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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 &…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…