2021 LIFT awardee D.C. ALLEN (Crow Tribe of Montana) reflects on how the award enabled his Faces of Our Land project, expanding his community-engaged, contemporary Native art practice.
Transforming Community
Native American Intellectual Property Rights Workshop
Join the Native Arts + Cultures Foundation for a virtual workshop focused on Native American intellectual and cultural property rights.
Learn how federal law and Tribal sovereignty shape the protection of Indigenous cultural knowledge and creative work. Featuring Ben Calabaza (Kewa Pueblo) and Dr. Trevor Reed (Hopi).
The Magazine | Issue 2: Indigenous Fashion and Wearable Culture
We’re excited to share our second issue!
A space for Indigenous artists, curators, and thinkers to share their stories, ideas, and creative visions.
This issue explores Indigenous fashion and wearable culture, featuring essays, reflections, and artwork from some of the most compelling voices in contemporary Native arts and cultures.
Introducing SONIC Sovereignty
Celebrate the release of SONIC Sovereignty, a new playlist curated by the NACF as a special end-of-year offering.
This collection highlights Indigenous musicians, composers, and performers, bringing NACF grantees and collaborators together through sound and story.
SONIC Sovereignty is available to stream on Apple Music or at the link below.
Native Arts + Cultures Foundation Announces 2025 SHIFT Program Awardees
We are excited to announce the new 2025 SHIFT – Transformative Change + Indigenous Arts program awardees!
SHIFT supports artists and collaborators who drive social change through a Native lens, promoting self-determination, transformative dialogue, and resilient futures for Indigenous communities.
Native Arts + Cultures Foundation Announces 2025 Lift Program Awardees
We are excited to announce the new 2025 LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program awardees!
LIFT encourages artists to uplift communities, advance positive social change, point courageously toward environmental sustainability, and foster communal meaning-making.
Newly Updated Artist Resources Page
The Native Arts + Cultures Foundation is dedicated to supporting the creativity of Indigenous artists across the country. Explore our revamped Resources for Artists page, now featuring the latest opportunities for grants, workshops, residencies, and more—all designed to support your artistic journey!
Pictured: Mikaela Shafer (Hopi), 2023 LIFT Awardee
Stories, Updates & Events
LIFT UP: Ursala Hudson
2021 LIFT awardee Ursala Hudson (Tlingit) reflects on how the award accelerated her artistic career, enabling her to participate in high-profile runway shows, deepen her interdisciplinary practice, and honor her ancestral traditions through Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving.
The Magazine Issue 2: Indigenous Fashion and Wearable Culture
Issue 2 of The Magazine examines Indigenous fashion and wearable culture through essays, artwork, and storytelling from Native artists and culture-makers. This issue explores how clothing holds memory, conveys identity, and carries forward Indigenous innovation.
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I was taught that our arts carry the spirit of the people. It is through art that we know ourselves. It’s through art into the world and it is through art cultures will be remembered.
– Joy Harjo (Mvskoke) Honored Past NACF Board Chair & U.S. Poet Laureate