Press Release Dec 19, 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Mary Holiday Black It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of Navajo Basketweaver, Mary Holiday Black, recipient of a 1995 NEA National Heritage Fellowship.
Press Release Oct 20, 2022 NEA Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow James Ka'upena Wong
Press Release Sep 13, 2022 NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of pianist Ramsey Lewis, recipient of a 2007 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship.
Press Release Jul 28, 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Mick Moloney It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of Irish musician Mick Moloney of New York, New York, recipient of a 1999 NEA National Heritage Fellowship.
Press Release Dec 20, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Jim Griffith National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of 2011 National Heritage Fellow Jim Griffith
Press Release Dec 13, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Ralph W. Stanley
Press Release Dec 09, 2021 NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Barry Harris It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of Barry Harris, pianist, composer, arranger, educator, and recipient of a 1989 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
Press Release Nov 29, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on National Medal of Arts Recipient Stephen Sondheim It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of Stephen Sondheim, recipient of a 1996 National Medal of Arts.
Press Release Nov 23, 2021 NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Slide Hampton It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of Slide Hampton—trombonist, arranger, composer, educator, and recipient of a 2005 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in jazz.
Press Release Oct 12, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Jeronimo Lozano NEA Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Jeronimo Lozano
Press Release Oct 12, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Zakarya Diouf NEA Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Zakarya Diouf