Shirod Younker
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.
Native Wisdom Film Festival
This series of four short documentaries feature Oregon and Alaskan Native people as they discuss the impact of a changing environment on the lives of Native peoples of the Northwest along with their rich cultural arts. Accompanying the films will…
A Closer Look at “Connecting Lines”
Saturday, March 11, is a proud day for the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation and our 2016 Visual Arts Fellows Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation) and Luzene Hill (Eastern Band of Cherokee). The two installation artists open their joint exhibit “Connecting Lines” at the Portland Art Museum bringing unique perspectives on themes of disruption, violence against Native women, survival, renewal and empowerment.
Hill’s “Enate” and Mallory’s “Recurring Chapters in the Book of Inevitable Outcomes” masterfully blend contemporary and past in a multi-layered exploration of history and the resilience and determination to overcome them.
Engaging and Fostering Change: Community Inspiration Program Update
We believe that the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation has a responsibility to support those artists and culture bearers whose voices and actions are championing justice. Our Community Inspiration Projects do just that by providing artists and communities opportunities to address issues of social concern through artmaking. Here are some of the great things that are happening with some of our Community Inspiration Projects:
2016 NACF Fellows illuminate Cherokee history in “Connecting Lines”
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation is committed to nurturing artists who generate critical conversations, using the arts to organize dialogue between Native and non-Native communities throughout the nation. Through our support of individual artists, we humbly hope to amplify...
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Young Filmmakers Capture Climate Change
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) was honored to partner with Wisdom of the Elders’ (WOTE) and support its community collaboration project, the Native Youth Film Academy and Climate Change Film Festival. This project is NACF’s fifth Community Inspiration Program, which are artist-driven projects that address pressing social, cultural and environmental issues to bring about community conversations connecting Native and non-Native people.
NACF’s New Mentor Fellowship Program – Apply Now!
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.
Celebrating the Life of Dave Hatch
Dave Hatch was a Native environmental activist and a cultural heritage advocate who became well known for his ability to bring together usually disparate tribal and non-Indian groups to pool resources to address regional issues.
NACF Launching New Mentorship Program
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…
Native American Film Academy and Climate Film Festival
This rigorous training program empowers young Native filmmakers while addressing the pressing social issue of climate change; their films documenting elders’ views and responses within tribal communities.
NACF Founding Board Member Named Oregon’s 8th Poet Laureate
Elizabeth Woody (Navajo / Warm Springs / Wasco / Yakama, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) was named Oregon’s 8th Poet Laureate for a two-year tenure, which she began in May.
Brenda Mallory
Brenda Mallory’s installation art examines disruption caused by assimilation and its resulting disfigured reconnection.
Native Artist Workshops in Oregon and Washington
Professional Development Workshops For Native Artists (VANCOUVER, Wash.) – To meet the needs of practicing Native artists in the region, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is presenting free professional development workshops for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native...
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Artist Workshop Brought to Grand Ronde Reservation
Professional Development Workshop For Native Artists In Grand Ronde, Ore. (VANCOUVER, Wash.) – Native artists are encouraged to attend a free professional development workshop for practicing Native artists in Grand Ronde, Ore. on March 15. The workshop expands the series...
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2014 Bridge Initiative for the Native Arts
Regional grantmaking allows the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) opportunity to connect with American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities in depth.
Clatsop Community College
The Clatsop Community College hosted an exhibit curated by artist Lillian Pitt (Warm Springs, Wasco, Yakama) and instructor Richard Rowland (Native Hawaiian). The exhibit brought a select group of eight Native artists from the Pacific Rim featuring “neo-traditional” works and a related series of events.
Confluence Project
The Confluence Project is a collaborative effort of Pacific Northwest tribes, renowned artist Maya Lin, civic groups from Washington and Oregon and other artists, architects and landscape designers.
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts is a nonprofit organization focused on providing opportunities for Native Americans through artistic development. With an emphasis on contemporary, fine-art printmaking, they also function as a venue to practice traditional Native American art practices — weaving, bead working and regalia making — of the Plateau region.
Oregon College of Art and Craft
The Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC) has been a center of community cultural activity in the region since 1907. In that time, the college has contributed significantly to the continuity of contemporary craft as an artistic expression and offers degreed undergraduate and post-graduate programs.
The Museum at Warm Springs
The mission of the Museum is to preserve, advance and share the knowledge of the cultural, traditional and artistic heritage of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.