NEA National Heritage Fellowships

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The NEA National Heritage Fellowships recognize the recipients' artistic excellence and support their continuing contributions to our nation's traditional arts heritage.

Watch the Sept 28th National Heritage Fellowships Concert webcast archive.

Folk and Traditional Arts Motion Graphic

NEA National Heritage Fellows Fact Sheet

Profile materials for 1982-2007 NEA National Heritage Fellow biographies courtesy of Documentary Arts. Use of some photographs courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives & Collections.

News

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of Cyril Pahinui

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of Elder Roma Wilson

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of Ellie Mannette

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Free Events September 26 & 28, 2018 in Honor of National Heritage Fellows

Features

#FlashbackFriday: 2018 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert

Spotlight on the Art of Western Wear

Publications

2018 Guide to the National Endowment for the Arts

The 2018 NEA Guide provides details on the programs and activities that the NEA supports, as well as funding deadlines for our various grants. Included is information on Grants for...

NEA National Heritage Fellowships 30th Anniversary

Profiles of many of the NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipients from 1982 to 2011. In all, 80 Fellows are profiled, including the 12 Bess Lomax Hawes Award recipients. Also included...

Video

NEA National Heritage Tribute Video: Don and Cindy Roy

Podcasts

Eddie Bond (Part 1)

2018 National Heritage Fellow

Photos

Portraits by Tom Pich

Canray Fontenot 1986. Photo by Tom Pich

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Ten people stand in a line on stage wearing medals, with a woman in a blue suit gesturing toward them.