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Pete Perez

2024 BIPOC Artist Fund | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

O se aafiaga ofoofogia na faaosofia ai au e galue agai i au sini i faatufugaga ma aganuu. Ou te faʻamoemoe o le a faʻaauau pea fesoʻotaʻiga na matou fausia i le tausaga talu ai ma le lagolago mai le polokalame. Ou te faafetai mo galuega uma mai le aufaigaluega ma ou te musuia i lo latou naunautaiga mo le faia o se eseesega. E mautinoa na faia e le polokalame se suiga i loʻu olaga.

Sam Zhang

23-24' LoCF Uso | Michigan

O nei tupe o le a amata ai le 2 tausaga le umi o le faʻagasologa o le avea ma Faʻamaumauga Faʻapitoa o le Tamaoaiga a le International Economic Development Council. O la'u taulaiga o le pisinisi laiti, pisinisi, nofoaga, tekinolosi ma le auala e faʻatupe ai pisinisi laiti e aofia ai i latou i totonu o le tamaoaiga. O laʻu sini o le mauaina lea o loʻu faʻamaonia i le isi 2 tausaga o lumanaʻi ma faʻafeiloaʻi i se tagata tomai faʻapitoa tau atinaʻe poʻo se faʻatonu o potu.

Brandy Reitter

ELC 2014 | Aeto, Colorado

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A. Alanda Gregory Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Iowa
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Co-Owner, Tri-Phoenix Media

O la'u malaga faapolofesa fatufatuga na amata a o talavou. O aʻu o se faʻapolofesa faʻapolofesa ma faʻalapotopotoga ma faʻaleaganuʻu. I le 2010 O laʻu kamupani Tri-Phoenix Group, LLC na fausia ma talu mai lena taimi na galue ai i le tele o galuega faʻapitoa ma galulue faʻatasi. Ou te faaaogaina ata vaaia e faailoa ai la'u galuega. O aʻu foʻi o se tusitala / tusisolo / failauga ma tufuga faʻasalalau fefiloi. Na ou amataina le pisinisi e fesoasoani i tusiata Tutoatasi ma DJ i le faʻailogaina, ala o fesoʻotaʻiga lautele, faʻalauiloa, atinaʻe o le tagata lava ia / faʻapolofesa, pulega tusiata ma le PR. O le kamupani foi o se tulaga mo au e faatino ai solo ma tomai tautala. Sa ou maua le fiafia i le tusiaina o blogs, nusipepa ma tala faatino. I le faaopoopo atu i laʻu galuega, ou te umiaina ma faʻatautaia se leitio initaneti, ma talimalo i vaiaso taʻitasi YouTube faʻaaliga.

Mai galuega laiti, solo solo i le galulue faʻatasi, o loʻo ou sailia pea le avanoa e suʻesuʻe ai auala fou ma aʻoaʻo se mea fou e mafai ona ou faʻaoga i laʻu galuega. Pe a ou aʻoaʻoina ma atiaʻe se mea, ou te manaʻo e faasoa atu i isi. Ou te talitonu i le avea ma se auaunaga i tagata. E mafai ona ou auauna atu ma le faatufugaga ma le tomai.
Aaron Baumgardner National Arts Futures Fellowship Rock Hill, SC
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A citizen of the Catawba Indian Nation, Aaron Baumgardner began studying traditional art in 2022 at the Catawba Cultural Center, learning pottery from master potters and elders. Drawing inspiration from his great-great-grandmother, Sallie Rebecca Brown Beck, he continues the 4,000-year-old tradition of Catawba pottery, a vital part of his people’s identity.

Baumgardner is also the first Catawba in over a century to create a river cane basket, a skill learned from Cherokee artist Gabe Crow. He now teaches these traditions to the next generation and collaborates with land conservancies to steward river cane and culturally important plants.

A 2024 South Carolina Arts Commission Emerging Artist, he is also a 2025 Running Strong for American Indian Youth Dreamstarter and a Native Arts and Cultures Foundation LIFT awardee. Through these projects, Baumgardner teaches basketry, explores sustainable pottery methods, and helps sustain Catawba art as a living, community-rooted practice.
Apikaila Gomez Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2023 - 2024 Winchester, Virginia
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O Abigail Gómez o se tusiata ata Latina, tusiata faiaoga, faufautua faatufugaga, faʻavae e leai ni tupe, ma le pule ma le tusiata i Pretty Girl Painting, LLC. Na ia mauaina le BFA mai Virginia Tech i le 2007. Na ia aʻoga i le Santa Reparata International School of Art i Florence, Italia i le 2003. Ia Tesema 2015 na ia maua ai le MFA i ata vali mai le Academy of Art University i San Francisco CA.

O Apikaila e a'oa'o ata i totonu o le nu'u e ala i Pretty Girl Painting, Fremont Street Nursery, ma Arte Libre VA. O ia foi o se Polofesa o Art and Design i le Iunivesite o Shenandoah. I le SU o lo'o ia atia'e se polokalame BA i Art and Design i totonu o se fa'avae tutusa. O ia foi o se COIL Fellow, Shenandoah Conversations Fellow, e mauaina le 22/23 Faculty Development Grant, ma taʻitaʻia suʻesuʻega i fafo mo tamaiti aʻoga i atunuu i Latina Amerika.

