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2024 NEA Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers performing at the Tribute Concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Photo by Jati Lindsay
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Students from Pua Ali‘i ‘Ilima perform a hula ‘ulī ‘ulī (Hawaiian dance using the feathered rattling gourd). Photo courtesy of PA‘I Foundation
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2023 NEA National Heritage Fellow Hill Country blues musician R.L. Boyce. Photo courtesy of Hypothetical
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Vanessa Sanchez and Diana Aburto of La Mezcla performing Ghostly Labor that is rooted in the history and legacy of labor in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Image from Ghostly Labor: A Dance Film, courtesy of Vanessa Sanchez y La Mezcla
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2024 NEA Jazz Master Terence Blanchard performs at the 2024 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on April 13, 2024. Photo by Jati Lindsay
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Winning Songs to be Performed in Concert on June 17. Watch at arts.gov.
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