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:: 2007 NEA National Heritage Fellows

Nicholas Benson Stone letter cutter and calligrapher Newport, RI	Sidiki Conde Guinean dancer and musician New York, NY	Violet de Cristoforo Haiku poet and historian Salinas, CA
Roland Freeman Photo Documentarian, Author, and Exhibit Curator Washington, DC	Pat Courtney Gold Wasco sally bag weaver Scappoose, OR	Eddie Kamae Hawaiian musician, composer, filmmaker Honolulu, HI
Agustin Lira Chicano Singer, musician, composer Fresno, CA	Julia Parker Kashia Pomo basketmaker Lee Vining, CA	Mary Jane Queen Appalachian musician *Deceased Cullowhee, NC
Joe Thompson African American string band musician Mebane, NC	Irvin L. Trujillo Rio Grande weaver Chimayo, NM	Elaine Hoffman Watts Klezmer musician Havertown, PA

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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
1982-Present:
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