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:: 1996 NEA National Heritage Fellows


Obo Addy
Ghanian-American Drummer
Portland, OR
 


Betty Pisio Christenson
Ukranian-American Egg Decorator
Suring, WI
 


Paul Dahlin
Swedish-American fiddler
Minneapolis, MN
 


Juan Gutiérrez
Puerto Rican Drummer
New York, NY
 


Solomon & Richard Ho'opi'I
Hawaiian Singers
Pukalani and Wailuku, HI
 


Will Keys
Appalachian Banjo Player
Gray, TN
 


Joaquin Flores Lujan
Chamorro Blacksmith
Barrigada, Guam
 


Eva McAdams
Shoshone Regalia Maker
Fort Washakie, WY
 


John Mealing & Cornelius Wright, Jr.
African-American Railroad Worksong Singers
Birmingham, AL
 


Vernon Owens
Stoneware Potter
Seagrove, NC
 


Dolly Spencer
Inupiat Dollmaker
Homer, AK
 

 

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In 1982 the National Endowment for the Arts established the NEA National Heritage Awards as a way of honoring American folk artists for their contributions to our national cultural mosaic. Modelled after the Japanese "National Living Treasures" concept, the idea began with Bess Lomax Hawes, then director of the Folk Arts Program.

Profile materials for 1982-2007 courtesy of Documentary Arts. Use of some photographs courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives & Collections

NEA Heritage Fellows
1982-2012: 
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