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Mini Youth Powwow Foundation seeks
mentor artists
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Senior Veterans Queen Hailey Lewis-Little, right, shakes hands with Gracie
Macon in a Round Dance during the Mini Youth Powwow held in the Tribal
gym on Friday, Oct. 6. The powwow was sponsored by the Grand Ronde
Health & Wellness Center as a continuation of the 20-year anniversary
celebration of the clinic building that took place earlier in the day.
VANCOUVER, Wash. – The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation is
seeking applicants for its Mentor Artist Fellowships, which is a regional
artist award focused on the Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Upper
Midwest areas in the country.
The fellowship is open to established American Indian and Alaska Native
artists with at least 10 years of experience who want to mentor an emerging
American Indian or Alaska Native artist apprentice for one year in either
the Traditional Arts or Contemporary Visual Arts fields.
Eligible applicants must be enrolled in an American Indian Tribe or
Alaska Native corporation.
The Mentor Artist Fellowship is a monetary award of $20,000 to $30,000
for the mentor, $5,000 for the joint art project and $5,000 for the appren-
tice’s participation expenses. The mentoring period will run from July 1,
2018, through June 30, 2019.
Native artists can find the application at www.nativeartsandcultures.
org/programs/fnding-opportunities. Application deadline is 5 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 6. To learn more about the Mentor Artist Fellowship and the Native
Arts and Cultures Foundation, visit www.nativeartsandcultures.org.
Kaikanim Mercier participates, along with other youth, in a cake
walk game during the Mini Youth Powwow held in the Tribal gym on
Friday, Oct. 6.
Iskam MǝkʰMǝk-Haws Fundraiser*
Saturday, October 28, 2017
St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Grand Ronde
12pm All Ages Costume Contests
1pm Ghoulash Meal for Cash or Canned Food Donations
1pm-4pm Silent & Oral Auctions
*All funds raised go towards holiday food boxes.