Talu ai nei na fa'avaeina ai e Abigail Arte Libre VA, o le 501(c)(3) fa'alāpotopotoga fa'apitoa e fa'amalosia le Latinx/e, Black, ma le Autalavou o Lanu e ala i avanoa tutusa i a'oa'oga ma polokalame fa'apitoa. I Arte Libre VA, o lo'o galue Abigail o le Fa'atonu Fa'atonu ma le Pule Va'ai Sili, Maestra Principal. Na te fa'atautaia ma fa'atautaia polokalame fa'ata'ita'iga fa'atusa e ofoina atu e leai se pili. Na te fa'atautaia galuega fa'atino totogi mo Autalavou o le Global Majority, fa'apea fo'i ma le fa'afoeina ma le a'oa'oina o Faia'oga Tusiata ma Fa'afaiaoga Fesoasoani, e totogi uma i latou. E ala mai ia Arte Libre VA, na fa'atautaia ma fa'atautaia e Apikaila le silia ma le 30 galuega fa'atino fa'atasi ma fa'asoa fa'alaua'itele ma ata i le Vanu o Shenandoah i Matu.
Atamu Chuong Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Rhode Island
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Pule o Aoga, Le Uamea

O Adam Chuong o se tusiata Amerika Teochew ma se faiaoga o lana galuega e suʻesuʻeina mea faitino e avea ma pusa mo le faʻasinomaga, faʻanoanoa, ma le tausiga. I le avea ai ma se tamaititi a tagata sulufaʻi mai Viatename ma Cambodia, o le gaioiga o le faia e faʻamalolo ai lo latou vaʻaiga i lo latou faʻasinomaga faaleaganuu, i le taimi na vavae ese ai e ala i le faʻateʻaina ma le faʻalavelave.

E ala i le gaosiga o le Taoist & Buddhist sauniga ma meafaitino, latou te saili e maua se malamalama loloto atu i tu ma aganuu ma faia ni uiga fou mai tu ma aga masani. Queerness⁠—le lala sooupu e toe faafoʻisia ma toe fanau—e faatalanoaina le toe faaleleia o lo latou faasinomaga faaleaganuu; fa'a-peteriaka, fa'akolone, ma fa'atama'ita'i fa'ale-aganu'u ua 'alo'ese ona o vala'au mo le agamalu, tausiga, ma le fa'afeusuaiga.

Talu ai ua vavae'ese mai i latou o lo'o malamalama i le aganu'u a Asia, o le avanoa i tu ma aga masani e masani lava ona ala mai i tioata o le fa'atatauina ma le toe fa'aliliuga. O le mea lea, o le lolomiina ma le faʻasalalauina o zines e taua tele i la latou faʻataʻitaʻiga, ina ia mafai ai ona toe maua, faʻasalalau, ma faʻamaumauga faʻapolopolo poto.
Adina M. Zamora Pacific Jurisdictions Artist Fund 2025 Yona, Guam

Amioga: Folklife/Tufuga Fa'aleaganu'u & Tufuga Va'ai

Adina Zamora is a cultural artisan born in California and raised in Harmon, Dededo, Guam. Of Chamorro heritage, she is the eldest of 21 siblings and grew up helping raise her family. Inspired as a teenager by her Palauan neighbors, Zamora developed a passion for coconut leaf weaving, later learning from Samoan, Yapese, and Chamorro teachers. She creates handmade shell jewelry and hopes to open a shop in Chamorro Village where she can sell her work and teach weaving to all ages—preserving a fading cultural tradition and sharing it with the next generation.
Adonis Holmes Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2023 - 2024 Chicago, Ilinoi
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Tusitala, Fa'afiafia, Kose

O Adonis Holmes o se Tusitala, Fa'afiafiaga, ma Fa'afiafia mai Chicago. Na faauu Adonis mai le Iunivesite o Ilinoi, Urbana-Champaign ma sa faʻaalia i le tele o ata faʻaaliga i totonu o le taulaga, e aofia ai le Chicago Sketch Fest ma le Best of Annoyance sketch show. O Adonis o se fa'afiafiaga fa'afiafia ma tusitala mo le Second City's Black Excellence Revue, 'Dance Like There Are Black People Watching' ma o lo'o galue nei o se tamaititi aoga mo le gaosiga o le 'Don't Quit Your Daydream'. Faatasi ai ma le Co-faavaeina ma le taitaia o le All-Black improv show 'Satirical Race Theory', o Adonis o se sui o le Devil's Daughter Improv, le Improv trope The Mermaids, a 2022 Bob Curry Fellow, ma o le Co-Artistic Director of the iO Falemataaga.
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Amioga: Tu'ufa'atasi
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Amioga: Folklife/Traditional Arts

Va'ai le Upega Tafa'ilagi
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Filifiliga mo Galuega Lelei Lelei, Inc.

