About the program

Recovery support that helps cultural craft artists resume practice.

The program offers financial support to adult CNMI residents whose cultural craft practices were negatively impacted by Super Typhoon Sinlaku. Awards are intended to help artists recover and continue their contributions to the cultural heritage of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Eligible cultural craft practices

Practice areas

• Traditional weaving, plaiting, and basketry
• Shell-based work and handmade adornment
• Textile and fiber-based cultural making practices
• Embroidery, beadwork, and decorative surface techniques
• Regalia and ceremonial clothing creation
• Traditional carving and woodworking practices
• Canoe-related making traditions and seafaring cultural objects
• Pottery, ceramics, and earth-based object making
• Masks, ceremonial implements, and performative cultural objects
• Handcrafted musical instruments and sound-producing cultural objects
• Handmade garments, accessories, and wearable cultural expressions
• Quilting, knitting, crochet, and other stitch-based textile traditions
• Doll-making and storytelling objects
• Printmaking, woodcut, and hand-pressed visual culture practices
• Bookmaking, handmade paper, and narrative or archival object forms
• Mixed-media cultural works

Application checklist

Submit a complete packet.

1. Government-issued photo identification with date of birth.
2. Valid CNMI voter registration card.
3. Completed and signed application form.

Applications will be reviewed for eligibility within two weeks of the application deadline. Successful applicants will receive award notification by email and a check payment after notice.