National Heritage Fellowship American folk arts award
Award
National Heritage Fellowship Awarded for Lifetime achievement in folk or traditional arts Location Washington, D.C. Country United States Presented by National Endowment for the Arts Reward(s) $25,000 First awarded 1982 Last awarded present Website https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage
The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts . Similar to Japan's Living National Treasure award,[ 1] the Fellowship is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts .[ 2] [ 3] It is a one-time only award and fellows must be living citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Each year, fellowships are presented to between nine and fifteen artists or groups at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
The Fellows are nominated by individual citizens, with an average of over 200 nominations per year. From that pool of candidates, recommendations are made by a rotating panel of specialists, including one layperson, as well as folklorists and others with a variety of forms of cultural expertise. The recommendations are then reviewed by the National Council on the Arts , with the final decisions made by the chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts.[ 4] As of 2024, 487 artists in a wide variety of fields have received Fellowships.[ 5]
History
The program was officially founded in 1982 by Bess Lomax Hawes , the first director of the Folk and Traditional Arts Program at the NEA,[ 6] following a five-year period of development.[ 4] In 1982, the monetary award associated with the Fellowship was $5,000;[ 1] in 1993, it was increased to $10,000 and since 2009, the award amount is $25,000, which is considered "enough to make a difference, but not enough to go to anyone's head".[ 4] Each recipient receives a certificate of honor, the monetary award, and a congratulatory letter from the President of the United States.
The annual recognition events are held in the Fall and consist of an awards ceremony, a banquet, and a concert that is open to the public. Over the years, the awards ceremony has been held at different locations in the US capital city, including the NEA headquarters, Ford's Theatre , George Washington University ,[ 1] the Library of Congress ,[ 7] and for the first time at the White House in 1995.[ 8] Since 2000, the banquet has been held in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress.[ 4] The concert features musical performances, craft demonstrations, and interviews with the honorees.[ 7] Masters of ceremonies at the concerts have included folksinger Pete Seeger , actress Ruby Dee , author Studs Terkel , journalist Charles Kuralt , and since 1997 Nick Spitzer , the host of public radio program American Routes .[ 4] Beginning in 2010, the Fellowship concerts have been streamed live on the NEA website and archived on YouTube.
In 2000, the NEA instituted the Bess Lomax Hawes Award in conjunction with the Fellowships, "given to an individual for achievements in fostering excellence, ensuring vitality, and promoting public appreciation of the folk and traditional arts".[ 7] The Hawes Award has been given annually since 2000 to recognize "artists whose contributions, primarily through teaching, advocacy, and organizing and preserving important repertoires, have greatly benefited their artistic tradition. It also recognizes individuals, such as producers and activists, who have comprehensively increased opportunities for and public visibility of traditional artists."[ 4]
Publications
A companion volume titled American Folk Masters: The National Heritage Fellows was published in 1992 to accompany a traveling exhibition (1991–1994) called "America's Living Folk Traditions" that featured the artistry of 36 Fellowship recipients.[ 1] [ 9]
A two-volume biographical dictionary of the award winners from the first 20 years was published in 2001, titled Masters of Traditional Arts .[ 10]
A young readers book featuring five of the National Heritage Fellows entitled Extraordinary Ordinary People: Five American Masters of Traditional Arts was published in 2006.[ 11]
Winners
Awardees have included Native American basket weavers, African American blues musicians, traditional fiddlers , Mexican American accordionists , and all manner of traditional artisans and performers of numerous ethnic backgrounds.
