“ I actually knew more, I just wanted to do a little test to see if they were lying. ”
M. O dear, she is already getting into political thinking at age 8.
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
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.
DEADLINE: June 21, 2012
Memorial Day
My favorite holiday has always been Memorial Day.
Today in my community, the elders will sing in Cherokee underneath the flag pole at Cedar Tree Baptist Church. A Pot Luck will be served, lawn chairs brought out, and my nephews will read the tomb stones in Cherokee. Today I miss my edgiee, Today I miss my Dooda. One day I will rest next to my grandfather, next to my great grandmother, next to my family after my walk on this earth is finished. I have been blessed to know those that have gone before me and I am thankful to them on this day. So many thanks to my Great Aunt Cat, My Grandfather Jim Dick, my cousin Reb, my uncle Webb, my great grandmother Ophelia, My great uncle George Dick. Until we see each other again. Do na da go uh hee. Ga ge u. Wahlese.
“ Quit acting like a princess. ”
My mother to me. ha. okay, okay i get it.
SWAIA Film
We are now accepting submissions for 2012 Indian Market. Deadline June 15, 2012.
Click here to download the 2012 Class X Application
Are you a young film maker (17 years and younger). Download our Youth Film Submission Form and enter.
Click here to download the 2012 Youth Film Application
Official Press Release
Image Driven
SWAIA Welcomes the Filmmakers
SWAIA is now accepting submissions for Classification X: A Moving Images Awards Category for the 2012 Santa Fe Indian Market scheduled for August 18-19. SWAIA invites Native filmmakers to submit films into one of five Classification X Divisions: Narrative Short, Documentary Short, Animation Short, Experimental Short, and Full Length Feature. Winners in each division will have their films screened at the Santa Fe Indian Market’s film related events, and have the opportunity to compete for the coveted Best of Show Award.
Since its introduction, the film category has been a huge success. Filmmaker, Bennie Klain, won the 2011 Indian Market’s Best of Classification for his Documentary short film, ‘Columbus Legacy’. The 2012 competition is expected to attract Native filmmakers from all over the country once again.
The Santa Fe Indian Market Awards Program invites art experts and collectors to Santa Fe to judge more than 1,000 artist entries and distribute over $100,000 in prize money in numerous categories to SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market artists. Awards are given to recognize an artist’s dedication and skill in working with traditional materials and techniques, as well as experimentation with new media and innovative art forms.
Moving Image Division Descriptions
Division A: Narrative Shorts
Short subject narrative moving images are non-commercial motion pictures that are no longer than 30 minutes. These tell a complete narrative story. It cannot be an excerpted story from a longer project unless the shorter edited version can stand on its own.
Division B: Documentary Shorts
A documentary short is a broad category of visual expressions that “document” reality in 30 minutes or less to include video and film.
Division C: Animation
Animation shorts are the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. Entries can only be of one story and must be no longer than 30 minutes. This can include Anime, Classic 2D, Rotoscoping, Stop Motion and flash animators.
Division D: Experimental
Experimental film or experimental cinema describes a range of filmmaking styles that are generally quite different from, and often opposed to “Avant-garde” is also used to describe this work, and “underground” has been used in the past, though it has also had other connotations. An “experimental film” is often characterized by the absence of linear narrative, the use of various abstracting techniques (out of focus, painting or scratching on film, rapid editing), the use of asynchronous (non-diegetic) sound or even the absence of any sound track.
Division E: Full Length Feature
Must be 90+ minutes in run time.
Applications must be received by June 15, 2012
Eitlejorg Contmporary Art Fellowship
Call for Artists
Materials deadline: Submitted online or postmarked by June 1, 2012
The Eiteljorg Museum established the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship in 1999. Since then, the museum has awarded more than $825,000 in grants and added the works of 40 Native contemporary artists to the permanent collection.
The application for the 2013 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship can be completed or downloaded online at www.fellowship.eiteljorg.org.
Please direct any questions to assistant curator of contemporary art, Ashley Holland at aholland@eiteljorg.com or 317-275-1328
Many Thanks to Orlando Dugi for being a SWAIA Youth Mentor!And thanks to M for helping me prepare (she always comes through in a last minute pinch to help do whatever I need, she says “I need you to communicate with me” lol.)
www.orlandodugi.com
“ you be good ”
My mother to me. ha.ha. ha.
“ Many people that meet you will want you to assist them. Choose carefully ”
My edode.
“ Well Baby Girl, work hard. I know you will. ”
My edode.
Patricia Michaels
Patricia Michaels, Taos Pueblo, is so very sweet. M put in an order for a piece from Patricia and we met at the LaFonda to look at her portfolio and so M could get measured. We are very excited to add Patricia’s piece to M’s Collection and M really enjoyed meeting her and hearing all of her wonderful stories. M loves clothing an putting everything together and she saw this cape and wanted it. Speaking of which, we may have to be twins…hmm…
www.pmwaterlily.com
“ I can see me going to the old W.W. Hastings Hospital and waiting outside the window to get a peek at you. ”
My dad on the day of my birth. ha, i have no idea why he was outside. bwahaha.
