One of few young Native animators in the country, Taylor Antone’s work addresses Indigenous underrepresentation and negative stereotypes in mass media.
2021 LIFT AWARDEES
Del Curfman
Del Curfman wants his art to be seen by urban Indian and tribal communities, as well as non-Native communities, for a meaningful dialogue to be opened.
Maya Rose Dittloff
Maya Rose Dittloff has dedicated her art, career, and work to advancing the conversation on Indigenous cinema.
Cecily Engelhart
Cecily Engelhart is passionate about how methods of expression shape our understandings of ourselves and each other.
Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich
One of few women carvers in the region, Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich comes from a family of Iñupiaq and Koyukon Athabascan artists.
Chelsea T. Hicks
Chelsea T. Hicks hopes to inspire the future of writing and publishing solely in an Indigenous language.
Ursala Hudson
Ursala Hudson comes from a family of Chilkat and Ravenstail weavers and traditional artists.
Kalalea Ka’uhane
Kalalea’s music contains a diverse sound that is driven by cultural consciousness and world change.
Olivia Komahcheet
Olivia Komahcheet is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer whose music spans numerous genres.
ShanDien Sonwai LaRance
ShanDien Sonwai LaRance was taught to hoop dance by her family before joining the circus at eighteen-years old.
Dawn E. LeBeau
Dawn E. LeBeau believes photography helps us to continue with a modern form of documentation for our Indigenous people.
Carrie G. Lind
Carrie G. Lind works with clay to reconnect directly with the earth and as a way to connect with her people and heritage.
Camas Logue
Camas Logue’s work invites audiences to see, not through colonial capitalist eyes, but from an Indigenous perspective, where land is our relative to be cared for and respected.
Keoneʻulaokamakauhi Keliʻiokalani Teawenohoitalani Mākua
Keoneʻulaokamakauhi Keliʻiokalani Teawenohoitalani Mākua is revitalizing Hawaiian tattooing, which went dormant after Christianity ravaged the Hawaiian Islands and dramatically changed the landscape of traditional practices.
Jessica (Tyner) Mehta
Jessica (Tyner) Mehta is a multi-award-winning interdisciplinary artist and poet. Place, space, and personal ancestry inform much of her creative work.
Gretchen Potter
While Gretchen Potter’s stories subvert that false narrative that Natives are of the past, she also aims for her work to go beyond challenging the insistent, tired tropes of Native Americans to explore universal questions of identity, loss, power, and agency.
Monica Jo Raphael
Monica Jo Raphael is a culture bearer and fifth generation quill worker who learned the tradition of embroidering porcupine quills onto birch bark from her father and auntie.
Henu Josephine Tarrant
Surrounded by a family of talented performers, Henu Josephine Tarrant was inspired to create from a very early age.
Kellen Trenal
Kellen Trenal is a multi-disciplinary artist and performer with a strong focus in traditional niimíipuu, Nez Perce beading, weaving, and regalia construction.
Richard D. York
Richard D. York is a contemporary painter and mixed-media artist who is driven to learn from traditional ways of making and share his knowledge and practices with his community.