Native Arts & Cultures Foundation e-Newsletter May 29th, 2012
2013 NACF Artist Fellowships
DEADLINE: June 21, 2012
Native Arts & Cultures Foundation’s grantmaking program is accepting applications online. NACF's fellowship program supports innovative Native artists from the 48 states, Alaska and Hawaii.
Artists must demonstrate excellence, having made a significant impact in their discipline, earned respect from their colleagues, and achieved recognition in the field.
The artists work must be evolving and current.
Awards are $20,000
Awards will be made in six disciplines:
1) Visual Arts
2) Filmmaking
3) Music
4) Dance
5) Literature
6) Traditional Arts
Film fellowships will be considered for artists who have completed feature length narrative or documentary films of at least 60 minutes which have been screened on television, in theaters, or at film festivals. Short formats are not being considered at this time.
Literature fellowships will be considered for writers of fiction and poetry. Playwrighting, screenwrighting, and non-fiction are not being considered at this time.
Traditional Arts are defined as visual arts including practices in pottery, carving, basketmaking, textile weaving, jewelry making, beadwork, or regalia-making.
Native artists are defined as American Indian from federally and state recognized US tribes, Native Alaskan, or Native Hawaiian.
Applications will be reviewed by panel in September and Fellows will be announced in November, 2012.
