NEA National Heritage Fellows

In-depth profiles of NEA National Heritage Fellows from 1982 to the present. Materials for 1982-2007 biographies courtesy of Documentary Arts. Use of some photographs courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives & Collections.

White man in light suit and dark tie wearing glasses with short hair, standing next to a saddle.
2008

Dale Harwood

Saddlemaker
White woman in an orange dress standing in front of three quilts hung up behind her.
2008

Bettye Kimbrell

Quilter
Man wearing a colorful Peruvian hat and vest painting an icon in his hand.
2008

Jeronimo E. Lozano

Peruvian retablo maker
A group of women and men in robes holding hymn books singing.
2008

Oneida Hymn Singers of Wisconsin

Oneida hymn singers
Asian woman with black hair tied back in a white dress in a dance position.
2008

Sue Yeon Park

Korean dancer and musician
Black man wearing white turban and holding a cane with silver handle.
2008

Moges Seyoum

Ethiopian liturgical musician/scholar
Latino man with short gray hair wearing glasses in profile.
2008

Jelon Vieira

Capoeira master
Older Black man wearing glasses holding a clarinet.
2008

Dr. Michael White

Traditional jazz musician/bandleader
Man with gray beard in white hat playing a guitar.
2008

Mac Wiseman

Bluegrass musician
Man in hardhat and yellow shirt etching into stone.
2007

Nicholas Benson

Stone letter cutter and calligrapher
Black man in African shirt and disabled legs singing into a mic on stage.
2007

Sidiki Conde

Guinean dancer and musician
Japanese woman with gray hair and glasses looking down.
2007

Violet de Cristoforo

Haiku poet and historian
Bald black man in a blue shirt looking down.
2007

Roland Freeman

Photo Documentarian, Author, and Exhibit Curator
Native woman with glasses holding designed basket.
2007

Pat Courtney Gold

Wasco sally bag weaver
Balding Hawaiian man in red checkered shirt playing a uke.
2007

Eddie Kamae

Hawaiian musician, composer, filmmaker