National Heritage Fellowship winners are:
1982
Dewey Balfa , Cajun fiddler
Joe Heaney , Irish sean-nós singer
Tommy Jarrell , Appalachian fiddler
Bessie Jones , singer, member of the Georgia Sea Island Singers
George López , Santos woodcarver
Brownie McGhee , blues guitarist
Hugh McGraw , shape note singer
Lydia Mendoza , Mexican American singer
Bill Monroe , bluegrass musician
Elijah Pierce , carver and painter
Adam Popovich , Tamburitza musician
Georgeann Robinson , Osage ribbonworker
Duff Severe , saddlemaker
Philip Simmons , ornamental ironworker and blacksmith
Sanders "Sonny" Terry , blues musician
1983
Sister Mildred Barker , Shaker singer
Rafael Cepeda , bomba dancer and musician
Ray Hicks , Appalachian storyteller
Stanley Hicks , Appalachian musician and storyteller
John Lee Hooker , blues guitarist and singer
Mike Manteo , Sicilian marionettist (Marionette maker)
Narciso Martínez , accordionist and composer
Lanier Meaders , potter from Georgia
Almeda Riddle , ballad singer
Simon St. Pierre , French American fiddler from Maine
Joe Shannon (piper) , Irish piper
Alex Stewart , copper and woodworker
Ada Thomas , Chitimacha basketmaker
Lucinda Toomer , African American quilter
Lem Ward , duck decoy maker and painter
Dewey Williams , shape note singer
1984
Clifton Chenier , zydeco accordionist
Bertha Cook , knotted bedspread maker
Joseph Cormier , violinist
Elizabeth Cotten , guitarist and songwriter
Burlon Craig , potter
Albert Fahlbusch , hammered dulcimer maker and player
Janie Hunter , singer and storyteller
Mary Jane Manigault , seagrass basket maker
Genevieve Mougin , lace maker
Martin Mulvihill , fiddler
Howard "Sandman" Sims , tap dancer
Ralph Stanley , Appalachian banjo player and singer
Margaret Tafoya , potter
Dave Tarras , klezmer clarinetist
Paul Tiulana , Eskimo maskmaker, dancer, and singer
Cleofes Vigil , storyteller and singer
Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister , hula master
1985
Eppie Archuleta , weaver
Alice New Holy Blue Legs , Lakota Sioux quill artist
Periklis Halkias , clarinetist
Jimmy Jausoro , accordionist
Meali'i Kalama , quilter
Lily May Ledford , Appalachian musician and singer
Leif Melgaard , woodcarver
Bua Xou Mua , Hmong musician
Julio Negrón-Rivera , instrument maker
Glenn Ohrlin , cowboy singer, storyteller, and illustrator
Henry Townsend , blues musician and songwriter
Horace "Spoons" Williams , spoons and bones player and poet
1986
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin , Creole accordionist
Earnest Bennett , whittler
Helen Cordero , potter
Sonia Domsch , bobbin lace maker
Canray Fontenot , Creole fiddler
John Jackson , songster and guitarist
Peou Khatna , Cambodian court dancer and choreographer
Valerio Longoria , accordionist
Doc Tate Nevaquaya , Comanche flutist
Luis Ortega , rawhide worker
Ola Belle Reed , Appalachian banjo picker/singer
Jennie Thlunaut , Chilkat blanket weaver
Nimrod Workman , Appalachian ballad singer
1987
Juan Alindato , Carnival maskmaker
Louis Bashell , polka musician
Genoveva Castellanoz , corona maker
Thomas Edison Ford , cowboy singer and storyteller
Fujima Kansuma , Japanese classical dancer
Claude Joseph Johnson , religious singer and orator
Raymond Kane , slack key guitarist and singer
Wade Mainer , bluegrass banjoist
Sylvester McIntosh , singer and bandleader
Allison "Tootie" Montana , Mardi Gras Indian chief and costume maker
Alex Moore, Sr. , blues pianist
Emilio and Senaida Romero , tin embroiderers
Newton Washburn , split ash basketmaker
1988
Pedro Ayala , accordionist
Kepka Belton , egg painter
Amber Densmore , quilter and needleworker
Michael Flatley , Irish step dancer
Sister Rosalia Haberl , bobbin lacemaker
John Dee Holeman , dancer, musician, and singer
Albert "Sunnyland Slim " Luandrew, blues pianist and singer
Yang Fang Nhu , weaver and embroiderer
