Join us for Matrilineal Memory, a solo exhibition by 2023 LIFT artist Mikaela Shafer (Hopi, Coyote Clan) at the Center for Native Arts & Cultures in Portland! Don’t miss the opening reception on May 10th from 5-8 PM.
Join us on Thursday, May 16th at 6pm for a film screening and artist talk with Native Arts and Cultures Foundation 2022 LIFT: Early Career Support for Native Artists awardee Loren Waters (Cherokee and Kiowa).
Join us on May 19th, at 2pm for an introduction to early Cherokee visual art history from precontact times to the mid-20th century with NACF Board Member America Meredith (Cherokee Nation).
This event is free and open to the public. Presented by Mt. Hood Cherokees
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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) NACF Board Chair & U.S. Poet Laureate
This month we launched our 2024 Community Tours Series with an artist talk by Kanani Miyamoto (Native Hawaiian/Japanese), show and tell style!
