Indigenous Affairs
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Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers: Grace Rosario Perkins Wins 2025 Emerging Native Arts Grant
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Grace Rosario Perkins, a Diné/Akimel O’odham painter known for her layered Indigenous abstractions, has been awarded the 2025 Walker Youngbird Foundation Emerging Native Arts Grant. The $15,000 award supports her project Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers—a monumental, collaborative work merging ritual, environmental reflection, and youth engagement.