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Release: Nevada Arts Council Announces Harold Akyeampong as 2026 Nevada Heritage Artist Fellow

December 29, 2025 | Category: Arts Council|News, Folklife, News Releases

The Nevada Arts Council, a division of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs that bolsters the impact of the arts in the state, has announced Harold Akyeampong, Ghanaian-American […]

A frame painting of Mark Twain next to a desk in the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City. (Photo provided by Travel Nevada/Photo by Sydney Martinez)

FOLKLIFE IN FOCUS – The Celebrated Tale Tellers of the Nevada Territory

November 26, 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 […]

Give your input on proposed changes to Art Council’s FY27 Grant Offering Guidelines

September 22, 2025 | Category: Artist Services, Arts Learning, Folklife, Grants, News Releases, News|Arts Council

The Nevada Arts Council is seeking public comment on proposed changes to select Fiscal Year 2027 Grant Offering Guidelines. A public workshop will be held on: Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 […]

Frequently, interviews require checking notes with your interviewees, like in this 1988 picture of Andrea Graham with Doc Allen.

FOLKLIFE IN FOCUS – Oral History and Folklife

July 28, 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]