to partner with Dance/USA to share news of the following fellowship opportunity: Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists (DFA)…
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A Feast of Light and Shadows – A Yale Union Exhibition at CNAC
As part of our mission, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) collaborates with Native artists and organizations committed to…
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Request For Proposals: Evaluation Consultant/Team
OVERVIEW The Native Arts and Cultures Organization (NACF) is seeking an evaluation consultant / team to support the organization in…
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NACF President/CEO receives the 2021 United States Artists Berresford Prize
Congratulations to our President/CEO, Lulani Arquette, for being awarded the United States Artists 2021 Berresford Prize! The Berresford Prize was…
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