Our Artists
At the heart of the Walker Youngbird Foundation are the artists we serve—emerging and early-career Indigenous creators across Turtle Island who are shaping new cultural landscapes through their practice.
From painters and printmakers to experimental storytellers, Walker Youngbird-supported artists embody a deep commitment to heritage, vision, and community. They are grounded in tradition but never bound by it. Each brings forward unique ways of seeing, remembering, and imagining.
Emerging Native Arts Grant
Núhi Grant
Native Neon Residency
Three ways we support artists
Throughout the year, the Walker Youngbird Foundation offers multiple grants to support Indigenous artists. We're especially excited to support artists whose work lives at the intersection of ancestral knowledge and contemporary expression.
Emerging Native Arts Grant
Funding, mentorship, and a curated showcase for early-career Native artists completing a project for public presentation.
Learn more →Núhi Grant
Named for the Hidatsa word meaning “to uplift,” for projects created with and for the artist’s own tribal community.
Learn more →Native Neon Residency
A teaching residency at Lite Brite Neon Studio in Kingston, NY, for Indigenous artists new to neon.
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