Arts Council

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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Happy Holidays & GRATEFUL FOR 2023

December 22, 2023 | Category: Arts Council, Arts Council|News

Wishing you a happy holiday season filled with creativity, tradition, prosperity, and well-being in 2024! As we reflect on 2023 we are grateful to have helped Nevada artists and organizations provide […]

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Extended: Nominate the Next Poet Laureate & Closing the Nevada Poetry Project

December 1, 2023 | Category: Artist Services, Arts Council, News, News Releases

Nominate the Next Poet Laureate The nomination period for the Nevada State Poet Laureate has been extended. The nomination period will now run until December 15th, 2023 at 5:00pm PST. […]

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Nominate the next Nevada Poet Laureate

October 10, 2023 | Category: Artist Services, Literary, News Releases

The Nevada State Poet Laureate is a Governor appointed position. The panel selection process will be overseen by the Nevada Arts Council, and the selected individual will be submitted to […]

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Poetry in the classroom and Social Emotion Learning

August 29, 2023 | Category: Arts Council, Arts Learning

Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation competition that encourages high school students to learn about and appreciate poetry. The program provides students with the opportunity to explore and […]

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State of the Arts Meetings

August 24, 2023 | Category: Arts Council, News Releases

The Nevada Arts Council has initiated a formal planning process to gather feedback from across the state. During our State of the Arts Meetings, we aim to investigate community assets […]

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The Nevada Arts Council Teaching Artist Roster will be accepting applications 

The Nevada Arts Council will begin accepting applications for the Teaching Artists Roster on September 5, 2023. Interested applicants must submit their materials by October 20, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. […]

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Nevada Arts Council Announces 2023 Visual Arts Fellows 

June 20, 2023 | Category: Artist Services, Grants, News, News Releases, News Releases

[Carson City, Nevada] — The Nevada Arts Council announces the six 2023 Visual Arts Fellows. Since 1989, the Nevada Arts Council has recognized 210 fellows in Visual, Performing, and Literary […]

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Artist Harold Akyeampong honored with Nevada Arts Council Folk Arts Fellowship

October 3, 2022 | Category: Arts Council, Folklife

The 2022 recipient of the Nevada Arts Council’s Folk Arts Fellowship is Harold Akyeampong of North Las Vegas. Born and raised in Ghana, West Africa, he moved to Las Vegas from […]

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FY23 Project Grant for Artists (Cycle A) Panel to be held June 29-30, 2022

May 25, 2022 | Category: Arts Council, Arts Council|News, News Releases

On June 29 and 30, 2022 a grant review panel will be held for the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Project Grant for Artists (Cycle A). The panelists will discuss and […]

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