Aisha S Harrison BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Olympia, Uosigitone
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Amioga: Tufuga

Aisha o se faletusi ma tagata tusiata lautele e galue muamua i le omea ma le apamemea. Na ia mauaina le omea i totonu o se faleaoga a le nuu, a o galue agai i se faailoga i le gagana Sipaniolo i le Kolisi o Grinnell i Iowa. Ina ua uma ona faauu, sa ia faaaluina le lua tausaga na sosoo ai e faiaoga i vasega tolu ma le fa i Atlanta, Georgia, ma sailiili omea i Callenwolde Fine Arts Center i Georgia, ma Penland School of Crafts i North Carolina. Na filifili Aisha e toe foi i le aoga ma maua se BFA mai le Washington State University, ma se MFA mai le Iunivesite o Nebraska- Lincoln. O lo'o galue nei o ia i se komisi faatufugaga lautele i fafo ma le Iunivesite o Washington Tacoma ma le Washington State Arts Commission. O lana galuega faʻapitoa o loʻo faʻaalia i le atunuʻu ma galuega lata mai i le Whatcom Museum, The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts, Crocker Art Museum, Northern Clay Center, Wa Na Wari, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Jordan Schnitzer Museum i WSU, ma i Leonor R. Fuller Gallery i le South Sound Community College.
Akilah Martinez BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Vanderwagen, Niu Mekisiko
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Amioga: Tu'ufa'atasi

Akilah Martinez (igoa tusiata: Glittering World Girl) o se tusiata manumalo a Diné, fa'atekonolosi fa'akomepiuta ma tu'ufa'atasiga fa'aleaganu'u o lo'o taula'i i le toe fa'afouina o gagana ma aganu'u e ala i ata vitiō ma tekonolosi XR. Akilah o lo'o umia le BFA mai le Iunivesite o Niu Mekisiko.

O le sini o le olaga atoa o Akilah e fa'aaoga ala fa'aonaponei e fa'aauauina ai le gagana & aganu'u Navajo na amata i le talavou o le 3 tausaga, ina ua uma ona molimauina i taimi uma ona matua matutua (unilingual Diné bizaad speakers) e tatau ona matamata i polokalame TV na'o le gagana Peretania.

O le 2019 Crux XR Immersive Technology Fellowship na mafai ai e Akilah ona faimalaga i le va o NYC ma LA e aʻoaʻo ai mai le taʻitaʻia o tekinolosi XR, tagata fai pisinisi faʻapisinisi ma aʻafiaga a le aufaipisinisi. O Akilah o se tagata na mauaina le Fulcrum Fund 2022, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation LIFT 2022, The Artizen Fund 2023, 2024 New Mexico Women in Tech Emerging Leader Award, o se failauga asiasi i le MIT XR Reality Hackathon ma le 2024 City of Albuquerque UETF. Tufuga Agalelei i le Nofo.
Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. Taamilo i Sisifo 2024 Sitka, Alaska
Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. Taamilo i Sisifo 2023 Sitka, Alaska
Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. Taamilo i Sisifo 2022 Sitka, Alaska
Alaska Junior Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2024 Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska Junior Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2023 Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska Junior Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2022 Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska Native Heritage Center ArtsIE 2024 Anchorage, Alaska

Amioga: Folklife/Tufuga Fa'aleaganu'u & Tufuga Va'ai
Alberta Bair Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2024 Billings, Montana
Alberta Bair Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2023 Billings, Montana
Albuquerque Museum Foundation Inc Taamilo i Sisifo 2024 Albuquerque, Niu Mekisiko
Alejandro Bermudes Agulto Pacific Jurisdictions Artist Fund 2025 Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Amioga: Media Arts

The founder of Marianas Visuals is a dedicated videographer and filmmaker from the Northern Mariana Islands. Their work is deeply rooted in capturing and preserving the rich cultural heritage of the CNMI through documentaries on traditional practices, local artists, and cultural events.

Primarily self-taught with a 2004 film school certification, they also contribute to cultural and language preservation as a media specialist at the Chamorro Carolinian Language Policy Commission. Beyond cultural documentation, their diverse portfolio includes sports and special events, product commercials, hotel promotions, family portraits, and wildlife photography. Through Marianas Visuals, they actively uplift Pacific traditions and connect with their community by sharing its unique stories and beauty.

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O le Public Art Archive (PAA) ose fa'amaumauga e leai se totogi, su'esu'e, ma fa'aauau pea le fa'atupuina o fa'amaumauga i luga ole laiga o galuega fa'atino a tagata lautele i totonu o le Iunaite Setete atoa ma fafo, fa'atasi ai ma le tele o punaoa ma meafaigaluega ua fausia mo le fa'afoeina o fa'aputuga fa'atagata lautele.

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E tu'uina atu e le ZAPP i le au fa'atauga fa'ata'ita'iga ma fa'afiafiaga fa'atasi ai ma se vaega o mea faigaluega e aoina fa'atekinolosi ma fa'atonu tusi talosaga, fa'atautaia totogi o fale'oloa, ma feso'ota'i ma tagata talosaga uma i se fa'aoga fa'afuainumera faigofie e fa'aoga. E mafai e le au tusiata ona talosaga i le faitau selau o faʻaaliga i le atunuʻu atoa e ala i se upega tafaʻilagi tutotonu.