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From the Archives: NEA National Heritage Fellowships
The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships are not the Arts Endowment's only lifetime honor -- every year, 10 to 12 folk and traditional artists are chosen as NEA National Heritage Fellows, the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Below are a few moments from the program's 25th-anniversary events, supported by the Darden Restaurants Foundation.  | | 2007 NEA National Heritage Fellow Joe Thompson, a string band musician from Mebane, North Carolina, at the Capitol Hill awards ceremony with (left) U.S. Representative David Price (North Carolina- 4th District) and (right) Senator Richard Burr (North Carolina). Photo by Tom Pich. | | | | |  | | 2001 NEA National Heritage Fellow Peter Kyvelos (left), an oud maker from Bedford, Massachusetts, with Senator Edward Kennedy (Massachusetts) at the 25th-anniversary celebration on Capitol Hill in June 2007. Photo by Tom Pich. | | | | |  | | 2007 NEA National Heritage Fellow Violet de Cristoforo (left), a haiku poet from Salinas, California, at the Capitol Hill awards ceremony with U.S. Representative Sam Farr (California- 17th District). Photo by Tom Pich. |
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