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Iyana Esters

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 […]

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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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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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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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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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FY23 Project Grant for Organizations Panel to be held June 1-2, 2022

May 17, 2022 | Category: Arts Council, Arts Council|News, News Releases

On June 1 and 2, 2022 a grant review panel will be held for the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Project Grant for Organizations. The panelists will discuss and score 28 […]

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FY23 Operating Support Grant Panel to be held May 4-5, 2022

April 26, 2022 | Category: Arts Council, News Releases

On May 4 and 5, 2022 a grant review panel will be held for the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Operating Support Grant. The panelists will discuss and score 19 applications […]

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