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Blog2018, Alaska Native, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Native Organization, Program Support, Support for Native Arts and Cultures

Aloha Friends, As someone who understands the value of arts and cultures you know that they provide a seed with the potential to transform communities and embrace cultural differences. As Native peoples we are mobilized to tell our stories, to...

2018 National Artist Fellows Convening

Blog2018, About NACF, Alaska Native, Artist, Community Engagement, Convening, Donations, Event, Music, National Artist Fellowship, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Oregon, Support for Native Arts and Cultures

Over the course of three days, September 26-28, the eighteen 2018 National Artist Fellows were convened in Portland, Oregon, for sharing and learning from one another, interfacing with the public and discussing ways to strengthen their work and the Native arts...

Where the Sky & the Earth Meet: NACF Native Artist Panel Event at PNCA

Blog2018, Alaska Native, Community Engagement, Convening, Education, Event, National Artist Fellowship, Native American, Native Hawaiian

Join us for a panel discussion by Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian visual artists as they present their work addressing the complexities of contemporary Native life and Native identity.
Events are open to the public!

Studio Visit with Linda Infante Lyons

Blog2018, Alaska, Alaska Native, Contemporary, National Artist Fellowship, Visual Arts

From her Anchorage studio, visual artist and 2018 National Artist Fellow Linda Infante Lyons (Alutiiq) discussed the development of her work and its thematic elements with NACF Director of National Artist Fellowships, Reuben Roqueñi. Her work was recently featured at the...

Tlingit Art of Copper Chasing and Repoussé with Mentor Fellow Nicholas Galanin

Blog2018, Alaska, Alaska Native, Carving, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Mentoring

The art of copper chasing and repoussé - designs hammered into relief, also known as embossing - has been used by several different indigenous groups in Alaska for generations. Hammering copper was a common practice amongst southeastern Alaska Natives, which predates European...

Weaving a New Narrative – the Interwoven Radiance Exhibition is Celebrated

2017 Founders Fund, Blog2018, Alaska Native, Artist, Cultural Preservation, Event, exhibit, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Portland, Textile Art, Weaving

On June 28, the Portland Art Museum (PAM) hosted a closing celebration for Interwoven Radiance, part of the Center for Contemporary Native Art. The exhibition, organized by 2018 NACF Mentor Artist Fellow, Lily Hope (Tlingit), featured weavers of the Northwest...

Brian Adams – Environmental Portraiture Documenting Alaska Native People

Blog2018, Alaska, Alaska Native, Environmental Stewardship, National Artist Fellowship, Photography

Brian Adams (Iñupiaq), a 2018 NACF National Artist Fellow, was featured in the North by North Festival this past April as part of a two-part presentation. The Festival brought innovators from across Alaska and other Arctic regions for four days to collaborate, and...

Iñupiaq Hip Hop with Allison Akootchook Warden

Blog2018, Alaska, Alaska Native, Inupiaq, Language Preservation, Music, National Artist Fellowship, Native Identity

The North by North Festival held in Anchorage, Alaska this past April brought together innovators from Alaska, the nation and other Arctic regions to collaborate and address local and circumpolar challenges through business, design, film, music, food, literature and art. 2018 NACF...

Exploring Life’s Offerings through Journeys in Creativity

Blog2018, Alaska Native, American Indian, Artist, Arts & Education, Cultural Preservation, Environmental Stewardship, Mentoring, Oregon, Partnerships, Program Support, Support for Native Arts and Cultures, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts, Washington, Youth Engagement

Capturing the attention of high school students in the digital era can be a challenge, but Shirod Younker (Coquille), Journeys in Creativity program director and a 2017 NACF Mentor Artist Fellow, has been successfully attracting emerging artists for over a decade....

Lisa Telford

2018 Mentor Artist Fellowship2018, Alaska Native, Haida, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Traditional Arts, Washington

Lisa Telford is an accomplished and innovative artist who is committed to sharing her traditional and contemporary practices of cedar-bark weaving.

Kathleen Carlo Kendall

2018 Mentor Artist FellowshipAlaska, Alaska Native, Carving, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Mentoring, Traditional Arts

Kathleen Carlo Kendall is one of Alaska’s most prominent sculptors, imbuing significant and fascinating cultural metaphors in each piece.

Lily Hope

2018 Mentor Artist Fellowship2018, Alaska, Alaska Native, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Mentoring, Tlingit, Traditional Arts

Lily Hope is a weaver who brings in-depth ancient Indigenous knowledge and practice into her Chilkat weaving and teaches the tradition to perpetuate it for generations to come.

Allison Akootchook Warden

2018 National Artist Fellowship2018, Alaska, Alaska Native, Artist, Inupiaq, Music, National Artist Fellowship, Performing Arts

Interdisciplinary hip-hop artist Allison Warden of Anchorage, Alaska engages her audience with stories of the Iñupiaq people, putting a contemporary spin on tradition.

Brian Adams

2018 National Artist Fellowship2018, Alaska, Alaska Native, Artist, Inupiaq, National Artist Fellowship, Photography, Visual Arts

Brian Adams captures vivid portraits of contemporary life in the North, using photography to document the beauty and complexity of Indigenous life.

Chilkat and Ravenstail Weavers Celebrated in Interwoven Radiance

Blog2017, Alaska Native, Community Engagement, Cultural Preservation, Oregon, Support for Native Arts and Cultures, Tlingit, Traditional Arts

Weavers Across the Water: Marsha Hotch, Michelle Gray, Debra O’Gara, Douglas Gray, Irene Lampe, Catrina Mitchell, Karen Taug, Nila Rinehart, Laine Rinehart, Crystal Rogers, Yarrow Vaara, Lily Hope (with child Louis standing, and holding Eleanor), and visionary Clarissa Rizal. ...

Remembering Clarissa Rizal

Blog2016, Alaska Native, Tlingit, Traditional Arts

Weaver Clarissa Rizal, Tlingit T’ak Dein Taan Raven Clan, passed away in December 2016. While we at Native Arts and Cultures Foundation are deeply saddened by the loss of Clarissa, we are honored to have supported her heritage practice, and…

Remembering Teri Rofkar

Blog2016, Alaska Native, Tlingit, Traditional Arts

Teri Rofkar. Still from Rasmuson Foundation Teri Rofkar passed away in December 2016. While we are deeply saddened by the loss of this artist, we are honored to have supported her heritage practice, and again reminded of the urgency...

Sundance Institute – Native and Indigenous Film Program

REGIONAL COLLABORATIONS2013, Alaska Native, Community Engagement, Film, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Native Organization, Program Support

This remarkable program created a fellowship to provide direct support to emerging American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native filmmakers.

2014 Bridge Initiative for the Native Arts

Blog2014, About NACF, Alaska Native, American Indian, California, Native Hawaiian, Oregon, Support for Native Arts and Cultures, Washington

Regional grantmaking allows the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) opportunity to connect with American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities in depth.

First Peoples Fund

2013 REGIONAL COLLABORATION, REGIONAL COLLABORATIONSAlaska Native, American Indian, Native Hawaiian

In its nearly 15 year history, First Peoples Fund (FPF) has supported 100’s of artists through business leadership and cultural capital fellowship programs. These programs not only provide immediate assistance to participating artists, but enable deeper long-term business and community development impacts at the tribal level.

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