Celebrate the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows!

collage of photos of nine 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows — (top row) Dan Ansotegui (photo by Tom Pich); Grant Bulltail (photo by Tom Pich); Bob Fulcher (photo by Sarah Terpstra Hanson); (middle row) Linda Goss (photo by Edwin Remsberg); James F. Jackson (photo by Tom Pich); Balla Kouyaté (photo by Brendan Mercure Photography); Josephine Lobato (photo by Carol S. Dass); (bottom row) Rich Smoker (photo by Edwin Remsberg); Las Tesoros de San Antonio—(l-r) Blanquita “Blanca Rosa” Rodríguez and Beatriz “La Paloma del Norte” Llamas (photo courtesy of Esperanza Peace & Justice Center)

We're excited to celebrate the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows tonight with a concert event featuring music, demonstrations, and conversations with the National Heritage Fellows and other special guests. The evening will be hosted by Queen Nur, storyteller, teaching artist, and director of the Folklife Center at the Perkins Center for the Arts. You can watch the live webcast at 8:00pm on arts.gov. Learn more about the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows here. Here are just a few of the master artists we are honoring tonight... Dan Ansotegui Basque Musician and Tradition Bearer Boise, Idaho

Grant Bulltail Crow Storyteller Crow Agency, Montana

Bob Fulcher Folklorist and State Park Manager Clinton, Tennessee

James F. Jackson Leatherworker Sheridan, Wyoming

Balla Kouyaté Balafon Player and Djeli Medford, Massachusetts

Celebrate the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows!

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