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Have you seen Spirit Rangers on Netflix yet? Wat

Have you seen Spirit Rangers on Netflix yet?

Watch for the Eagle Dancer character which is voiced by ShanDien Sonwai LaRance @sonwaii.

ShanDien is Hopi, Tewa, Navajo and Assinaboine and is also one of our 2021 LIFT artists! She is a champion hoop dancer in addition to acting and modeling.

“I had a blast bringing the character 'Eagle Dancer' to life. Excited to explore this new creative space of voice over work! Watch Eagle Dancer teach Kodi, Summer and Eddy how to Hoop Dance on episode 8,” says ShanDien.

Written by @karissavalencia__ (Chumash) Spirit Rangers is now streaming on @netflix and includes over 100 Indigenous creatives in the production! Listen to original songs written by @rayezaragoza, @michaelkooman and @dimondvision.

📸 @shooting4balance

#spiritrangers #netflix #hoopdance #animation #nativeamerican #nativeartsandculture #representationmatters #nativedance #nativeart

Over the course of two weeks, September 8 – 18,

Over the course of two weeks, September 8 – 18, the Time Based Art festival (TBA) welcomed artists from around the world for a series of performances, also featuring a talented cohort of Native performing artists and NACF National Artist Fellows. Likewise, NACF was honored to host Native artists from @firstnationsperformingarts (FNPA) and Knowledge of Wounds at the Center for Native Arts and Culture over the course of three days for conversations about best practices and Native artists’ position in the field.

For full blog and more photos follow link in bio!

TBA/FNPA Artists: Allison Akootchook Warden, Aqqalu, Ed Bourgeois, Suzanne Kite, Kunu Bearchum, Adrienne Fainman, Charles Anthony Gallegos, Autumn Chacon, Jess Abeita, Chloe Alexandra Thompson, DB Amorin, morher, Kevin Holden, Elisa Harkins, Zoe Poluch, Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Anthony Hudson, Dakota Camacho, Emily Johnson, S.J. Norman, Joseph M. Pierce

With great great excitement: Join us in congratul

With great great excitement:
Join us in congratulating the 20 new artists selected for this year’s LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists Awards!

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is pleased to announce the new 2022 LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program awardees. Over 132 artist applications were reviewed by a panel of arts professionals and peers with expertise in various artistic disciplines following a national open call for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian artist applicants. Twenty artists were selected to receive a $10,000 one-year award designed to support them in furthering their work and to serve as a launching point in their career.

NACF is grateful to the Leon Polk Smith Foundation, The Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, and
A Revolutionary Press (New Haven, VT) for their support of the LIFT - Early Career Support for Native Artists program.

Follow the link in our bio for full coverage.

#NACF #NACFlift #NativeArt #Artist

2021 LIFT Artist Olivia Komahcheet's project provi

2021 LIFT Artist Olivia Komahcheet's project provided mentorship to aspiring native musicians.

HOOBIA ɄKɄ NɄMɄNɄɄ KATɄ
(Comanche: Music for our Younger Generation)

Project Description: Mentorship Project by Olivia Komahcheet for two Comanche emerging singer-songwriters (Jaidah Komahcheet and Sarah Pohawpatchoko). Olivia assisted in developing and providing each mentee professional home studio equipment which would best suit their needs to further develop their individual sound as artists. In addition, Liv coordinated regular active services to assist in as a springboard for their emerging careers which included photo shoots, EPK video / audio recording and 1 on 1 mentorship and production sessions throughout the year.

Equipment/services provided for each individual mentee include:

+ MacBook Air
+ Ableton 11
+ Professional EPK (artist website, promo images, audio and video)

Other Studio Equipment:

+ Ableton Push 2 Midi Controller + CAD Audio C92 Premium Cardioid Condenser Handheld Microphone + Sony MDR-V6 Studio Headphones + MXL V67G Condenser Recording Microphone + Studio Atmosphere Lights + Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface + RK Rokit RP5G4 4th Gen 5" Powered Studio Monitor Speakers
+ Shure SM7B Live Performance Microphone + Sony MDR-V6 Studio Headphones + Maschine MK2 Midi Controller + Sterling Audio VMS Vocal Microphone Shield + MXL V67G Condenser Recording Microphone

+ Misc. cables, chords and percussion equipment

HOOBIA ɄKɄ NɄMɄNɄɄ KATɄ mentor mentees:

Jaidah Komahcheet: jaidahkomahcheet.com

Sarah Pohawpatchoko: snpohaw.com

Olivia Komahcheet: oliviakomahcheet.com

For Taylor Antone's (Akimel O'odham, Gila River In

For Taylor Antone's (Akimel O'odham, Gila River Indian Community) (@_taylorantone) LIFT project, Antone created an animated documentary series featuring stories from tribal members from the Gila River Indian Community.

