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.

Man playing a percussion instrument.
2011

Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro

Frame drum player & percussionist
Man in Mardi Gras costume.
2011

Bo Dollis

Mardi Gras Indian Chief
Portrait of man in straw hat.
2011

Jim Griffith

Folklorist
Asian man and woman standing in front of large drum.
2011

Roy and PJ Hirabayashi

Taiko Drum Leaders
Portrait of man in black and red hat.
2011

Ledward Kaapana

Ukulele and slack key guitarist
Portrait of man in suit.
2011

Frank Newsome

Old Regular Baptist singer
Man holding guitar in cowboy hat.
2011

Warner Williams

Piedmont blues songster
Man playing saxophone.
2011

Yuri Yunakov

Bulgarian saxophonist
Man in African garb on stage.
2010

Yacub Addy

Ghanaian drum master
Man in baseball cap playing fiddle outdoors
2010

Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor

Fiddler
Portrait of woman with flower-laced hat.
2010

Gladys Kukana Grace

Lauhala (palm leaf) weaver
Portrait of a woman
2010

Mary Jackson

Sweetgrass basketweaver
Portrait of man holding guitar.
2010

Del McCoury

Bluegrass guitarist and singer
Portrait of woman holding flowers.
2010

Judith McCulloh

Folklorist and editor
Woman in ethnic garb dancing.
2010

Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan

Bharatanatyam Indian dancer