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American Artscape

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This Land of Arts

Welcome to the new National Endowment for the Arts magazine! We have taken on a new name, American Artscape , that better captures the national scope of the agency’s grants,...

Podcasts

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Clifford Murphy

NEA Director of Folk and Traditional Arts

In this podcast, Clifford Murphy, National Endowment for the Arts Director of Folk and Traditional Arts, introduces the recently announced 2020 NEA National Heritage Fellows. This is the country’s highest honor—a lifetime achievement award—for folk and traditional artists whose life’s work includes both artistic excellence and efforts to sustain cultural traditions for future generations. As Murphy says in the podcast, folk art has been described as “something learned knee-to-knee.” All nine recipients of the Heritage Award serve as exemplary mentors as well as inspired artists.

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Jul92020

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