Navajo/Diné Textile Artist and Weaver and 2022 National Heritage Fellow TahNibaa Naataanii talks about the practice of Navajo/Diné weaving--an art that is a way of life.

We are celebrating Native American Heritage Month and National Heritage Award by revisiting Penobscot Nation Ash/Sweetgrass Basketmaker and 2016 National Heritage Fellow Theresa Secord who discusses bringing an ancient art into the 21st century.

Step Artist and producer and 2022 National Heritage Fellow C. Brian Williams discusses the rich cultural history of stepping and his work bringing the art form from Black fraternities and sororities to audiences in more than 60 countries and 49 state...

Bluegrass Fiddler and 2022 NEA National Heritage Fellow Michael Cleveland talks about his life immersed in music.

Flamenco Artist and 2022 National Heritage Fellow Eva Enciñias has spent her life to elevating flamenco while weaving it into the fabric of community-life, teaching generations not just the dance steps, but the history and significance of flamenco it...

Almeta Ingram-Miller, leader of the powerhouse gospel group and 2022 National Heritage Fellows the Legendary Ingramettes, talks about the group's six decades-long journey.

Songwriter and instrumentalist Louie Pérez takes us through the 50 year journey of the legendary band and 2021 National Heritage fellows Los Lobos.

To kick off our celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are revisiting two interviews with cultural powerhouses and 2011 National Heritage Fellows taiko drum leaders Roy and PJ Hirabayashi and slack gui...

Hill Country Blues Musician, Songwriter, and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Cedric Burnside talks about bringing his musical roots to the 21st century.

Louie Pérez of the band Los Lobos, 2021 National Heritage Fellows, talks about keeping musical and cultural traditions alive and evolving.

Tap Dancer and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin has been motivated by one thing his entire life: his love of tap-dancing.

Karen Ann Hoffman reimagines traditional art for contemporary life.

Meet nueva canción singer/songwriter Suni Paz, 2020 National Heritage Fellow.

Culture-bearer and 2020 National Heritage Fellow Wayne Valliere (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe) is one of a handful of birch bark canoe builders left in the United States.

Meet the founder and executive director of Radio Bilingüe and 2020 National Heritage Fellow Hugo Morales

Meet 2020 National Heritage Fellow William Bell, noted singer, songwriting, and producer.

Meet 2020 National Heritage Fellow and Haudenosaunee Raised Beadworker Karen Ann Hoffman (Oneida)

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.

The distinctive artistry of 2019 National Heritage Fellow leatherworker James F. Jackson

For more than 40 years, folklorist, state park manager, and 2019 National Heritage Fellow Bobby Fulcher has been seeking out and recording traditional artists, creating programming around these artists to shine a light on their work, and serving as a...

A conversation with 2019 National Heritage Fellow Basque musician and tradition bearer Dan Ansotegui

Meet 2019 National Heritage Fellow—storyteller Mama Linda Goss

Eddie said music has taken him to so many places. In Part 2, we follow him on these travels as Eddie brings his old-time fiddling across the country and around the world.

Old-time fiddler Eddie Bond was born and bred in Grayson County, Virginia, which many consider the musical heart of Appalachian old-time music.

2018 National Heritage Fellow Marion Coleman tells stories through her quilts.