Kenny Sidle , fiddler
Willie Mae Ford Smith , gospel singer
Clyde "Kindy" Sproat , cowboy singer and ukulele player
Arthel "Doc" Watson , guitarist and singer
1989
John Cephas , Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
The Fairfield Four , a capella gospel singers
José Gutiérrez , Jarocho musician and singer
Richard Avedis Hagopian , oud player
Christy Hengel , concertina maker
Ilias Kementzides , lyra player
Ethel Kvalheim , rosemaler
Vanessa Paukeigope Morgan , Kiowa regalia maker
Mabel E. Murphy , quilter
LaVaughn Robinson , tap dancer and choreographer
Earl Scruggs , banjo player
Harry V. Shourds , wildlife decoy carver
Chesley Goseyun Wilson , Apache fiddle maker[ 12]
1990
Howard Armstrong , string band musician
Em Bun , silk weaver
Nati Cano , Mariachi musician, leader of Mariachi los Camperos [ 13]
Giuseppe and Raffaela DeFranco , Southern Italian musicians and dancers
Maude Kegg , Ojibwe storyteller and craftswoman
Kevin Locke , Lakota flute player, singer, and dancer
Marie McDonald , lei maker
Wally McRae , cowboy poet
Art Moilanen , accordionist
Emilio Rosado , woodcarver
Robert Spicer , flatfoot dancer
Douglas Wallin , Appalachian ballad singer
1991
Etta Baker , guitarist
George Blake , Hupa -Yurok craftsman
Jack Coen , flautist
Rose Frank , cornhusk weaver
Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero , singer, guitarist, and composer
Khamvong Insixiengmai , singer
Don King , western saddlemaker
Riley "B.B." King , bluesman
Esther Littlefield , Tlingit regalia maker
Seisho "Harry" Nakasone , musician
Irvan Perez , Isleño décima singer and woodcarver
Morgan Sexton , Appalachian banjo player and singer
Nikitas Tsimouris , bagpipe player
Gussie Wells , quilter
Arbie Williams , quilter
Melvin Wine , Appalachian fiddler
1992
Francisco Aguabella , drummer
Jerry Brown , stoneware potter[ 14]
Walker Calhoun , Cherokee musician, dancer and teacher[ 15]
Clyde Davenport , Appalachian fiddler
Belle Deacon , basketmaker
Nora Ezell , quilter
Gerald R. Hawpetoss , Menominee /Potawatomi regalia maker
Fatima Kuinova , Bukharan Jewish singer[ 16]
John Naka , bonsai sculptor
Marc Savoy , accordion maker/musician
Ng Sheung-Chi , muk'yu folk singer
Othar Turner , fife player
T. Viswanathan , flutist and vocalist
1993
Santiago Almeida , conjunto musician
Kenny Baker , bluegrass fiddler
Inez Catalon , French Creole singer
Nicholas & Elena Charles , Yupik woodcarvers, maskmakers, and skinsewers
Charles Hankins , boatbuilder
Nalani Kanaka'ole & Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahel , hula masters
Everett Kapayou , Meskwaki singer
McIntosh County Shouters , spiritual/shout performers
Elmer Miller , bit & spur maker/silversmith
Jack Owens , blues singer and guitarist
Mone & Vanxay Saenphimmachak , weavers, needleworkers, and loommakers
Liang-xing Tang , pipa player
1994
Clarence Fountain & The Blind Boys , gospel singers
Liz Carroll , fiddler
Mary Mitchell Gabriel , Passamaquoddy basketmaker
Johnny Gimble , Western swing fiddler
Frances Varos Graves , colcha embroiderer
Violet Hilbert , Skagit storyteller
Sosei Shizuye Matsumoto , Chado tea ceremony master
D. L. Menard , Cajun songwriter and musician
Simon Shaheen , oud player
Lily Vorperian , Marash-style embroiderer
Elder Roma Wilson , gospel blues harmonica player[ 17]
1995
Mary Holiday Black , Navajo basketweaver
Lyman Enloe , fiddler
Donny Golden , Irish step dancer
Wayne Henderson , luthier
Bea Ellis Hensley , blacksmith
Nathan Jackson , Tlingit woodcarver, metalsmith, dancer
Danongan Kalanduyan , kulintang musician
Robert Jr. Lockwood , Delta blues guitarist
Israel López , bassist, composer, and bandleader
Nellie Star Boy Menard , Lakota Sioux quiltmaker
Bao Mo-Li , jing erhu player
Buck Ramsey , cowboy poet and singer
1996
Obo Addy , drummer
Betty Pisio Christenson , egg decorator
