Arts Art Works I – Panel A June 16, 2015

Joyce Cauthen (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Birmingham, AL Ron Martinez Looking Elk Artist and Consultant Creative Community Consulting Albuquerque, NM Matthew "Mateo" Mulcahy Director of Community Projects and Events The Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL Kim Nguyen Program Officer – Folk Arts New Jersey State Council on the Arts Highland Park, NJ Dawn Spears Director Northeast Indigenous Arts Alliance Ashaway, RI

Art Works I  – Panel B June 19, 2015

Rebecca Avitia Executive Director National Hispanic Cultural Center Albuquerque, NM Meg Glaser Artistic Director Western Folklife Center Elko, NV      Gerry Milnes Retired Arts Administrator Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College Elkins, WV Alaka Wali (Layperson)      Curator of North American Anthropology The Field Museum Evanston, IL Ivan Watkins Professional Artist, Educator, Cultural Performer New Orleans, LA

Art Works II - Panel A December 15, 2015

Christina Barr (Layperson) Executive Director Nevada Humanities Reno, NV Joshua Chrysler AmeriCorps Member: Museum, Communications, and Programming Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Elkins, WV Chenzira Davis Kahina Director, Virgin Islands Caribbean Cultural Center University of the Virgin Islands St. Croix, VI Langston Wilkins Independent Researcher Houston, TX Nancy Yan Lecturer The Ohio State University Columbus, OH

Art Works II - Panel B December 17, 2015

Javier León    Director, Latin American Music Center Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Bloomington, IN Ashley Minner Community Artist Baltimore American Indian Center Baltimore, MD Travis Stimeling    Assistant Professor of Music History West Virginia University Morgantown, WV Judy Van Zile    Dance Ethnologist and Labanotation specialist, Scholar Emerita Professor of Dance University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI Marilyn White (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Retired Professor Hillside, NJ

National Heritage Fellowships January 19 & 22, 2016

Wanda Addison Associate Professor of English National University San Diego, CA Elaine Eff (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Catonsville, MD Kevin Locke Performing Artist Lakota Performing Arts Wakpala, SD Mark Miyake Assistant Professor of Music and Society Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies Western Washington University Bellingham, WA Michael “Mick” Moloney Musician, Arts Presenter, Irish Music Scholar New York, NY Selina Morales Director Philadelphia Folklore Project Philadelphia, PA Nathan Salsburg Producer, Archivist, Musician Curator, Alan Lomax Archive Association for Cultural Equity Louisville, KY Christine Simon Filmmaker Sageland Media Salt Lake City, UT