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Tag: California

Home Posts Tagged "California"

Supporting Emerging Native Filmmakers with the Sundance Institute

Blog2017, 2018, California, Dine, Film, Navajo, New Mexico, PartnershipsMarch 15, 2018Valerie Egan

Filmmaker Shaandiin Tome (Diné) recently completed her year as a Sundance Institute | Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellow, a unique opportunity for emerging filmmakers to learn from industry professionals.

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The Story of Everything – A Provocative Multimedia Exploration of How We Came to Be

Blog2017, California, Event, Native Hawaiian, Support for Native Arts and CulturesNovember 15, 2017gaby
The Story of Everything -San Rafael, Ca. On October 22, the production of The Story of Everything was performed to a sold out house at the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, Calif. The performance is an epic poem created by...
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California’s American Indian & Indigenous Film Festival

Blog2017, California, Event, Film, Support for Native Arts and Cultures, Youth EngagementOctober 25, 2017Sarah Purdy
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation is proud to support California's American Indian & Indigenous Film Festival (CAIIFF), taking place November 2 - 4, 2017 in Temecula, California. The California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC) at California State University...
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How the Mentor Artist Fellowhip Builds Oregon’s Resilient Indigenous Community

Blog2017, Alaska, Arizona, California, Coquille, Klamath, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Miluk Coos, Minnesota, Modoc, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, WisconsinSeptember 25, 2017gaby
Last week the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation announced its open call for the for the second ever Mentor Artist Fellowship program. Established American Indian and Alaska Native artists with ten or more years of experience in the Traditional or...
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The Story of Everything – Where Do We Go From Here?

Blog2017, California, Event, Native HawaiianSeptember 25, 2017gaby
The Story of Everything is the culmination of Hawaii Poet Laureate Kealoha’s lifetime work, as he puts it himself. It is an original creation story that starts with the Big Bang Theory (Kealoha graduate in Nuclear Physics from MIT) and...
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Open Call for Regional Mentor Artist Fellows

Blog2017, Alaska, Arizona, California, For Artists, Grants, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Press Release, South Dakota, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts, Washington, WisconsinSeptember 21, 2017Valerie Egan
Applications are requested from established American Indian and Alaska Native artists interested and qualified to mentor an apprentice of their choosing in Traditional or Contemporary Visual Arts. $30,000 will be awarded to artists chosen in the Pacific Northwest, Southern California,...
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Arts, Politics, Spirit: Braided Activism for Culture Shift

Advocacy and Education, Blog2017, Advocacy, Arts & Education, California, LeadershipJuly 5, 2017Valerie Egan
As part of NACF's ongoing efforts to advocate and educate the arts and cultural sector on the rich, complex and infinitely exciting world of contemporary Native arts and cultures, NACF President and CEO Lulani Arquette will speak this October at...
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National Endowment for the Arts Announces Project Support for NACF

Blog, NEWS RELEASE2017, California, Dance, Event, National Endowment for the Arts, Native Hawaiian, PoetryJune 14, 2017Valerie Egan
More Than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide Includes $15,000 awarded to Native Arts and Cultures Foundation [Vancouver, WA]—National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects across the...
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‘The Story of Everything’ In California

Blog2017, California, Dance, Event, Native Hawaiian, Poetry, Program SupportJune 7, 2017Valerie Egan
Updated August 31, 2017 With support through the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation's Community Inspiration Program, and our friends at the innovative non-profit Bioneers, Hawaii Poet Laureate Kealoha Wong will perform the full production of The Story of Everything with...
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NACF Addresses Social Change, Art, and Evaluation

Advocacy and Education, Blog2017, About NACF, Advocacy, California, EventMay 25, 2017Valerie Egan

Updated June 14, 2017: As part of NACF’s ongoing work to advocate for awareness, revitalization and the support of contemporary Native arts and cultures, President/CEO Lulani Arquette will present on two panels while at the 2017 Annual Americans for the…

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Public Art Request For Proposals at Rincon

