Nevada Heritage Fellowship: Recognizing Our State’s Outstanding Tradition Bearers

The Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) Nevada Heritage Fellowship from the Nevada Arts Council recognizes tradition bearers living in Nevada whose body of work has contributed to Nevada’s traditional arts heritage. The Nevada Heritage Fellowship is awarded as an honorarium and does not need to be used for any specific expenses or projects (applications for specific projects should be submitted to the Folklife Artist Grant and/or the Project Grant for Artists).

By acknowledging outstanding cultural and artistic accomplishments across a body of work the program promotes public awareness and appreciation of the role of traditional arts in our society.

Tradition Bearer Definition:

• Is actively perpetuating and disseminating their community’s traditions and traditional artistic practices
• Learned their community’s traditions through active engagement
• Practices their traditions primarily within their community for/with other community members 

Open to: Individuals
Amount: $5,000
Applications open: March 2, 2026, 8 a.m. PST
Application deadline: May 1, 2026, 5 p.m. PST

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