2022 LIFT Awardees

Sydney Akagi

Sydney Akagi is a traditional Tlingit weaver and professional photographer, part of a burgeoning community of weavers in Southeast Alaska.

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Natalie Benally

As a dancer and filmmaker, Natalie Benally has a particular passion for students that are underdogs, pushing them to realize and celebrate their worth and potential.

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Olivia Camfield

Olivia Camfield is a dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker who is examining Indigenous rage and community solidarity.

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Wicanhpi Iyotan Win Autumn Cavender

Wicanhpi Iyotan Win Autumn Cavender began her artistic journey as an expectant mother with a focus on her heritage and tradition, and is now moving forward in a very contemporary, digital way.

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Kalyn Fay

Kalyn Fay has developed their own musical style that is accessible across diverse audiences, especially within their Cherokee community.

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Carly Feddersen

Carly Feddersen is a jeweler, metalsmith, stone carver, traditional basket maker, glass artist, and printmaker.

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Kamali‘ikūpono Hanohano

Keone‘ulaikapōpanopano Kamali‘ikūpono Hanohano holds the line for the second generation of traditional Hawaiian tattoo revivalists.

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Mobéy Lola Irizarry

Mobéy Lola Irizarry is a genderqueer composer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist, and transdisciplinary artist.

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Ethan J Lauesen

Ethan J Lauesen’s work is a visual dialogue of common daily experiences of Alaska Native and LGBTQIA+ experiences.

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Lehuauakea

Lehuauakea is part of the next generation of Native Hawaiian artists focusing on the traditional practice of kapa making.

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Amber McCrary

Amber McCrary

Amber McCrary is a poet, zinester, and feminist whose work intersects with Navajo world views and contemporary Navajo life.

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Dylan McLaughlin

Dylan McLaughlin is a researcher, composer, musician, and storyteller who has built a multi-dimensional set of works that tell complex stories of the world we live in.

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Mikayla Patton

As an interdisciplinary artist, Mikayla Patton explores the connections between land, memory, body, and healing through the lens of Lakota womanhood.

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Hāwane Rios

Hāwane Rios believes that music is a powerful catalyst for change and is moved to write and sing songs with a healing and unifying message.

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T.J. Keanu Tario/Laritza Labouch

T.J. Keanu Tario/Laritza Labouche is a classically trained musician, integrating their drag persona and music talents into cohesive collaborations.

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Brian Walker II

Brian Walker II is making his mark as one of the most accomplished young carvers of traditional Alaska mask forms in the state.

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Loren Waters

Loren Waters has a passion for sharing stories that center Indigenous environmental knowledge and the struggle for land protection.

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Derick Wycherly

Derick Wycherly is a papermaker and printmaker exploring the edges of contemporary craft and traditional practices.

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