Blog2017, California, For Artists, Rincon Band of Luiseno IndiansMay 25, 2017Rupert
Public Art Sculpture Request for Proposals Harrah’s Resort Southern California (HRSC) and the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians seek an artist(s) from California or the Southwest to create site-pecific, original artwork as part of the enhancement of the resort property....
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“Saying Our Share: Surviving the Missions”

Blog2014, American Indian, Arts & Healing, California, Event, Visual ArtsDecember 7, 2016Valerie Egan

Through performance, literature and art, “Saying Our Share: Surviving the Missions”, outlines the tragedy that befell a pre-contact California indigenous population of close to one million people and, over 70 years post contact, reduced it to an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 survivors.

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Saying Our Share: Surviving the Missions

2015 Special Projects, Blog2015, Arts & Education, Arts & Healing, California, Community Engagement, Event, Visual ArtsDecember 7, 2016Elizabeth Madrigal

Through performance, literature and art, “Saying Our Share: Surviving the Missions”, outlines the tragedy that befell a pre-contact California indigenous population of close to one million people and, over 70 years post contact, reduced it to an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 survivors. This project attempts to educate in a way that engages the public and advances the historical record.

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NACF’s New Mentor Fellowship Program – Apply Now!

Blog2016, Alaska, Arizona, California, For Artists, Grants, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Mentoring, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Press Release, South Dakota, Support for Native Arts and Cultures, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts, Washington, WisconsinSeptember 28, 2016gaby

NACF’s new Mentor Fellowship program will award accomplished American Indian and Alaska Native artists to mentor emerging artists in the Traditional Arts or Contemporary Visual Arts categories.

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NACF Launching New Mentorship Program

Blog2016, Alaska, Arizona, California, For Artists, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Support for Native Arts and Cultures, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts, WashingtonSeptember 22, 2016Valerie Egan

For thousands of years, master Native artists have dedicated time, resources, and support to the next generation, passing on the skills, arts practice, and cultural understanding needed to perpetuate visual and traditional arts and lifeways. Yet in today’s fast-paced and…

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Mark Keali`i Ho`omalu

2016 National Artist Fellowship2016, Artist, California, Grantee, Music, National Artist Fellowship, Native HawaiianJuly 19, 2016Elizabeth Madrigal

Mark Keali`i Ho`omalu creates groundbreaking dance and chant driven by his love and passion for hula.

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A World Where Performance is Part of Life

Blog2015, Alaska, Arts & Education, California, Community Engagement, Dance, Minnesota, New York, Partnerships, Volunteer, Yup'ikNovember 9, 2015Elizabeth Madrigal

Yup’ik dancer and choreographer Emily Johnson galvanized four large urban centers in the country and her hometown of Homer, Alaska, with her multi-disciplinary project SHORE – one of NACF’s Community Inspiration Pilot projects. Story, volunteerism, performance and feasting engaged local communities who were willing to show up and be open to the possibilities.

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James Luna

2015 National Artist Fellowship2015, Artist, California, Diegueno, Grantee, Luiseno, National Artist Fellowship, Visual ArtsAugust 6, 2015Elizabeth Madrigal

Throughout his career, performance artist James Luna’s work has rejected the general public notion of “Being an Indian.” Now he is creating a new multimedia performative and installation work that examines “cultural authenticity”.

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Trusting Your Instincts

Blog2015, About NACF, California, CrowApril 15, 2015Totally
As a guest lecturer selected by students to participate in the Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series at the California Institute of the Arts, NACF Program Associate Wendy Red Star (Crow) made studio visits and offered a motivational message to...
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David Treuer (Ojibwe), cover of his novel Prudence.

Writing the Human Experience

Blog2014, California, Literature, OjibweDecember 18, 2014Rupert
David Treuer (Ojibwe), cover of his novel Prudence. Author David Treuer (Ojibwe) completed “Prudence,” a novel set in post-WWII Minnesota, wrote several essays and began research on his next non-fiction book with the support of a Native Arts and Cultures...
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