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CREATIVE FELLOWSHIPS
Nia Tero was thrilled to launch the Creative Fellowships
in a year when millions of cultural workers experienced
significant income loss due to COVID-19. Even as
Indigenous populations are
being hit especially hard by the
pandemic, Indigenous cultural
workers are rallying to provide
solace and sustenance despite
social distance. Whether
through video streaming,
socially distanced powwows,
creative mask making, virtual
beading circles, free coloring
pages, or educational activities
for kids; artists are finding new
and innovative ways to gather
us together. It is clearer now,
more than ever, that art and
culture are critically important
to the wellbeing of Indigenous
peoples, which in turn ensures the health of the lands we
help steward.
In February, Storytelling announced four Creative
Fellowships supporting 24 artists, culture-bearers,
NIA TERO - THRIVING PEOPLES. THRIVING PLACES.
storytellers, and filmmakers who embody the mission
of Nia Tero. We worked to collaborate with Fellows by
providing supportive platforms, networking, and project
development. Each individual
brings new awareness to their
communities and peoples
in shared efforts to protect
cultures, the environment, and
resources.
These four fellowships
include: Storytelling Fellows,
who are a multi-genre group of
experienced artists; 4th World
Media Lab Fellows, which is a
cohort of emerging and midcareer filmmakers; NativeStand
Fellows, who are experienced
producers co-supported in
partnership with Sundance,
ImagineNative, Vision MakerPBS, and Pacific Islanders in Communications; and Pacific
Northwest Art Fellows, a regionally specific fellowship of
artists whose work is rooted in environment and identity.
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