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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

2015 Native Hawaiian Artist Fellowship2015, Artist, Cultural Preservation, Grantee, Hawaii, Native Hawaiian, Native Hawaiian Artist Fellowship, Traditional Arts

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

2014 Regional Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Beadwork, Grantee, Minnesota, Ojibwe, Regional Artist Fellowship, Traditional Arts

Delina White is a mixed-media artist best known for her beadwork and applique pieces for regalia.

Star Wallowing Bull

2014 Regional Artist Fellowship2014, Arapho, Artist, Grantee, Minnesota, Ojibwe, Regional Artist Fellowship, Visual Arts

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

2014 Regional Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Carving, Grantee, Lakota, Regional Artist Fellowship, South Dakota, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts

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

2014 Regional Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Cultural Preservation, Grantee, Lakota, Oneida, Regional Artist Fellowship, Traditional Arts, Wisconsin

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

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Grantee, National Artist Fellowship, New Mexico, Santa Clara Pueblo-Tewa, Visual Arts

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

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Grantee, Hawaii, National Artist Fellowship, Native Hawaiian, Visual Arts

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

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Alaska, Artist, Grantee, N'ishga, National Artist Fellowship, Native Identity, Tlingit, Visual Arts

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

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Basketry, Cherokee, Cultural Preservation, Grantee, National Artist Fellowship, Oklahoma, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts

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

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Basketry, Grantee, Maine, National Artist Fellowship, Passamaquoddy, Traditional Arts

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

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Carving, Grantee, National Artist Fellowship, Tlingit, Traditional Arts, Washington

Israel Shotridge, 2014 NACF Artists Fellowship in Traditional Arts, continues the Tlingit art of cedar carving.

Raven Chacon

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Grantee, Music, National Artist Fellowship, Navajo, New Mexico

Sound artist Raven Chacon explores the range of sound to compose unique chamber music, experimental noise music and sound installations.

Keola Beamer

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Grantee, Hawaii, Music, National Artist Fellowship, Native Hawaiian

Singer/songwriter Keola Beamer, one of Hawai’i’s premier composers, was awarded a 2014 NACF Artist Fellowship in Music.

Micah Kamohoali’i

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Cultural Preservation, Dance, Grantee, Hawaii, National Artist Fellowship, Native Hawaiian

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.

Santee Frazier

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Cherokee, Grantee, Literature, National Artist Fellowship, New York, Poetry

Native poet Santee Frazier received a 2014 NACF Literature Fellowship in recognition of the fresh and innovative voice he brings to Native letters.

Eddie Chuculate

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Cherokee, Grantee, Literature, Muscogee, National Artist Fellowship, Oklahoma

Writer Eddie Chuculate was honored with a 2014 NACF Artist Fellowship in Literature celebrating the gritty, deceptively simple stories he writes, portraying America, its dispossessed, its outlaws and its visionaries.

David Treuer

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, California, Grantee, Literature, National Artist Fellowship, Ojibwe

Novelist and nonfiction writer David Treuer writes with an eye to the untold and his work brings to life stories and perspectives not yet heard.

Melissa Henry

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Arts & Education, Film, Grantee, National Artist Fellowship, Navajo

Filmmaker Melissa Henry spent her childhood herding sheep, caring for livestock and playing in the forest. Today, she makes innovative Navajo-language films that appeal to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds.

Brooke Swaney

2014 National Artist Fellowship2014, Artist, Blackfeet, Film, Grantee, Montana, National Artist Fellowship, Native Identity, Salish

Brooke Swaney has generated much enthusiasm in the indie film circuit for her film “Breathe Auralee” (2012).

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