Umi Kai (Native Hawaiian) will launch a traditional arts master-apprentice program to teach next generations to create Native Hawaiian cultural objects and weaponry.
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Kaui Kanaka’ole
Kaui Kanaka’ole (Native Hawaiian) will undertake mentorship as part of her journey to become a kumu hula or master of the dance form.
Robert Cazimero
Kumu hula Robert Cazimero (Native Hawaiian) will choreograph a performance based on the epic tale of the goddess Pele with the support of a Native Hawaiian Artist Fellowship from NACF.
Maika’i Tubbs
Maika’i Tubbs will collaborate with communities in Hawaii to clear the coastline of an estimated 2,000 pounds of waste and debris to create art that address the challenge of creating sustainable coastal environments.
Dalani Tanahy
Dalani Tanahy will create a series of works exploring the continual innovations in kapa design from the time of contact with Western cultures to today.
Vicky Holt Takamine
Vicky Holt Takamine (Native Hawaiian) will develop new works in honor of Queen Lili’uokalani, the last queen of Hawai’i, with the support of a Native Hawaiian Artist Fellowship.
Marques Hanalei Marzan
Support from the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation will allow Marzan to revive the art of creating pe’ahi, the Hawaiian chiefly fan.
Delina White
Delina White is a mixed-media artist best known for her beadwork and applique pieces for regalia.
Star Wallowing Bull
Star Wallowing Bull employs colored pencil on paper and acrylic on canvas to explore intersections of American Indian and U.S. pop culture in the 21st Century.
Kevin Pourier
Kevin Pourier, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, has been carving Buffalo horn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota for about 20 years.
Jennifer M. Stevens
Jennifer M. Stevens creates Haudenosaunee (Iroquois-Six Nations)-style pottery that is kiln fired and shaped by hand, a practice nearly lost to the next generations due to colonization.
Nora Naranjo Morse
Known foremost for her work with clay, Nora Naranjo Morse is an artist whose works spans from pottery and figurines to installation exhibits and large-scale public art.
Kaili Chun
Using unconventional materials, multi-media installation artist Kaili Chun creates large-scale installations that often reference the impact the past continues to have on the present day.
Da-ka-xeen Mehner
Embedded in photography and self-portraiture the work of multimedia Installation Artist Da-ka-xeen Mehner includes sculptural elements, sound and video projections.
Shan Goshorn
Basketmaker Shan Goshorn, most known for expertly combining traditional weaving techniques with non-traditional materials, was awarded a 2014 NACF Traditional Artist Fellowship.
Jeremy Frey
Weaver Jeremy Frey was awarded a 2014 NACF Artist Fellowship for Traditional Arts in recognition of the outstanding quality of the baskets he makes.
Israel Shotridge
Israel Shotridge, 2014 NACF Artists Fellowship in Traditional Arts, continues the Tlingit art of cedar carving.
Raven Chacon
Sound artist Raven Chacon explores the range of sound to compose unique chamber music, experimental noise music and sound installations.
Keola Beamer
Singer/songwriter Keola Beamer, one of Hawai’i’s premier composers, was awarded a 2014 NACF Artist Fellowship in Music.
Micah Kamohoali’i
As the kumu hula, or leader of the Halau Na Kipu’upu’u, a hula school on “the big island” of Hawaii, Micah Kamohoali’i is adept in the movements that make up hula and the fabrication of the regalia of the historic tradition.