NAACM
Eugene Native American Arts & Crafts Makers
BOARD MEMBER OPPORTUNITY
Deadline: March 31, 2026
Board member applications are now being accepted for NAACM. All applications are welcomed.
Who are we looking for as a board member?
Preference will be given to applicants who are Federally recognized Tribal citizens/Alaska Native or community members who are of Native American heritage and Indigenous community members from Canada, Mexico, Central & South America, Caribbean, Hawaii and New Zealand. NAACM welcomes applications from community members from varying backgrounds, artists, crafters, LGBTQIA2S, all level career professionals, college students and community Elders.
NAACM is a working board, candidates must be able to commit to putting in time and energy required as a NAACM Board Member.
Requirements of your commitment, responsibilities, and time as a Board Member:
• Attendance at all monthly board meetings.
• Participate in one or more board committees.
• Assist in areas of fundraising, donor identification and grant writing.
• Develop, promote and participate during First Sunday Native Crafts Market programs and event activities.
• Committed and dedicated to uplifting Native American arts, culture, education and creating a thriving arts & crafts market for NAACM.
• Support the organization in fulfilling its mission in a legally compliant, fiscally sound and ethically guided way.
What is NAACM:
NAACM, formally, became a Taxable Nonprofit in 2025. It is our mission to provide a supportive and welcoming venue for the creativity of Federally Recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal members, Native American descendant community members, and Indigenous community members in our region who create their own authentically crafted arts & crafts.
CLICK HERE TO APPLY: NAACM Board Application
NAACM
EUGENE NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS & CRAFTS MAKERS
2026
FIRST SUNDAY
NATIVE AMERICAN
ARTS & CRAFTS MARKET
April 5th , 2026
Where:
FARMERS MARKET PAVILION
85 E. 8th Ave.
Eugene, OR
Crafts
Leo White Horse Sicangu Lakota / Rosebud Sioux
Ann Shabi Lakota Bows & Arrows / Tuswecha Zi Creations
Arusha Dittmer
NAACM began as a once per year Winter event in 2013, as a notion that our community needed a Native American venue where local artists and crafters could come together to share their arts, crafts, tribal backgrounds, as well as create this opportunity for the public to experience authentically made Native American Arts & Crafts. So, thirteen of our Native American community friends gathered for the first time to start this journey.
Today, NAACM has grown into a beautiful and authentic display of Arts & Crafts that are shared during a monthly event on the First Sunday of the month at the Farmers Market Pavilion in downtown Eugene, Oregon. A few years into our journey, it became apparent that we needed to start creating more structure to our event in order to achieve a more authentic display and sharing of Native American arts & crafts. This meant NAACM artists & crafters who wished to participate in our Native American Arts & Crafts events, needed to apply through an application process to declare that their arts and crafts were made by themselves as artisans of Native American heritage or enrolled tribal members. Authentically made Native American arts & crafts makes this event unique. We transform the Pavilion into an event of Native American & Indigenous cultural sharing and a gallery of Fine Art, beadwork, Navajo made jewelry, crafts, beautiful wood carvings, and more.
