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.
Rahim AlHaj
Oud Player and Composer
Michael Alpert
Yiddish Musician and Tradition Bearer
Mary Lee Bendolph, Lucy Mingo, and Loretta Pettway
Quilters of Gee's Bend
Dolly Jacobs
Circus Aerialist
Yary Livan
Cambodian Ceramist
Daniel Sheehy
Ethnomusicologist/Folklorist
Drink Small
Blues artist
Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi
Japanese classical dancer
Sidonka Wadina
Slovak straw artist/egg decorator