National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Jim Griffith

Portrait of man in straw hat.

Photo by Steven Meckler Photography

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of 2011 National Heritage Fellow Jim Griffith

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Ralph W. Stanley

Man sits on a stool in front of the frame of a wooden boat during construction

Ralph Warren Stanley. Photo courtesy of Southwest Harbor Public Library

NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Barry Harris

Portriat of Barry Harris

Photo by Tom Pich/tompich.com

It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of Barry Harris, pianist, composer, arranger, educator, and recipient of a 1989 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on National Medal of Arts Recipient Stephen Sondheim

It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of Stephen Sondheim, recipient of a 1996 National Medal of Arts.

NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Slide Hampton

Portrait of Slide Hampton

Photo by Vance Jacobs/vancejacobs.com

It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of Slide Hampton—trombonist, arranger, composer, educator, and recipient of a 2005 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in jazz.

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Zakarya Diouf
 

Four men sit playing drums with a blue wall in the background

Zakarya Diouf playing with members of the Diamano Coura West African Dance Company 
Photo credit: Hypothetical Films

NEA Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Zakarya Diouf

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Jeronimo Lozano
 

A man with grey hair stands holding a display of colorful figurines set in a hand-painted Nativity box

Jeronimo Lozano with a Nativity retablo in Glencairn Museum’s Great Hall, 2018. Photo courtesy of © Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania

NEA Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Jeronimo Lozano

NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Opera Honors Recipient Carlisle Floyd

A man in a black tuxedo poses for the camera

Photo of Carlisle Floyd at the 2008 NEA Opera Honors by Henry Grossman

It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of Carlisle Floyd, opera composer and librettist, and recipient of a 2008 NEA Opera Honor.

NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Dr. Lonnie Smith

Dr. Lonnie Smith speaks from a podium

Dr. Lonnie Smith at the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Shannon Finney

It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of Dr. Lonnie Smith, Hammond B-3 jazz organist and composer, and recipient of a 2017 NEA Jazz Master Fellowship.

National Endowment of the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Warner Williams

A man in sunglasses and a cowboy hat holds his guitar in a close-up photo

Warner Williams copyright Michael G. Stewart

NEA acknowledges the death of 2011 NEA National Heritage Fellow, Piedmont blues songster Warner Williams
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