Folk & Traditional Arts: FY
2005 Grants Panelists
Access to Artistic Excellence
June 14-15, 2004
Kathleen Figgen
Free Lance Cultural Specialist
Alamosa, CO
Bob Gates
Director, Kentucky Folklife Program
Kentucky Historical Society
Frankfort, KY
Lisa Higgins
Director, Missouri Folk Arts Program
Columbia, MO
Sojin Kim
Curator, Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA
Helen Hubbard Marr (Layperson)
Medical Editor
Free Union, VA
Bob Stone
Outreach Coordinator
Florida Folklife Program
Gainesville, FL
Phil Wiggins
Musician/Teacher
Takoma Park, MD
Lynn Williamson
Folk Arts Coordinator
Institute for Community Research
Hartford, CT
Access to Artistic Excellence Panel
November 17-19, 2004
Brent Bjorkman
Cultural Consultant
Columbus, OH
Tina Bucuvalas
Folk Arts Coordinator
Bureau of Historic Preservation, Department of State
Tallahassee, FL
Mary Lee Eckstein
Folk & Traditional Arts Consultant
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Washington, DC
John Keoni Fujitani
Folk Arts Coordinator
The State Foundation on Culture & the Arts
Honolulu, HI
Kyra D. Gaunt
Associate Professor - Music
New York University
New York, NY
Teresa Hollingsworth
Traditional Arts Program Manager
Southern Arts Federation (SAF)
Atlanta, GA
Mary Margaret Navar (Layperson)
Health Practitioner
Austin, TX
Alexandra Swaney
Folk Arts Coordinator
Montana Arts Council
Helena, MT
Infrastructure Initiative Panel
January 11, 2004
Robert Baron
Folk Arts Program Director
New York State Council on the Arts
New York, NY
Robert Cogswell
Folklife Program Director
Tennessee Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
Lynn Martin Graton
Traditional Arts Coordinator
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Concord, NH
Teresa Hollingsworth
Traditional Arts Program Manager
Southern Arts Federation
Atlanta, GA
Craig Miller
Folk Arts Assistant, Folk Arts Program
Utah Arts Council
Salt Lake City, UT
Mary Margaret Navar (Layperson)
Health Practitioner
Austin, TX
Diana Baird N'Diaye
Cultural Specialist, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Institution
McLean, VA
National Heritage Fellowships Panel
January 25-28, 2005
Dennis Blackledge
Program Coordinator
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
John W. Franklin
Program Manager
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Fred Fussell
Director
Chattahoochee AgriTourism Project
Buena Vista, GA
Jon Lohman
Director, Virginia Folklife Program
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Charlottesville, VA
Dr. Richard March
Traditional and Ethnic Arts Coordinator
Wisconsin Arts Board
Madison, WI
Rose Reyes
Independent Folklorist
Austin, TX
Hiromi Lorraine Sakata
Professor, Ethnomusicology and Associate Dean
for Academic Affairs
School of the Arts and Architecture
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
John Suter (Layperson)
Coordinator of Documentation Planning
New York State Archives
Ithaca, NY
Lynne Williamson
Folk Arts Coordinator
Institute for Community Research
Hartford, CT
Erin Younger
Acting Associate Director
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Seattle, WA
NEA National Heritage Fellowships
January 25-28, 2005
Dennis Blackledge
Program Coordinator
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
John W. Franklin
Program Manager
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Jon Lohman
Director
Virginia Folklife Program
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Charlottesville, VA
Dr. Richard March
Traditional and Ethnic Arts Coordinator
Wisconsin Arts Board
Madison, WI
Rose Reyes
Independent Folklorist
Austin, TX
Hiromi Lorraine Sakata
Professor, Ethnomusicology and Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs
School of the Arts and Architecture
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
John Suter (Layperson)
Coordinator of Documentation Planning
New York State Archives
Ithaca, NY
Lynne Williamson
Folk Arts Coordinator
Institute for Community Research
Hartford, CT
Erin Younger
Acting Associate Director
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Seattle WA
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