The National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA) annually awards one-time-only
National Heritage Fellowships to master
folk and traditional artists. These
fellowships recognize lifetime
achievement, artistic excellence, and
contributions to our nation's
traditional arts heritage.
For a list of the Hawai‘i Recipients of
the National Heritage Fellowships, click
here.
The National Endowment for the Arts
Jazz Masters Fellowship is the highest
honor that our nation bestows upon a
jazz musician.
The NEA Jazz Masters fellowship
category is not open to application.
Fellowships are awarded to living
individuals on the basis of nominations
from the public including the jazz
community. Nominees must have nationally
recognized and publicly accessible
bodies of work in the field of jazz.
is the highest award given to artists
and arts patrons by the United States
Government. The National Medal of Arts
is awarded by the President of the
United States to individuals or groups
who, in his judgment, "...are deserving
of special recognition by reason of
their outstanding contributions to the
excellence, growth, support and
availability of the arts in the United
States."
This lifetime achievement award
recognizes the extraordinary
accomplishments of individuals engaged
in the creation and production of the
arts in the United States.
For the first time in 25 years Congress
has authorized a new award to recognize
lifetime achievement and individual
excellence, the National Endowment for
the Arts Opera Honors. This award will
honor visionaries and luminaries who, by
making extraordinary contributions to
opera in the United States, have become
cultural treasures of this great nation.
This honor represents the highest
recognition that our nation bestows in
opera.
National Arts and Humanities Youth
Program (formerly Coming Up Taller)
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities is
pleased to present the National Arts and
Humanities Youth Program Awards to
outstanding after-school programs that
are transforming the lives of young
people. Programs that receive the
award exemplify how arts and
humanities programs outside of the
regular school day enrich the lives of
young people throughout the country by
teaching new skills, nurturing
creativity, and building
self-confidence.
Formerly
known as the Coming Up Taller Awards, the
NAHYP Awards are offered by the
President’s Committee on the Arts and
Humanities, in partnership with the
National Endowment for the Arts, the
National Endowment for the Humanities, and
the Institute of Museum and Library
Services. Twelve award-winning programs
are selected and receive $10,000 and an
invitation to a White House Ceremony.
Winners also receive an award plaque, the
opportunity to attend the Annual Awardee
Conference in Washington D.C., and will be
featured on the National Arts and
Humanities Youth Program Award website.
After-school
and out-of-school time arts and
humanities programs sponsored by
museums, libraries, performing arts
organizations; educational
institutions (e.g., preschools;
elementary, middle, and high
schools; universities; and
colleges), arts centers, community
service organizations, businesses,
and eligible government entities are
encouraged to consider submitting an
application. Programs applying for
the award must meet all of the
National Arts and Humanities Youth
Program Award’s eligibility criteria.
For more information about eligibility
criteria, please see the National Arts
and Humanities Youth Program Awards
website: www.nahyp.org,
or contact their staff at (202)
682-5575.
Hawai‘i State
Foundation on Culture and the Arts | 250 South
Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813
| Telephone: (808) 586-0300 | Fax: (808)
586-0308
