# 2025 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award Public Ceremony

Join us as we honor the 2025 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows in a live ceremony in Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, September 17, 2025, 5:30pm-6:45pm.

The NEA National Heritage Fellowship is the nation’s highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Each year since 1982, the program recognizes recipients’ artistic excellence, lifetime achievement, and contributions to our nation’s traditional arts heritage. The event included remarks by NEA Senior Advisor Mary Anne Carter, members of Congress, and the honorees, as well as performances by and in honor of the recipients.

The 2025 NEA National Heritage Fellows are: Carmen Baron, Mexican Folk Costume Maker and Dancer, Tucson, Arizona, Peniel Guerrier, Haitian Dancer, Drummer, and Educator, Astoria, New York, Adrienne Reiko Iwanaga, Bon Odori Dancer, Teacher, and Choreographer, Saratoga, California, Ernie Marsh, Bit & Spur Maker and Silversmith, Lovell, Wyoming, Edward Poullard, Creole Musician, Beaumont, Texas, Steven Tamayo, Sicangu Lakota , Traditional Lakota Artist & Educator, Omaha, Nebraska, Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America, Men’s Choral & Bandura Ensemble, Detroit, Michigan.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 h 12 min
- By: Mahlay, Oleh
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11134/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-11134?play=1)