Paul Dahlin , fiddler
Juan Gutiérrez , drummer
Solomon & Richard Ho'opi'I , Hawaiian singers
Will Keys , banjo player
Joaquin Flores Lujan , blacksmith
Eva McAdams , Shoshone regalia maker
John Mealing & Cornelius Wright, Jr. , railroad worksong singers
Vernon Owens , stoneware potter
Dolly Spencer , Inupiat dollmaker
1997
Edward Babb , shout band leader
Charles Brown , blues pianist, singer and composer
Gladys Clark , spinner and weaver
Georgia Harris , Catawba potter
Hua Wenyi , Kunqu opera singer
Ali Akbar Khan , classical sarod player
Ramón José López , santero and metalsmith
Jim & Jesse McReynolds , bluegrass musicians
Phong Nguyen (Nguyễn Thuyết Phong), musician and ethnomusicologist
Hystercine Rankin , quilter
Francis Whitaker , blacksmith and ornamental ironworker
1998
Apsara Ensemble , Cambodian traditional dancers and musicians
Eddie Blazonczyk , musician and bandleader
Dale Calhoun , boat builder
Bruce Caesar , Sac and Fox -Pawnee , German silversmith [ 18]
Antonio De La Rosa , conjunto accordionist
Epstein Brothers , Klezmer musicians
Sophia George , Yakama – Colville beadworker
Nadjeschda Overgaard , hardanger embroidery needleworker
Harilaos Papapostolou , Greek Byzantine chanter
Claude "Fiddler" Williams , jazz and swing fiddler
Pops Staples , gospel and blues musician
1999
Frisner Augustin , Haitian drummer
Lila Greengrass Blackdeer , Ho-Chunk Black Ash basketmaker and needleworker
Shirley Caesar , gospel singer
Alfredo Campos , horse hair hitcher
Mary Louise Defender Wilson , Dakotah -Hidatsa traditionalist and storyteller
Jimmy "Slyde" Godbolt , tapdancer
Ulysses Goode , Western Mono basketmaker
Bob Holt , Ozark fiddler
Zakir Hussain , tabla player
Elliott "Ellie" Mannette , steel pan builder, tuner and player
Mick Moloney , Irish musician
Eudokia Sorochaniuk , Ukrainian American weaver and textile artist
Ralph W. Stanley , boatbuilder
2000
Bounxou Chanthraphone , weaver
The Dixie Hummingbirds , gospel quartet
José González , hammock weaver
Nettie Jackson , Klickitat basketmaker
Santiago Jiménez Jr. , accordionist
Genoa Keawe , singer and ukulele player
Frankie Manning , Lindy Hop dancer and choreographer
Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins , blues piano player
Konstantinos Pilarinos , Orthodox Byzantine icon woodcarver
Chris Strachwitz , record producer and label founder
Dorothy Thompson , weaver
Felipe García Villamil , drummer and santero
Don Walser , singer and guitarist
2001
Celestino Avilés , santero
Mozell Benson , quilter
Wilson "Boozoo" Chavis , Creole zydeco accordionist
Hazel Dickens , Appalachian singer and songwriter
João Oliveira dos Santos (Mestre João Grande ), Capoeira Angola master
Evalena Henry , Apache basketweaver
Peter Kyvelos , oud maker
Eddie Pennington , thumbpicking-style guitarist
Qi Shu Fang , Beijing Opera performer
Seiichi Tanaka , Taiko drummer and dojo founder
Dorothy Trumpold , rug weaver
Fred Tsoodle , Kiowa sacred song leader
Joseph Wilson , folklorist
2002
Ralph Blizard , fiddler
Loren Bommelyn , Tolowa tradition bearer
Kevin Burke , fiddler
Rose Cree and Francis Cree , Ojibwe basketmakers and storytellers
Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon , Cajun fiddler and accordionist
Nadim Dlaikan , nye (reed flute) player
David "Honeyboy" Edwards , blues guitarist and singer
Flory Jagoda , singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Clara Neptune Keezer , Passamaquoddy basketmaker
Bob McQuillen , contra dance musician and composer
Jean Ritchie , Appalachian musician and songwriter
Domingo Saldivar , Conjunto accordionist
Losang Samten , Tibetan monk and creator of sandpaintings
2003
Jesus Arriada , Johnny Curutchet , Martin Goicoechea and Jesus Goni , Basque (Bertsolari ) poets
Rosa Elena Egipciaco , mundillo (Puerto Rican bobbin lace ) maker
Agnes "Oshanee" Kenmille , Salish beadworker and regalia maker
