National Endowment for the Arts
National Heritage Fellowships
25th Anniversary Celebration

The highest honor our nation bestows upon its folk and traditional artists, the NEA National Heritage Fellowships has, since 1982, honored 338 of America’s “national living treasures” including: Mavis Staples, Ralph Stanley, Doc Watson, Liz Carroll, Jerry Douglas, Pinetop Perkins, Michael Doucet, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Koko Taylor, Zakir Hussain, and Ali Akbar Khan, just to name a few.

Many of these extraordinary Fellows and others have been featured in special concert programs throughout the year in celebration of the 25th anniversary. To date, there have been more than 52 presentations featuring NEA National Heritage Fellows. Below is a listing of performances still to come in 2008:

Sunday August 24, 2008 3:00pm
A Celebration of NEA Folk Arts featuring Manoochehr Sadeghi, Richard Hagopian and Zakir Hussain
California Plaza
300-350 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.grandperformances.org

September 2008
Several NEA National Heritage Fellows are featured at the Kennedy Center throughout the month of September.Please check the Kennedy Center website for more information.
Arts Across America – Kennedy Center
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/prelude/

Sunday September 7, 2008 3:00 pm
With Michael Doucet and Marc Savoy
American Film Institute
Silver Spring, MD
LIMITED SPACE
Please RSVP to info@ncta.net or 301-565-0654

Friday September 12, 2008 8:00 pm
National Living Treasures - Kevin Locke and Mary Louise Defender Wilson
Loeb Playhouse, World Stage series
Purdue University Convocations
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2016
765-494-9712
http://www.purdue.edu/convocations/locke.shtml

Friday September 19 6:00 pm
World Music Festival: Richard Hagopian & Kef Time Band and the Al-Kindi Ensemble and the Whirling Dervishes of Damascus
Featuring NEA National Heritage Fellow Richard Hagopian
Millenium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion
55 N Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
http://www.millenniumpark.org/parkevents/world.aspx
Produced by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

Sunday October 12, 2008
NEA Blues Masters Featuring Henry Gray and The Cats and Cephas and Wiggins
Myrna Loy Center/Helena Presents
15 N. Ewing
Helena, MT
406-443-0287
http://www.myrnaloycenter.com/

Friday October 17, 2008
NEA Blues Masters Featuring Henry Gray and The Cats and Cephas and Wiggins
Dana Center, Saint Anselm College
http://www.anselm.edu/dana/

Saturday October 18, 2008
NEA Fiddle Masters featuring Michael Doucet, Liz Carroll and Ron Poast
Barrymore Theatre
2090 Atwood Ave
Madison, WI 53704
(608) 241-8864
www.barrymorelive.com

Thursday October 30, 2008  
NEA National Heritage Fellow Chuck Campbell in concert
followed by a campus residency on 10/31   
University of Mississippi, Ford Center             
Oxford, MS             
(662) 915-7411                   
www.olemiss.edu/fordcenter
(Lecture Demonstration with Chuck Campbell on the Campus on 10/31/08)