Folk & Traditional Arts: FY 2015 Grants Panelists

Art Works I, Panel A June 13, 2014

Nelda Ault (Layperson) AmeriCorps Volunteer Logan City School District Logan, UT

Joey Brackner Director Alabama Center for Traditional Culture Montgomery, AL

Mike Luster Director, Arkansas Folklife Program Arkansas State University Mammoth Spring, AR

Selina Morales Director Philadelphia Folklore Project Philadelphia, PA

Jeff Titon Professor of Music Emeritus Brown University Little Deer Isle, ME

Marilyn White Consultant, Retired Professor Hillside, NJ

Art Works I, Panel B June 20, 2014

Barbara Lau (Layperson) Director, Pauli Murray Project Duke Human Rights Center Duke University Durham, NC

Shannon Martin Director Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways Mt. Pleasant, MI

Shane Rasmussen Director, Louisiana Folklife Center Northwestern State University Natchitoches, LA

Willie Smyth Independent Folklorist Olympia, WA

Su Zheng Associate Professor of Music and East Asian Studies Wesleyan University East Hampton, CT

Art Works II, Panel A1 November 20, 2014

Joseph Goodwin (Layperson) Assistant Director Emeritus Ball State University Muncie, IN

Winifred Lambrecht Faculty Rhode Island School of Design Lincoln, RI

Hayden Roberts (Layperson) Director of Community Services Western Heights Public Schools Oklahoma City, OK

Theresa Secord Owner and Artist Wikepi Baskets Waterville, ME

Elaine Thatcher Folk Arts Consultant River Heights, UT

Philip Wiggins Musician Takoma Park, MD

Art Works II, Panel A2 November 20, 2014

Joseph Goodwin (Layperson) Assistant Director Emeritus Ball State University Muncie, IN

Hayden Roberts (Layperson) Director of Community Services Western Heights Public Schools Oklahoma City, OK

Theresa Secord Owner and Artist Wikepi Baskets Waterville, ME

Elaine Thatcher Folk Arts Consultant River Heights, UT

Philip Wiggins Musician Takoma Park, MD

Art Works II, Panel B1 November 21, 2014

Christina Barr (Layperson) Executive Director Nevada Humanities Reno, NV

Tim Evans Associate Professor of Folk Studies Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY

Carlos Fernandez Director Center for Latino Arts and Culture Hightstown, NJ

Jennifer Jameson Folk & Traditional Arts Director Mississippi Arts Commission Jackson, MS

Mira Johnson Coordinator, Folk & Traditional Arts Program Jump Street, Inc. Middletown, PA

Julianne Morse Heritage and Traditional Arts Coordinator New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Bristol, NH

Art Works II, Panel B2 November 21, 2014

Tim Evans Associate Professor of Folk Studies Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY

Carlos Fernandez Director Center for Latino Arts and Culture Hightstown, NJ

Jennifer Jameson Folk & Traditional Arts Director Mississippi Arts Commission Jackson, MS

Mira Johnson Coordinatorm Folk & Traditional Arts Program Jump Street, Inc. Middletown, PA

Julianne Morse Heritage and Traditional Arts Coordinator New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Bristol, NH

National Heritage Fellowships February 3 & 6, 2015

Marsha Bol Director Museum of International Folk Art Santa Fe, NM Joey Brackner Director, Alabama Center for Traditional Culture Alabama State Council on the Arts Montgomery, AL Michael Doucet Musician/Composer BeauSoleil Lafayette, LA Robert Garfias Ethnomusicologist, Writer, Lecturer Irvine, CA Kevin Locke Performing and Recording Artist, Cultural Ambassador, Educator Wakpala, SD Sabrina Motley Director, Smithsonian Folklife Festival Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Washington, DC Jim Stoynoff (Layperson) Founder and President Synthesis Solutions, LLC Chicago, IL