National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2025 NEA National Heritage Fellows

A colorful collage of seven individual artists with a medallion in the upper right corner being held by a red, blue and yellow ribbon. Text reads 2025 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships

(Top-Bottom, Left-Right): Carmen Baron, photo by John Baron; Peniel Guerrier, photo courtesy of Peniel Guerrier; Adrienne Reiko Iwanaga, photo credit lwanaga Family; Ernie Marsh, photo by Teresa Marsh; Edward Poullard, photo by Mark Marcin; Steve Tamayo Ancestral Voices Mural, South Omaha, Nebraska, Photo by Ryan Soderlin for the Flatwater Free Press; Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America, photo by Stefan Iwaskewycz

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 NEA National Heritage Fellowships, the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.