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N ativ e Ar ts and Cultur es F oundation

www.nativeartsandcultures.org

A full house of attendees at the opening of our Alaska Native Protection and Resistance exhibit which opened in May of 2023
(Photo Credit: Robert Franklin)

NACF is a Native-led, national organization dedicated

exclusively to uplifting Native arts and cultures. While we’ve
been supporting Native artists and culture bearers across
the U.S. for over a decade and a half with direct funding,
national convenings, and community inspiration projects, we
now have a new home in Southeast Portland at the Center
for Native Arts and Cultures (the Center).

Program:

This year we are continuing our national arts funding by
means of two major programs. The LIFT — Early Career
Support for Native Artists program is a one-year grant to
emerging artists to further their careers, and The SHIFT —
Transformative Change and Indigenous Arts program,which

Chef Ramon Shiloh (Mvskoke, Cherokee, awards two-year grants to artists and art collectives to
Filipino, Black) prepares a first foods tasting develop projects responding to social, environmental and
at the Center with professional forager Chai economic justice issues to draw increased attention to Native
Tobar-Dupres (Cowlitz) and Chef Caitlyn communities.
Tuttle (Photo Credit: Robert Franklin)

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