Meet the 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellows!

Collage of photos of all 11 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellows — The 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellows: (clockwise from top left) Drink Small (Blues artist); Sidonka Wadina (Slovak straw artist/egg decorator); Yari Livan (Cambodian ceramicist); Rahim AlHaj (oud player and composer); Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi (Japanese classical dancer); Daniel Sheehy (ethnomusicologist/folklorist); Lucy Mingo (Gee's Bend quilter); Loretta Pettway (Gee's Bend quilter); Mary Lee Bendolph (Gee's Bend quilter); Dolly Jacobs (circus aerialist); and Michael Alpert (Yiddish musician and tradition bearer). Visit arts.gov for photo credits.

Today we're celebrating the 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellows--11 master artists of the folk and traditional arts. This year's honorees cover the gamut from blues music to Slovak fiber arts to African-American quilts to the circus arts and more. Click over to the Lifetime Honors section of arts.gov to read more about these outstanding artists, teachers, and advocates. You can also read the press announcement here. Don't forget to save the date for the NEA National Heritage Fellows Awards Ceremony on October 1, 2015, at the Library of Congress and the NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert on October 2, 2015, at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium. Both Washington, DC events are free and open to the public. The concert will also be webcast live. More information to follow.

Meet the 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellows!

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