Photo Galleries: Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Pine Ridge

For the past two years, First Peoples Fund has been part of a national initiative at the Ford Foundation through its Media, Arts and Culture program.  The collaborative was formed as a result of the Ford Foundation’s funded Urban Institute study entitled, Investing in Creativity: A Study of Support Structures for U.S. Artists.   In direct response to the study findings one of the Ford Foundation initial strategies was to enhance support for individual artists providing funds to leading arts service organizations that provide grants and technical assistance to artists in diverse artistic disciplines.

Meet the Composer, Creative Capital Foundation, Sundance Institute, the National Museum of the American Indian and Independent Television Services (ITVS) are a few of the funding partners who joined us in August.  We opened up our meetings with a dinner at Mt. Rushmore.  Superintendent, Gerard Baker generously took us on a guided tour to the top of the Mountain.  We held the last of our biannual convening meetings at the Journey Museum and Crazy Horse Mountain and invited local professional artists to participate.  On the third day we will traveled to the Pine Ridge reservation to visit the Oglala Lakota College, the Lakota Fund and the Wawokiye Institute and to meet with Oglala Sioux Tribal President, Cecilia Fire Thunder.

Pictures from Mt. Rushmore Other Photo Galleries: Crazy Horse, Pine Ridge (Click on Photo to enlarge view)        Mt. Rushmore, August 14, 2005 Lori and Miranne on the hike up to Mt. Rushmore The Ford Foundation's New Works Cohort on route to the top of Mt. Rushmore Gerard Baker and New Works Cohort in front of Mt. Rushmore's tunnel. Roberta Uno, Program Officer at The Ford Foundation and Mt. Rushmore Superintendent Gerard Baker waving on top of George Washington's head. Lori Pourier on top of Mt. Rushmore Miranne Walker on top of Mt. Rushmore Lori Pourier, Miranne Walker, Jhon Goes In Center and Pamela Kingfisher behind Mt. Rushmore   . Mt. Rushmore, August 14, 2005       Crazy Horse Memorial Other Photo Galleries: Mt. Rushmore, Pine Ridge (Click on Photo to enlarge view)  Crazy Horse, August 16th, 2005 View from the top! The Ford Foundation's New Works Cohort, Crazy Horse, August 16th, 2005 Crazy Horse Mountain, August 16th, 2005 First Peoples Fund at Crazy Horse: Miranne Walker, Jhon Goes In Center, Lori Pourier and Pame Kingfisher The Ford Foundation's New Works cohort was comprised of these 15 organizations: Alternate Roots, Cave Canem, Creative Capital, First Peoples Fund, Fund for Folk Culture, Independent Television Service, Meet the Composer, NALAC, NMAI, Natioinal Performance Network, National Video Resources, NCCC, NEFA, Sundance Institute, and Theater Communications Group. . Crazy Horse, August 16th, 2005 Pine Ridge Visit Other Photo Galleries: Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse (Click on Photo to enlarge view)  Marilyn Pourier speaks at the Oglala Lakota College. Browsing at the Oglala Lakota College. Harvey White Woman of the Wawokiye Business Institute speaks at the Lakota Fund. Oglala Sioux Tribal President, Cecilia Fire Thunder speaks at the Lakota Fund. Oglala Sioux Tribal President, Cecilia Fire Thunder speaks at the Lakota Fund. Karlene Hunter speaks at the Lakota Fund. . Marilyn Pourier speaks at the Oglala Lakota College.