• HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP

    IYANA ESTERS SELECTED FOR AWARD

    SELF-TAUGHT PHOTOGRAPHER AND ARTIST

    Her visual storytelling captures the human connection with nature, focusing on themes of gender, ancestry, and the Afrodiaspora.

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    Iyana Esters over Image of her Wedekind Road Art Project
  • Basin to Range Exchange

    2025 Application Open Now

    Join us in Ely from May 7-9

    Attending BRX can help you promote your community’s cultural assets to a statewide network, identifying key collaborations and building the region’s creative economy.

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  • FY25 GRANTS

    GUIDELINES NOW AVAILABLE

    Select grants accepting applications

    The FY25 Grant Guidelines are available to review. Be sure to review all guidelines to know when grants will be opening in advance!

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  • BROWSE

    CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES

    Casting, open calls, proposals, fellowships & contests!

    Browse our directory of community job opportunities (some paid, some unpaid) and submit your own to be featured on this page.

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NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL

enriching the lives of all Nevadans

RECENT NEWS

Release: Iyana Esters receives 2025 Nevada Heritage Fellowship  

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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Iyana Esters

FOLKLIFE IN FOCUS – Who Does folklore

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 […]

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In 2020 Monica Ortiz received a Folklife Artist Grant to share her knowledge of how to make pasteles.

BUY AN ARTS LICENSE PLATE

supporting k-12 arts learning

Nevada’s first Arts License Plate is available at DMV field offices statewide. The plate, designated by DMV as the “Children in the Arts” license plate, is available in a standard or personalized format. If you are interested in a standard format, the initial cost will be $51 dollars with an annual renewal fee of $20 in addition to all other registration fees.

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