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

Important Dates

Indigenous Peoples’ Day | October 11

Native American Heritage Month | November

Art Schools/ Workshop Opportunities

Idyllwild Arts

Anderson Ranch

Phoenix Center for the Arts

American Craft Council | Craft Schools/ Workshop Programs by State

Shows and Competitions

Native American Connections Parade Application

Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market

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

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

Southwest

Community Foundation Campus | Calling All Southern AZ Artists

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

Fellowships

Please visit each site for deadlines

Ronald and Susan Dubin Native Artist Fellowship

Anne Ray Internship Application

Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists

Artists in Business Leadership Fellowship

Cultural Capital Fellowship

Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

PEM Native American Fellowship Programs

VCCA Fellowships

News & Articles

Articles

Farmington Daily Times | Native plants become Native art. What happens when they’re gone?

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 (2021)

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

Indian Country Today | Years later, Chickasaw remains returning home

Indian Country Today | Art installation calls for return of Native lands

The Art Newspaper | Haida artist Tamara Bell installs 215 shoes on the steps of Vancouver Art Gallery as a memorial to Indigenous children who died at residential school

Boston Globe | Museum of Fine Arts Boston appoints first curator of Native American art

NPR- Fresh Air | ‘Poet Warrior’ Joy Harjo Wants Native Peoples To Be Seen As Human

SF Reporter | A new generation of Indigenous artists takes on Indian Market and beyond

Native News Online | PHOTO FINISH: Unseen images from an epic exploration of Alaska Native culture are finally seeing the light

Hyperallegic | “Truly Heartbreaking”: Osage Nation Decries Sale of Cave Containing Indigenous Art

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