The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is pleased to announce its open call for the LIFT–Early Career Support for Native Artists program, a one-year award and early career support program for emerging Native artists to develop and realize new projects. The program’s focus is to provide financial support and professional development to artists whose work aims to uplift communities and advance positive social change.

Eligible applicants must be individual Native artists working in dance/choreography, fiction/poetry writing, film/video, multi-disciplinary arts, music, performance art, theater and screenplay writing, traditional arts, or 2D + 3D visual arts. Artist applicant must 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. We encourage applications from artists who are shaping their practices and for whom the award may serve as a launching point in their career.

“We celebrate the creative spirit of Native artists whose explorations foster our understanding of the profound change around us, offering new ways of seeing what is possible, what is ethical, and what is needed.” – Reuben Roqueñi – NACF Director of Transformative Change Programs

LIFT is a monetary award of up to $10,000 for a proposed project with a required minimum of $3,000 earmarked for the artist’s benefit and wellbeing. Up to twenty artists will be selected to receive LIFT awards.

For a full description of the award, eligibility requirements and to apply, please visit http://bit.ly/NACF-lift. The deadline to submit the online application form for LIFT is Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time.

Support for the LIFT program is made possible in part by the Leon Polk Smith Foundation and the Maxwell | Hanrahan Foundation.

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The Warren County Arts Council is now accepting applications.

Applications are now available for non-profit organizations whose purpose is to promote and develop diverse cultural arts programming in Warren County. Funding priority is given to qualified arts organizations (theaters, galleries, choral societies, festivals), arts in education programs conducted by qualified artists, and other community organizations that provide arts programs in the county. Grassroots funds are not generally awarded to arts organizations that receive funding through N.C. Arts Council’s State Arts Resources. Arts organizations may apply for operating expenses. Projects and/or operating costs must occur between July 1, 2021 – June 1, 2022.

Since 1977, the North Carolina Arts Council’s Grassroots Arts Program has provided North Carolina citizens access to quality arts experiences. Using a per capita-based formula, the program provides funding for the arts in all 100 counties of the state through partnerships with local arts councils. The Warren County Arts Council serves as the North Carolina Arts Council’s partner in awarding subgrants to local organizations for arts programs in Warren County.

For more information or questions, please contact the Warren County Arts Council or by clicking this link.

Applications are due by December 10th at 5 pm. Email applications to warrencountyartscouncil@gmail.com.

Available grant funding does not exceed $9,720. Applicants must match each grant dollar they request with a local match.

Source: Warren County Arts Council website

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