The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) The NCTA is the nation’s oldest multicultural arts presenting organization. For over eight decades, through festivals, tours, symposia, exhibits, and media productions, the NCTA has showcased the very best of the myriad grassroots folk, tribal and ethnic cultures that comprise our diverse nation.
As part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ ongoing celebration of its 50th anniversary, the agency has created a “Milestones” video series for its 50th anniversary website. These videos look at important artists and organizations that the NEA has supported over the years and the impact they have made on U.S. culture. The NCTA’s National Folk Festival, the nation’s oldest, and longest-running, celebration of traditional arts and culture, is the subject of the video that launched the Milestones series. It has been funded by the NEA every year since 1970.
Watch the NCTA’s milestone video, shot on location at the 75th National Folk Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina:
