:: 1990 NEA National Heritage Fellows

Howard Armstrong African-American String Band Musician Detroit, MI	Em Bun Cambodian Silk Weaver Harrisburg, PA	Natividad Cano Mexican Mariachi Musician Monterey Park, CA
Giuseppe and Raffaela DeFranco Southern Italian Musicians and Dancers Belleville, NJ	Maude Kegg Ojibwe Storyteller/Craftsman Onamie, MN	Kevin Locke Lakota Flute Player/ Singer/Dancer Mobridge, SD
Marie McDonald Hawaiian Lei Maker Kamuela, HI	Wallace McRae Cowboy Poet Forsyth, MT	Art Moilanen Finnish Accordionist Mass City, MI
Emilio Rosado Woodcarver Utuado, PR	Robert Spicer Flatfoot Dancer Dickson, TN	Douglas Wallin Appalachian Ballad Singer Marshall, NC

In 1982 the National Endowment for the Arts established the NEA National Heritage Awards as a way of honoring American folk artists for their contributions to our national cultural mosaic. Modelled after the Japanese "National Living Treasures" concept, the idea began with Bess Lomax Hawes, then director of the Folk Arts Program.

Profile materials for 1982-2007 courtesy of Documentary Arts. Use of some photographs courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives & Collections

Contact Liz Auclair in the NEA’s Public Affairs office at auclaire@arts.gov for high-resolution images of the 2013 Fellows for press purposes.

NEA Heritage Fellows
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