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.

Man singing into a microphone.
1987

Claude Joseph Johnson

African-American Religious Singer/Orator
A man playing a guitar.
1987

Raymond Kane

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitarist/Singer
A woman in traditional Japanese dress.
1987

Fujima Kansuma

Japanese American Dancer
A man holding a guitar.
1987

Wade Mainer

Appalachian Banjo Picker/Singer
A man playing a saxophone.
1987

Sylvester McIntosh

Crucian Singer/Bandleader
Headshot of a man.
1987

Allison "Tootie" Montana

Mardi Gras Chief/Costume Maker
A man playing the piano with a leg up on the keybopard.
1987

Alex Moore

African-American Blues Pianist
A man and a woman looking away from the camera.
1987

Emilio and Senaida Romero

Hispanic-American Craftsworkers in Tin Embroidery
A man weaving a wicker basket.
1987

Newton Washburn

Split Ash Basketmaker
Man playing an accordion.
1986

Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin

African-American Creole Accordionist
A man at a podium.
1986

Earnest Bennett

Anglo-American Whittler
A wman holding a sculture ceramic vasse.
1986

Helen Cordero

Pueblo Potter
A woman workoing on a of craft piece.
1986

Sonia Domsch

Czech-American Bobbin Lace Maker
Man playing a fiddle.
1986

Canray Fontenot

African-American Creole Fiddler
A man playing a guitar.
1986

John Jackson

African-American Songster/Guitarist