Folk & Traditional Arts: FY 2021 Grants Panelists

Grants for Arts Projects - Panel A
Aug 10, 2020

Isa Burke
Musician, Music Educator, Writer Band member, Co-Manager, & Co-
Producer Lula Wiles
South Berwick, ME

Enrique Chi
Artistic and Executive Director
Art as Mentorship, Inc.
Kansas City, MO

Jan Davidson (Layperson)
Retired
Brasstown, NC

Anne Hatch
Folklorist
Cheyenne, WY

Lyz Jaakola
Faculty Member
Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College
Cloquet, MN

Grants for Arts Projects - Panel B
Aug 11, 2020

Sean Chandler (Layperson)
Dean of Academics & Director of White Clay Immersion School
Aaniiih Nakoda College
Council Member
Montana Arts Council
Harlem, MT

David Doucet
Instructor
Adult Basic Education
Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA

Kauwila Hanchett
Executive Director
Holani Hana, Inc.
Hana, HI

Brooks Porter Long
World Arts Focus
Takoma Park, MD

Isha M Renta-Lopez
Bomba Musician
Meteorologist
NOAA National Weather Service
Fredericksburg, VA

Grants for Arts Projects - Panel C
Aug 13, 2020

Juan Díes
Executive Director
Sones de Mexico Ensemble
Chicago, IL

Bernard Barros Ellorin
Adjunct Faculty of Music
Miramar College and MiraCosta College
Music Director
Samahan Philippine Dance Company, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Claire Gear
Executive Director
Shelburne Craft School
Shelburne, VT

Gary Ralph Matteson (Layperson)
SVP Beginning Farmer Programs
The Farm Credit Council
Epsom, NH

Lynne Williamson
Retired
Torrington, CT

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel A
Dec 07, 2020

Nina Clark
Program Officer
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
Minneapolis, MN

Lauren Nechamkin
Director of Education
Museum of Chinese in the Americas
New York, NY

Chris Newell
Executive Director and Sr. Partner to Wabanaki Nations
Abbe Museum
Ellsworth, ME

Nadia Sethi
Art Historian
Program Director
The CIRI Foundation
Homer, AK

Brandi Wilson (Layperson)
Executive Director
Marion County Historical Society
Marion, OH

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel B
Dec 08, 2020

Brent Cantrell
Executive Director
Jubilee Community Arts, Inc.
Secretary-Editor, Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin
Tennessee Folklore Society
Luttrell, TN

Francis Gilbert (Layperson)
Exhibit Consultant
Baltimore, MD

Teresa Hernando
Cultural Programs Curator
Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Susana Quintanilla
Mexican Folkloric Dancer
Founder & Director
El Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil
Flint, MI

Reese Tanimura
Managing Director
Northwest Folklife
Chair
Seattle Music Commission
Seattle, WA

National Heritage Fellowships Panel
January 12 & 14, 2021

Patricia Ann Atkinson (Layperson)
Board Member, American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
Carson City, NV

Roy M. Hirabayashi
Co-Founder, San Jose Taiko Group, Inc.
Program Manager, Multicultural Arts Leadership Initiative (MALI)
School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
San Jose, CA

Karen Ann Hoffman
Iroquois Raised Beadwork Artist
Board Member, Wisconsin Arts Board
Stevens Point, WI

Steven Lewis
Curator, National Museum of African American Music
Board Member, Nashville Jazz Workshop
Nashville, TN

Lynnette Miranda
Program Director
United States Artists
Chicago, IL

Kevin O'Shea (Layperson)
Attorney
Sulloway & Hollis, PLLC
Madbury, NH

Elizabeth Peterson
Director, American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
Bethesda, MD

Brenda Romero
Professor Emerita of Ethnomusicology
University of Colorado, Boulder
Board Member, College Music Society, Inc.
Velarde, NM

Holly Sidford
President, Helicon Collaborative
Board Member, Fractured Atlas
Board Member, City Lore
Brooklyn, NY