In their own words, here is their experience working on the project:

"I love to listen to others tell their stories. Whether they're loud or quiet, funny or sad, big or small, short or long. Hearing which words they use, the inflections in their voice, seeing the gestures they wield, and the energy in their eyes. These, when hand in hand with the story they are telling, always make my fingers itch to draw, write, or do something that can capture these stories and experiences. This feeling to document, express, and learn is the seed of this project. The reason why I've started on this journey of preserving, uplifting, and sharing the life stories of my tribal members in the way I believe I am best able to. Through my animation.

The animation process itself is something I think I will always be fascinated by, I realized this even more so throughout getting this project started. All the moving components and planning it takes to evolve from when the words are first spoken from the storytelling into revitalizing these experiences through numerous sketchings, color and style experimenting, sound design, and more. Animation takes time and I appreciate every step of the way as it allows me to spend even more time with the stories that I'm privileged to bring to life. I get to linger on the humanity and dignity of each individual as I experience whichever snippet of their lives they choose to share with me and with the world. This hits me especially when I take some breaks away from the screen and go for a drive to see the sky and mountains. It’s a good feeling.

For this reason, I'm looking forward to hearing more stories and working with my community more in the future as I continue with this as a passion project. It's a journey that I'm enjoying being on."

For full video and more follow linktree below
linktr.ee/taylorantone

#NACFlift #nativeart #NACF #gilariverindiancommunity #animation

The SWAIA @santafeindianmarket is this weekend! I

The SWAIA @santafeindianmarket is this weekend!
If you're in the Downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico area we recommend catching all the events that are happening and artists participating! We also highly suggest checking out all the NACF Artists and their amazing work!

For full event guide please visit SWAIA's website at: swaia.org

#swaia #nacf #indianmarket #nativeart #santafe

The Ancestral Land Tour for NACF LIFT Artist @chel

The Ancestral Land Tour for NACF LIFT Artist @chelseatayhicks book, A Calm and Normal Heart, rolled through @powellsbooks in Portland last night! A really great conversation between Chelsea and @trevinobringsplenty was had. We highly recommend this book for your summer reading lists!

#nacf #nativeamericanliterature #acalmandnormalheart #ancestrallandtour #portland #powellsbooks

NACF LIFT Artist Camas Logue is a multidisciplinar

NACF LIFT Artist Camas Logue is a multidisciplinary artist who belongs to the Klamath, Modoc, and Northern Paiute tribes. Camas shares his project experience creating a series of paintings made with materials collected from his tribal homelands in southern Oregon.

My tribe has lived in the Klamath Basin since time immemorial where we have continued a long history of working with plant pigments and colors in our art and cultural practices. You can see accents in our baskets dyed with the dark muds from the marshlands. The bright yellows of wolf moss dyed porcupine quills in our basketry and regalia. The high desert waters contain clay and stone that carry various colors of pigment, and the eroded hillsides contain layers of color inside them. The Klamath Land Pigment Project is an ongoing creative exploration of my ancestral homelands, our traditions, and the potential for working with natural pigments in nontraditional modes of expression.

The earth is made of layers and patterns; it is formed through cycles. I look to the earth for information about the basic substance of the universe and for guidance about how to live better. My art is a communication with the cosmic material within me and within all creation. I reflect and mimic what I observe to better understand and appreciate their meaning.

To make a painting, I begin by creating layers and washes of pigment. I use different tools and oils to erode and dissolve the layers to reveal its hidden distributary channels. The pigments in paint are made up of minerals and earth. As a fluid medium, this paint is governed by the same geological processes as the land. I’m interested in representing the dynamic events that occur at the Earth’s surface, using materials and actions to mimic natural forces—seismic shaking, wind, moving water, freezing, and thawing. Through layered pigments and applied process, I encourage the painting’s surface to experience deformation, translocation, or chemical reaction. I believe we can see the connections between everything by learning to read the patterns in the land.

www.camaslogue.com
@camaslogue

Photo/Video:
@evanbenallyatwood
@blackbelteaglescout
Music: @djbeeso

Join our team! We are hiring for an Associate Dir

Join our team!
We are hiring for an Associate Director of Communications and Marketing! Read more about the position and how to apply at the link in our bio!

#nacf #jobs #portland

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