Norman Kennedy , weaver, singer, storyteller
Roberto Martinez and Lorenzo Martinez , father and son musicians
Norma Miller , swing dancer and choreographer
Carmencristina Moreno , singer, composer, teacher
Ron Poast , Hardanger fiddle maker
Felipe I. Ruak and Joseph K. Ruak , father and son Carolinian stick dancers
Manoochehr Sadeghi , santur player
Nicholas Toth, diving helmet builder
2004
Anjani Ambegaokar , Kathak dancer
Charles "Chuck" T. Campbell , Gospel steel guitarist
Joe Derrane , Irish-American button accordionist
Jerry Douglas , Dobro player
Gerald "Subiyay" Miller , Skokomish tradition bearer, carver, basket maker
Chum Ngek , Cambodian musician and teacher
Milan Opacich , Tamburitza instrument maker
Eliseo Rodriguez and Paula Rodriguez , husband and wife straw appliqué artists
Koko Taylor , blues musician
Yuqin Wang and Zhengli Xu , Chinese rod puppeteers[ 19]
2005
Eldrid Skjold Arntzen , rosemaler
Earl Barthé , building artisan
Chuck Brown , musical innovator
Janette Carter , country musician
Michael Doucet , Cajun fiddler, composer, band leader
Big Joe Duskin , blues and boogie-woogie pianist[ 20]
Jerry Grcevich , Tamburitza musician, prim player
Wanda Jackson , country, rockabilly and gospel singer
Grace Henderson Nez , Navajo weaver
Herminia Albarrán Romero , paper cutting artist
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman , Yiddish singer, songwriter, and poet
Albertina Walker , gospel singer
James Ka'upena Wong , Hawaiian chanter[ 21]
2006
Charles M. Carrillo , santero
Delores Elizabeth Churchill , Haida cedar bark weaver
Henry Gray , blues piano player and singer
Doyle Lawson , gospel and bluegrass singer, bandleader
Esther Martinez , Tewa linguist and storyteller
Diomedes Matos , master string instrument maker
George Na'ope , hula master
Wilho Saari , kantele player
Mavis Staples , gospel, rhythm and blues singer
Nancy Sweezy , folklorist and potter
Treme Brass Band , New Orleans brass band
2007
Nicholas Benson , stone letter cutter and calligrapher
Sidiki Conde , Guinean dancer and musician
Violet Kazue de Cristoforo , Haiku poet and historian
Roland Freeman , photo documentarian, author, and exhibit Curator
Pat Courtney Gold , Wasco sally bag weaver
Eddie Kamae , Hawaiian musician
Agustin Lira , Chicano singer and musician,
Julia Parker , Kashia Pomo basketmaker
Mary Jane Queen , Appalachian musician
Joe Thompson , string band musician
Irvin Trujillo , Rio Grande weaver
Elaine Hoffman Watts , Klezmer musician
2008
Horace Axtell , Nez Perce drum maker, singer, tradition-bearer
Dale Harwood , saddlemaker
Bettye Kimbrell , quilter
Jeronimo E. Lozano , Peruvian retablo maker
Oneida Hymn Singers of Wisconsin
Sue Yeon Park , Korean dancer and musician
Moges Seyoum , Ethiopian liturgical minister and scholar
Jelon Vieira , Capoeira master
Michael White , traditional jazz musician and bandleader
Mac Wiseman , Bluegrass musician
Walter Murray Chiesa , traditional arts specialist and advocate
2009
Birmingham Sunlights , five-man, four-part harmony a cappella gospel group
Edwin Colón Zayas , Puerto Rican cuatro
Chitresh Das , Kathak dancer and choreographer
LeRoy Graber , German-Russian willow basketmaker from South Dakota
"Queen" Ida Guillory , Zydeco musician and singer
Dudley Laufman , Contra and barn dance caller and musician
Amma D. McKen , Yoruba Orisha singer
Joel Nelson , Cowboy poet
Teri Rofkar , Tlingit weaver and basketmaker
Mike Seeger , folk musician, cultural scholar
Sophiline Cheam Shapiro , Cambodian classical dancer and choreographer
2010
Yacub Addy , Ghanaian drum master, preserves music of the Ga people
Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor , Texas fiddler
Gladys Kukana Grace , Lauhala (palm leaf) weaver
Mary Jackson , Gullah sweetgrass basketweaver
Delano Floyd "Del" McCoury , Bluegrass guitarist and singer
