The Native Arts + Cultures Foundation (NACF) is a national nonprofit that funds American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and cultures nationwide with the support of innovative arts patrons, partner foundations, arts organizations and Native Nations.
News Releases:
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Native Arts + Cultures Foundation Awarded Nearly $1 Million in 2025 (5/8/25)
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Native Arts + Cultures Foundation Awarded $225K from the Henry Luce Foundation (5/7/25)
- Native Arts + Cultures Foundation Awarded $600K from the Mellon Foundation (5/1/25)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces Shyla Spicer as New President and CEO (1/25/24)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces New 2023 SHIFT Program Awardees (11/14/23)
- Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Announces 2023 Lift Program Awardees, Sept. 13, 2023 (9/13/23)
- Native Arts & Cultures Foundation is excited to partner with Converge 45 to present Chords to Other Chords (Relative), a monumental neon sculpture by Portland-based, Seneca Nation artist Marie Watt, August 21, 2023 (8/21/23)
- Native Arts & Cultures Foundation and Ka Aha Lahui O Olekona (KALO) Hawaiian Civic Club hosts Lehuauakea for “E Hoʻāla Ka Lupe: To Awaken the Kite”, a project dedicated to the revival and recreation of traditional Native Hawaiian kites, July 24, 2023 (7/24/23)
- Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Hosts Free Tassel Making Workshops, May 20, 2023 (5/10/23)
- Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Presents Protection: Adaptation and Resistance, May 19 – Aug. 2023 (5/4/23)
- Native Arts & Cultures Foundation’s Founding President & Chief Executive Officer Announces Transition (4/17/23)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces Open Call for Native American Artist Support Programs (1/18/23)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Publishes First Ever Literary Anthology (10/18/22)
- The Center for Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Opens Gallery with “Where the Waters Come Together” Exhibition (04/21/22)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces Open Call for LIFT Program Applications (01/19/22)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces New SHIFT Program Awardees for 2021 (9/30/21)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces New LIFT Program Awardees for 2021 (7/7/21)
- Portland Nonprofit Receives Multi-Million Dollar Gift for Native Arts and Cultures (6/23/21)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces Open Call for Social Change and Emerging Artist Support Program (1/19/21)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation to Gain Ownership of Yale Union Building in Historic Repatriation of Property; After one decade, Yale Union to dissolve in 2021 (7/16/20)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces 2020 Mentor Artist Fellowship Awards (5/6/20)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces Open Call for Mentor Artist Fellowship Applications (7/25/19)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces the First CIP Native Nation Partnerships Project Awards (6/05/19)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces 2018 Mentor Artist Fellowship Awardees (4/17/18)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces 2018 National Artist Fellowship Awardees (1/31/18)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Calls for Regional Mentor Artist Fellowship Applications (9/18/17)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Opens National Artist Fellowship Call for Submission (08/09/17)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces 2017 Mentor Artist Fellowship Awards (04/19/17)
- Joy Harjo and Valorie Johnson Join the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Board of Directors (01/18/17)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces Open Call for Regional Mentor Fellowship Applications (10/10/16)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces 2016 National Artist Fellowship Awardees (7/20/16)
- Ellizabeth Woody, NACF Founding Board Member, named Oregon’s 8th Poet Laureate (3/24/16)
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Awards the 2015 Regional Artist Fellowship to Seven Notable American Indian Artists (10/21/15)
- S. R. Tommie joins the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Board of Directors
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Announces its Distinguished 2015 National Artist Fellowship Awardees (7/6/2015)
- Brian Patterson Joins NACF Board of Directors (6/2/2015)
- 2015 NACF Native Hawaiian Artist Fellowships Awarded (5/8/2015)
- Foundation Appoints Blythe As Director of Programs (3/26/2015)
- Native Foundation Funds Kealoha and The Story of Everything (10/30/2014)
- Regional Artists to Create New Native Art (10/16/2014)
- Gilliom Joins Foundation Board (10/15/2014)
- Foundation Wishes Roqueñi Well In New Position (7/17/14)
- 2014 NACF Fellowships Awarded (11/7/2013)
- 2013 NACF Awards Announced In Support Of Native Youth Art And Health (4/5/2013)
- Dudley Cocke and Cheryl Andrews-Maltais Appointed to Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Board of Directors (1/8/2013)
- NACF Releases Strengthening the Bones Report on Native Arts and Cultures (10/16/2013)
INTRODUCING COMMUNITY TOURS
In the summer of 2023 we launched a new programming series, opening up our home in Southeast Portland for monthly community tours with NACF staff to learn more about our work and vision for the Center. Community tours are free and open to the public, and feature educational opportunities, chances to connect with Native art and storytelling, and other fun all-ages engagement with our community of Native makers, cultural innovators, and more.
Click on the link below for more information.
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) and Yale Union (YU) are proud to announce the transfer of ownership of the land and historic Yale Union building at 800 SE 10th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, from YU to NACF. Click on the link below for more information and media ready images.
MEDIA CONTACT
Erin Joyce
[email protected]