Film Festival Receives Mayor's Arts Award

2020 Outstanding Event Award

The Vision Maker Film Festival was announced as the 2020 recipient of the Outstanding Event Award as part of the Mayor’s Arts Awards. The Mayor’s Arts Awards are designed to honor and celebrate persons and organizations that contribute to the vibrancy of the arts and/or increase access to arts experiences in Lincoln, Nebraska.

“We are honored that the Lincoln Arts Council awarded the Vision Maker Film Festival the Outstanding Event Award,” said Alana Stone, Project Coordinator of Vision Maker Media. “Since 2006 the Vision Maker Film Festival has brought new and emerging Indigenous media to Lincoln and its surrounding community. Thank you to the Lincoln Arts Council  and the Lincoln community for supporting our arts program!”

Vision Maker teams receives Mayors Arts Award

Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln Arts Council (LAC) have announced the winners of the 2020 Mayor’s Arts Awards to be presented Tuesday, October 20th at an online event. Using Beethoven’s 250th anniversary as inspiration, the 42nd Mayor’s Arts Awards, and all of LAC’s arts engagement programming, will be thematically linked by the idea of Joy. 

The award-winning film festival, which had been held biennially in Lincoln, Nebraska since 2006, is moving online for 2020. The five-week long celebration of American Indian and Alaska Native films will kick off August 31, 2020 at 11:00 am CT. Register for the film festival here.

Walt Pourier

Vice Chair

Walt is Oglala Lakota and created the logo for Urban Rez. He is Creative Director, owner of Nakota Designs Advertising Designs and Graphics. Executive Director of the Stronghold Society nonprofit dedicated to instilling hope and supporting youth movements through Live Life Call To Action Campaigns.

lynn palmanteer-holder

Lynn Palmanteer-Holder, an Indigenous plateau woman of North Central Washington and member of eight of twelve Tribes of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Lynn recently retired as inaugural Director of Tribal Government Affairs for Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges, the state’s oversight agency of 34 CTCs.  She is a highly accomplished professional that spans over 40 years. She is an experienced educator that has a demonstrated history across K12, post-secondary & higher education as a teacher, school counselor, superintendent, researcher, and professor. Also, she has diverse experience as an entrepreneur, Tribal leader and administrator. She is skilled in curriculum and program development, facilitating government to government relationships that led to formal partnerships between state institutions and Tribes developing custom programs. Lynn has served on many boards and has been recognized for various statewide, and national awards. She has several scholarly publications and has done various conference presentations and speaking engagements, at the local, national and international level. Lynn holds a Ph.C. (ABD) in Social Welfare Policy from University of Washington. She earned her M.Ed., with a concentration in counseling psychology from Washington State University and B.Ed., in K12 Education from Eastern Washington University. Lynn is a wife of 49 years, a mother of three adult professional children, granny of 10 and great granny to two. Lynn and her husband are high school sweethearts, and together enjoy time with their 15+ two-legged blessings.