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Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry

Blog2018, exhibit, Oregon, Portland, Weaving

Woven, an exhibition in the Portland International Airport, challenges preconceived notions of Native art by balancing contemporary creative expression with cultural heritage. Weaving is a tradition that carries a strong spiritual connection within Native cultures. The weaving process is handed...

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....

Introducing the 2018 Mentor Artist Fellows

Blog2018, Alaska, Artist, Cultural Preservation, Grantee, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Mentoring, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington

Join us in congratulating the eight accomplished Native artists, representing six states, named our 2018 Mentor Artist Fellows!

Aurolyn Renee Stwyer

2018 Mentor Artist Fellowship2018, Beadwork, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Mentoring, Oregon, Traditional Arts, Warm Springs

Aurolyn Renee Stwyer is a Celilo Native who is revered for her magnificent beadwork, particularly her practice of beading traditional horse regalia that is significant in her culture.

Missing Indigenous, 2017, director LaRonn Katchia

Missing Indigenous To Screen in Paris

Blog2018, Education, Film, International, Lummi, Oregon, Social Change, Warm Springs

Missing Indigenous is a seven-minute film which personalizes the heart wrenching epidemic of Native American women going missing. NACF is proud to support its first international screening.

Elizabeth Woody

2018 National Artist Fellowship2018, Artist, Literature, National Artist Fellowship, Navajo, Oregon, Warm Springs, Wasco, Yakama

Elizabeth Woody’s vivid and powerful poetry conveys the immediate impact of a brilliant intellect and an astounding use of language.

Anthony Hudson

2018 National Artist Fellowship2018, Artist, Grand Ronde, National Artist Fellowship, Oregon, Performing Arts

Performance Artist Anthony Hudson’s work powerfully confronts social constructs through drag, performance, video and theater.

2017 Mentor Artist Fellow Shirod Younker with Kunu Bearchum Dittmer (Northern Cheyenne, Tewa), December 2017

Mentor Artist Fellow Update: Carving and Making Connections in Oregon

Blog2017, Coos, Coquille, Hopi, Klamath, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Mentoring, Modoc, Okanagan, Oregon, Penobscot, Siletz, Tewa

As the Native Arts and Cultures pilot Mentor Artist Fellowship approaches its six-month mark, we'd like to update our followers on the progress of our 2017 cohort, twelve traditional or contemporary visual artists who are sharing their knowledge as mentors,...

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. ...

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, Wisconsin

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...

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, Wisconsin

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,...

2016 National Artist Fellows Convene and Create Community

Blog2017, Event, Leadership, National Artist Fellowship, Oregon

On June 1 and 2, 2017, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation celebrated the passion and creativity of our 2016 cohort of National Artist Fellows with a two-day Convening in Portland, Ore. This marked the first time NACF has been able...

NACF Honors 2016 National Artist Fellows

Blog2017, Convening, Event, National Artist Fellowship, Oregon

On June 2, 2017, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation celebrated the passion and creativity of our 2016 cohort of National Artist Fellows with an Honoring Dinner, held at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Ore. Following a two-day Convening...

NACF’s First Mentor Artist Fellow Cohort and Apprentices Convene

Blog2017, Convening, Event, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Oregon

2017 Mentor Artist Fellow Dyani White Hawk (Sicangu Lakota) and Apprentice Jennie Kappenman (Red Lake Ojibwe) examine collections from the Portland Art Museum, May 10, 2017. On May 9th and 10th, 2017, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation gathered its...

Arts & Cultural Equity: Current Examples & Relevant Strategies

Advocacy and Education, Blog2017, Advocacy, Oregon

On May 12, 2017, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation staff attended Arts & Cultural Equity: Current Examples & Relevant Strategies, forum organized by the University of Oregon’s Arts Administration program and its Center for Community Arts & Cultural Policy. This…

2016 National Artist Fellows Gather for Convening

Blog2017, Convening, Event, For Artists, National Artist Fellowship, Oregon

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation believes in the power of fostering beneficial alliances between indigenous artists. In keeping with this commitment, we are thrilled to announce that on June 1 and 2, 2017, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation...

NACF’s 2017 Mentor and Apprentice Artists Gather in Portland, Oregon

Blog2017, Convening, Event, For Artists, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Oregon

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation 2017 Mentor Artist Fellows, Apprentices, and Session Leaders at the Portland Art Museum, May 2017. Photos: Mary Overman On May 9th and 10th, 2017, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation gathered its first cohort...

Join NACF May 9 for Artist Talks – Live!

Blog2017, Convening, Event, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Oregon

Please join us LIVE from the very first NACF Mentor Artist Fellowship Training in Portland, Oregon! Native Arts and Cultures Foundation is kicking off our two-day convening and training for the new Fellows with brief presentations by each artist. We...

Announcing 2017 Mentor Artist Fellowship Awards

Blog2017, Alaska, Arizona, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts, Washington

April 19, 2017 - Please join the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation staff, board and selection panelists in congratulating the following 12 artists who have been awarded a 2017 Mentor Artist Fellowship! Listed are the awardees in alphabetical order by...

Shirod Younker

2017 Mentor Artist Fellowship2017, Artist, Carving, Coos, Coquille, Cultural Preservation, Grantee, Mentor Artist Fellowship, Mentoring, Oregon, Traditional Arts

Shirod Younker is an experienced culture bearer having researched his tribe’s lost historic and traditional knowledge, and now teaching it to the next generation.