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The Story of Everything – once a theater performance – now a film screening in April!

March 20, 2023

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…

Connecting with Native Theater Arts in March 🎭

March 19, 2023

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…

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces Open Call for Native Artist Support Programs 🎨

January 17, 2023

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…

“We Are The Land” Native American Heritage Month Activation 📷 🪶

December 7, 2022

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…

NACF SHIFT AND LIFT SITE VISITS TO NEW YORK CITY

November 8, 2022

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…

Voices Like Thunder: An Afternoon of Poetry with NACF

November 6, 2022

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…

Happy Native American Heritage Month 🍂🍁

November 1, 2022

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…

The Larger Voice: Celebrating Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Literature Fellows

NACF Publishes Literary Anthology

October 20, 2022

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…

Native Artists Perform at TBA Festival in Portland

September 23, 2022

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…

NACF Announces 2022 LIFT Program Awardees

September 8, 2022

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.…

Congratulations to SWAIA on its Centennial!

August 20, 2022

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…

Mentorship and Matriarchy

May 10, 2022

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.…

Art and Community Mark the Public Opening of NACF’S Center for Native Arts And Cultures

May 10, 2022

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…

NACF 2021 Annual Report

April 27, 2022

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…

Exhibition: Where the Waters Come Together

April 8, 2022

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…

NACF Partners with WA Poet Laureate to Curate Literary Anthology

March 24, 2022

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…

Remembering Jim Denomie

March 23, 2022

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…

LIFT PROGRAM OPEN CALL INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR

January 27, 2022

This webinar will provide an overview and information on how to apply to Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program. The foundation is…

2022 OPEN CALL: LIFT Program Applications

January 19, 2022

LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is now accepting applications for the LIFT–Early Career Support for Native Artists program, a one-year award…

Remembering NACF Artists Lost in 2021

January 10, 2022

With heavy hearts, we remember two NACF artists who passed last year. Culture bearer, educator, and fiber artist Royce Manuel (Auk-Mierl Aw-Thum) passed on July 19, 2021, in Scottsdale, AZ.…

2021 in Review

January 3, 2022

At Native Arts & Cultures Foundation (NACF), we consider the new year a time to reflect on all that we have accomplished and a time to give thanks to all…

A Gift For Thriving Native Arts and Cultures

November 30, 2021

At Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, we invest in the power of arts as an agent for transformational change rooted in our Native stories, our strengths and our journeys as…

WEBINAR: Native Artists as Leaders

November 9, 2021

PANEL DISCUSSION Please join Native Arts and Cultures Foundation for a conversation between Native artists whose practices reimagine a better world and inspire and empower others to do the same.…

Indigenized Futures – Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

November 1, 2021

This November, we celebrate Indigenous people’s rich history and contributions as we work to shift a narrative of historical inaccuracies and promote equity and cultural empowerment through a Native lens.…

2021 Willamette Week’s Give!Guide

November 1, 2021

NACF is in this year’s Willamette Week‘s Give!Guide. The Give!Guide makes giving to the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation easy and fun. With your gift, you will support our vision to realize…

In the Spirit of Gratitude & Reciprocity

October 1, 2021

After a year and a half of virtual events, we were finally able to hold our first in-person gathering at the Center for Native Arts and Cultures (CNAC) since taking…

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces New SHIFT Program Awardees for 2021

September 29, 2021

PORTLAND, Oregon, September 30, 2021 – The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is pleased to announce the first cohort of the SHIFT – Transformative Change and Indigenous Arts program awardees. Following…

New 2021 LIFT Program Launches

September 15, 2021

NACF was pleased to host a two-day virtual program orientation for our new LIFT awardees on July 21-22, 2021. The LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program provides invaluable support…

Art That Connects Us – A Visit with Mentor Artist Fellow Brenda Mallory

September 15, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person activity across the nation last year, Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation) had just received a 2020 Mentor Artist Fellowship from the Native Arts and…

Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists

September 13, 2021

NACF is pleased to partner with Dance/USA to share news of the following fellowship opportunity: Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists (DFA) is a national program that supports individual dance artists, funded…

A Feast of Light and Shadows – A Yale Union Exhibition at CNAC

August 17, 2021

As part of our mission, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) collaborates with Native artists and organizations committed to increasing awareness and deeper understanding of Indigenous arts and culture…

NACF President/CEO receives the 2021 United States Artists Berresford Prize

July 14, 2021

Congratulations to our President/CEO, Lulani Arquette, for being awarded the United States Artists 2021 Berresford Prize! The Berresford Prize was introduced in 2019 and is an annual award that honors…

Mentor Artist Fellowship Virtual Convening

July 14, 2021

In 2017, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) launched the Mentor Artist Fellowship Program awarding the first mentor-apprentice cohort. Since then, 31 Native artists and culture bearers have received the…

Telling the Story of Portland – Mayor’s Office Native Art Project

July 12, 2021

The Portland Mayor’s office, working in partnership with the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, is looking to showcase the work of 3-4 Native artists. The theme is to tell a…

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces New LIFT Program Awardees for 2021

July 7, 2021

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…

Portland Nonprofit Receives Multi-Million Dollar Gift for Native Arts and Cultures

June 23, 2021

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 23, 2021 – The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) has been awarded a multi-million dollar gift in support of its mission to advance equity and cultural…

Natalie Ball Receives Oregon Native Artist Fellowship Award

May 12, 2021

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation is pleased to announce Natalie Ball (Black, Modoc and Klamath Tribes) as the recipient of the Oregon Native Artist Fellowship (ONAF). Ball’s work addresses racial narratives…

NACF National Artist Fellow Wins Great American Song Contest

May 12, 2021

Thea Hopkins (Aquinnah Wampanoag) was on tour in the United Kingdom in August of 2014 when she heard the news about the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The incident was…

Donate With a Gift to Support Native Arts!

May 11, 2021

One of the most extraordinary attributes of art is its ability to inspire us to think in expanded ways, moving the public to act and challenge assumptions about Native identity…

The Enduring Art of Black-Ash Basketry

May 4, 2021

April Stone (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) is a 2020 Mentor Artist Fellow and has been a Black-Ash basket weaver since 1998. She has spent many years researching…

NACF Releases Report on Native Arts and Culture: Resilience, Reclamation, and Relevance Convening

March 9, 2021

In February 2020, NACF co-hosted a first-of-its-kind gathering in Washington, D.C., with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Native Arts…

NACF 2020 Annual Report

March 4, 2021

Ano’ai Kakou, When we look back at 2020 with its unprecedented and extraordinary challenges, we—at the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF)—find that this past year has served to illuminate…

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Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
Center for Native Arts and Cultures building address:
800 SE 10th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
By appointment only
Phone: 360-314-2421

Please use following address
FOR MAILING:
1020 SE 7th Avenue
Unit 14460
Portland, OR 97214-2387