Judith McCulloh , Folklorist and editor
Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan , Bharatanatyam Indian dancer
Mike Rafferty , Irish flute player
Ezequiel Torres , Afro-Cuban drummer and drum-builder
2011
2012
Mike Auldridge , dobro player
Paul & Darlene Bergren , dog sled and snowshoe designers and builders
Harold A. Burnham , master shipwright
Albert B. Head , traditional arts advocate
Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez , accordionist
Lynne Yoshiko Nakasone , dancer
Molly Neptune Parker , Passamaquoddy basketmaker
The Paschall Brothers , gospel quartet
Andy Statman , klezmer clarinetist, mandolinist, and composer
2013
Sheila Kay Adams , Storyteller and musician
Ralph Burns , Pyramid Lake Paiute storyteller
Verónica Castillo , Ceramicist and clay sculptor
Séamus Connolly , Irish fiddler and scholar
Nicolae Feraru , Cimbalom player
Carol Fran , Swamp blues singer and pianist (both French Creole and English singer)
Pauline Hillaire , Lummi artist, teacher, and storyteller
David Ivey , Sacred Harp singer
Ramón "Chunky" Sánchez , Chicano musician
2014
[ 22]
Henry Arquette , Mohawk basketmaker
Manuel "Cowboy" Donley , Tejano musician and singer
Kevin Doyle , Irish step dancer
The Holmes Brothers , blues, gospel, and R&B band
Yvonne Walker Keshick , Odawa quill artist[ 23]
Carolyn Mazloomi , quilting community advocate
Vera Nakonechny , Ukrainian embroiderer and bead worker
Singing & Praying Bands of Maryland and Delaware , African-American religious singers
Rufus White , Omaha traditional singer and drum group leader
2015
[ 24]
Rahim AlHaj , oud player & composer
Michael Alpert , Yiddish musician and tradition bearer
Mary Lee Bendolph , Lucy Mingo , and Loretta Pettway — quilters of Gee's Bend
Dolly Jacobs , circus aerialist
Yary Livan , Cambodian ceramicist
Daniel Sheehy , ethnomusicologist/folklorist
Drink Small , blues artist
Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi , Japanese classical dancer
Sidonka Wadina , Slovak straw artist/egg decorator
2016
2017
2018
2019
[ 27]
2020
[ 28]
2021
[ 29]
Cedric Burnside , Hill Country blues musician
Tagumpay De Leon , Rondalla musician
Anita Fields , Osage ribbon worker
Los Lobos , Mexican-American band
Joanie Madden , Irish flute player
Reginald McLaughlin , tap dancer
Nellie Vera Sánchez , Mundillo master weaver
Winnsboro Easter Rock Ensemble , Easter Rock spiritual ensemble
Tom Davenport , filmmaker, documentarian, and media curator
2022
[ 30]
Michael Cleveland , bluegrass fiddler
Eva Enciñias , flamenco artist
Excelsior Band , brass band musicians
Stanley Jacobs , quelbe flutist and bandleader
The Legendary Ingramettes , gospel musicians
Francis Palani Sinenci , Hawaiian hale builder
Tsering Wangmo Satho , Tibetan opera singer and dancer
C. Brian Williams , step artist and producer
Shaka Zulu, Black masking craftsman, stilt dancer and musician
TahNibaa Naataanii , Navajo (Diné) textile artist and weaver
2023
[ 31]
R. L. Boyce , Hill country blues musician
Ed Eugene Carriere , Suquamish basket maker
Michael A. Cummings , African-American quilter
Joe DeLeon "Little Joe" Hernández , Tejano musician
Roen Hufford , Hawaiian kapa maker
Elizabeth James-Perry , Wampanoag wampum and fiber artist
Luis Tapia , Hispano wood sculptor
Wu Man , Pipa musician
Nick Spitzer , folklife presenter, educator and radio producer
2024
[ 5]
Bril Barrett , tap dancer
Fabian Debora , Chicano muralist
Rosie Flores , Rockabilly and Country musician
Trimble Gilbert , Gwich'in fiddler
Todd Goings , carousel carver and restorationist
Susan Hudson , Navajo/Diné quilter
Pat Johnson , community activist and organizer
June Kuramoto , Koto musician
Sochietah Ung , Cambodian costume maker and dancer
Zuni Olla Maidens , traditional Zuni dancers and singers
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