The Native Arts & Cultures Foundation is seeking application for its LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program to encourages artists to uplift communities, advance positive social change, point courageously toward environmental sustainability, and foster communal meaning making.
Donor Name: Native Arts & Cultures Foundation
State: All State
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/16/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Detail:
The primary objectives of this opportunity are to support artists who are developing their voices and for whom the award may serve as a launching point in their career.
Program Services
- Grant making: One-year awards of $10,000.
- Professional development: Artist awardees will participate in trainings facilitated by NACF and its partner organizations that are designed to provide education around project management, small business development, career advancement, and artistic development.
- Convening: Current recipient artists will gather to share best practices and develop relationships.
- Culturally Appropriate Evaluation: Support from NACF to develop project deliverables, outcomes and internal/external NACF program reports.
- Communications and marketing support.
- In response to a pandemic environment, some of these services will be offered in virtual environments, as needed or possible.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for the LIFT program, applicants must:
- Be 18 years or older
- Currently reside in the United States;
- Be an enrolled member or citizen of a federally-recognized or state-recognized American Indian tribe or Alaska Native corporation, or of Native Hawaiian ancestry. Applicants will be asked to provide documentation of their Native citizenship or ancestry.
- Be an individual practicing artist working in the disciplines of dance/choreography, fiction/poetry writing, film/video, multi-disciplinary arts, music, performance art, theater and screenplay writing, traditional arts or 2D + 3D visual arts.
- Be early in their artistic career with ten years or less experience. Early career may be defined as an artist who is 18-30 years old, or who is more than 30 years old, but who started their arts career later in life.
- Not have received a singular award of $10,000 or more in their artistic career;
- NOT BE enrolled in a university or higher-education institution during the 12-month award period.
- Propose a new project that can be developed and presented within one year of the award, or prior to July 31, 2023.
For more information, visit LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists.
