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Meet the 2023 Heritage Award recipients: Neal Thomas, Rhonda Gouge, Cornelio Campos, Butch &Louise Goings, and Richard Bowman

2023 North Carolina Heritage Awards

Since 1989, the North Carolina Heritage Awards have honored artists across the state for their contributions to the cultural life of their communities. Six artists will receive a Heritage Award on May 31, 2023 at a public ceremony in Raleigh.

Meet the Recipients

April is National Poetry Month

Since making history as North Carolina’s first African American poet laureate in 2018, Jaki Shelton Green has been an ambassador of the power of poetry and the written word to illuminate, educate, entertain, and transform the minds and hearts of people of all ages and from all walks of life. In honor of National Poetry Month, we are sharing a conversation with Jaki and her thoughts on serving as the state’s poet laureate.

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Check out the May 2023 edition of our Art Matters newsletter!

In this issue: 2023 North Carolina Heritage Awards, May is Asian American Pacific Island Heritage Month, “Field Notes” from Jeff Bell, Poetry Out Loud.

The arts are back in NC and you are the reason why Spark and the arts

Arts Across NC Blog

Discover inspiring stories about North Carolina artists and arts organizations on the Arts Across NC blog.

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North Carolina Arts Council Grants

The N.C. Arts Council’s grants are one of the many ways we invest in sustaining and advancing our diverse and widespread network of arts organizations and artists.

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Local Arts Council Directory

More than 75 local arts councils support the 100 counties across our state to provide programs, services and funding to local organizations to strengthen the arts in their own communities.

What We Do: The Arts Council

The North Carolina Arts Council delivers resources to arts organizations and artists to support projects and programs of public value that revitalize downtowns, educate and empower North Carolina youths, and fuel a thriving non-profit creative sector that generates over $2 billion annually.