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 achive of the 2019 NEA National Heritage Concert Webcast

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.

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News

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Clyde Davenport

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Henry Gray

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of 1990 NEA National Heritage Fellow Marie McDonald

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Free Events September 18 & 20, 2019 in Honor of National Heritage Fellows

Features

NEA Arts Spotlight: Connecting Generations

#FlashbackFriday: 2019 NEA National Heritage Concert

Publications

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...

Masters of Traditional Arts Education Guide

Created by Paddy Bowman, Betty Carter, and Alan Govenar, this guide presents meaningful instruction for learning about a diverse array of traditional artists and art forms for students in grades...