Resources

Welcome to the Native Artist Resource Group. Our goal is to provide Indigenous artists, art teachers, and students opportunities to secure materials, and build the capacity of their practice through identifying grant opportunities, education resources, public art, art fairs, and teaching.

Artist Resources

General

What is NAGPRA?

What is the American Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990?

Heard Museum Native Artists Resource Collection

Artwork Archive

Creative Bloq | Art and Design Inspiration

Native Arts and Culture Foundation

Getting Your Sh*t Together- Free Resources for Artists

Working Artist Org – Resources

Art Schools/ Workshop Opportunities

Phoenix Center for the Arts

Mesa Arts Center – Classes

American Craft Council | Craft Schools/ Workshop Programs by State

Rhode Island School of Design

Shows and Competitions

Our Annual Parade – Native American Connections (2024 is closed, will post update to 2025)

IF+M Applications & Artist Info – Heard Museum

Indian Arts & Crafts Board (extensive list of art markets and events around the country)

Arts Opportunities – Arizona Commission on the Arts

Southwest

Community Foundation for Southern Arizona

Arizona Commission on the Arts

Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture | Grants, Calls for Art, Workshops

California Arts Council | Artist Opportunities

New Mexico Arts | Public Support for the Arts

Home – Amerind Museum – Research Center, Library, Art Gallery

Poeh Cultural Center – A Center for Tewa Pueblo Culture

Important Dates

What Is Indigenous Peoples’ Day? | HISTORY

National Native American Heritage Month | Indian Affairs

Native American Heritage Month | National Archives

Grants & Economic Resources

Native Arts and Cultures Programs- Resources for artists

Artist Communities- Programs and grants

First Peoples Fund

Indian Arts & Crafts Board Resources for Indian Artists

The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

Grants – Arizona Commission on the Arts

Emergency Relief Grants – CERF+

Fellowships & Internships

Please visit each site for deadlines

Ronald and Susan Dubin Native Artist Fellowship

Internships | School for Advanced Research

Fellowships | Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Ucross Foundation – Native American Fellowship – UCROSS

Residency – Namingha Institute • Museum of Northern Arizona

Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

PEM Native American Fellowship Programs

VCCA Fellowships

Opportunities | RISD Museum

Scholarships

Scholarships | Plains Art Museum

Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship & Financial Assistance

Scholarships | American Indian College Fund

News & Articles

Articles

JSTOR | Uneasy Terrain: Image, Text, Landscape, and Contemporary Indigenous Artists in the United States

JSTOR | Running the “Medicine Line”: Images of the Border in Contemporary Native American Art

JSTOR | Contemporary Native American Women Artists: Visual Expressions of Feminism, the Environment, and Identity (2005)

Current Events in Indigenous Arts

A Millennial Weaver Carries a Centuries-Old Craft Forward – The New York Times

Beyond the Art : NPR

NY Times | In a group interview, Native American TV creators and performers discuss the significance of “Reservation Dogs” and “Rutherford Falls,” and why this is only the beginning

The art of Jeffrey Gibson shines in Venice – ICT News

‘A dream come true’ Polo Ralph Lauren x Naiomi Glasses honors Diné heritage and centuries-old weaving traditions – Navajo Times

In ‘The Indian Card,’ Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz asks: who counts as Native? : NPR’s Book of the Day : NPR