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FOLKLIFE IN FOCUS – Who Receives Folklife Funding?

Jason Nious is a Nevada Arts Council Teaching Artist and teaches African-American body percussion.

FOLKLIFE IN FOCUS – Who Receives Folklife Funding?

June 4, 2025 | Category: Folklife

Welcome to the Follow the Folklorist blog! Founded by Rebecca Snetlesaar and currently led by Nevada State Folklorist Brad McMullen, our blog is dedicated to exploring the rich tapestry of […]

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A rider holding an American Flag riding a horse during the Him Butler Days parade in Tonopah.

FOLKLIFE IN FOCUS – Folklife Resources 

April 15, 2025 | Category: Folklife

Welcome to the Follow the Folklorist blog! Founded by Rebecca Snetlesaar and currently led by Nevada State Folklorist Brad McMullen, our blog is dedicated to exploring the rich tapestry of […]

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Members of the Danza Azteca Aztlán performing traditional dances.

FOLKLIFE IN FOCUS – What are Oral Traditions and Performing Arts 

March 4, 2025 | Category: Folklife

Welcome to the Follow the Folklorist blog! Founded by Rebecca Snetlesaar and currently led by Nevada State Folklorist Brad McMullen, our blog is dedicated to exploring the rich tapestry of […]

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Bottle House, built by Maxine Page in Oreana.

FOLKLIFE IN FOCUS – What is Material Culture

January 21, 2025 | Category: Folklife

Welcome to the Follow the Folklorist blog! Founded by Rebecca Snetlesaar and currently led by Nevada State Folklorist Brad McMullen, our blog is dedicated to exploring the rich tapestry of […]

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Join Nevada Arts Council at a grant information sessions nearest you

January 13, 2025 | Category: Grants

Grants season is underway at the Nevada Arts Council. Join our staff for 17, in-person and virtual information sessions that will provide clarity to our Fiscal Year 2026 grants and […]

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Iyana Esters

Release: Iyana Esters receives 2025 Nevada Heritage Fellowship  

December 5, 2024 | Category: Folklife, News Releases

Iyana Esters, a folk and traditional visual artist from Reno, has been selected as the recipient of the Nevada Arts Council’s Nevada Heritage Fellowship for fiscal year 2025. Esters, also […]

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In 2020 Monica Ortiz received a Folklife Artist Grant to share her knowledge of how to make pasteles.

FOLKLIFE IN FOCUS – Who Does folklore

November 15, 2024 | Category: Folklife

Welcome to the Follow the Folklorist blog! Founded by Rebecca Snetlesaar and currently led by Nevada State Folklorist Brad McMullen, our blog is dedicated to exploring the rich tapestry of […]

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Lauren Frick

Release: Lauren Frick Joins Nevada arts Council as Community Arts Development Specialist  

November 4, 2024 | Category: Community Arts Development

The Nevada Arts Council welcomes Lauren Frick as a community arts development specialist serving the northern Nevada area. Frick (she/they) will support the state’s nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies […]

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State of Nevada Executive Department Seal of Nevada A Proclamation by the Governor

RELEASE: Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo Declares October as Arts & Humanities Month

October 21, 2024 | Category: Arts Council, News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo Declares October as Arts & Humanities Month The Nevada Arts Council and Nevada Humanities are pleased to announce that […]

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Sogand Tabatabaei

Release: Nevada Arts Council Taps Sogand Tabatabaei as Northern Nevada Arts Learning Specialist  

September 30, 2024 | Category: Arts Learning

The Nevada Arts Council has hired Sogand Tabatabaei as an arts learning specialist based in northern Nevada. Tabatabaei will coordinate and execute K-12 and lifelong learning arts educational programs, such […]

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