VANCOUVER, WA
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation has announced the 2020 Mentor Artist Fellowship awards. This regional award is open to accomplished American Indian and Alaska Native artists and culture bearers located in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Southern California, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. This year the panel selected 11 artists to receive a $30,000 fellowship award, which supports an established Native artist to mentor an emerging Native artist in the contemporary visual arts and traditional arts. The 2020 mentor artists are, from the contemporary category: Nani Chacon, Gerald Clarke Jr., Joe Feddersen, Cliff Fragua and Brenda Mallory, and from the traditional category: Earl Atchak, Jackie Larson Bread, Ral Takook Christman, Nathan P. Jackson and April Stone.…
