1995 NEA National Heritage Fellows
Steve Goldfield
since Lyman Enloe and Wayne Henderson are among the
recipients. It's interesting that Wayne was chosen
as a luthier rather than as a musician, according
to the list.
Steve
In article <3ql3ed$o...@news1.digex.net>,
Your Real Name <user...@cpcug.org> wrote:
#>For Immediate Release: Contact: Cherie Simon
#>May 30, 1995 202-682-5570
#>
#>
#>NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP AWARDS GRANTED TO
#>TWELVE MASTER TRADITIONAL ARTISTS
#>
#>Washington, D.C. -- The National Endowment for the Arts announced
#>today twelve recipients of 1995 National Heritage Fellowship awards,
#>its highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Among those chosen
#>were a Delta blues guitarist, a cowboy balladeer, a Navajo
#>basketweaver, a Filipino instrumentalist, and an Irish step dancer.
#>Each a guardian of a generations-old folk arts form, the
#>Heritage Fellows hail from cities, rural communities, and Indian
#>reservations located in eleven different states and represent many
#>threads of America's cultural fabric.
#>
#>"The National Heritage Fellowship awards celebrate the lifetime
#>achievements of America's masters of folk and traditional arts,"
#>said Jane Alexander, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
#>"Each of these extraordinary artists has tapped a great personal store
#>of creativity to lead their communities in preserving and revitalizing
#>traditions built by countless others. The group chosen is a snapshot
#>of this country at its best, offering a positive vision of who we are
#>and what we can be."
#>
#>
#>The twelve 1995 National Heritage Fellowship recipients are:
#> Bao Mo-Li, Chinese American jing erhu player, Flushing, New York
#> Mary Holiday Black, Navajo basketweaver, Mexican Hat, Utah
#> Lyman Enloe, old-time fiddler, Lee's Summit, Missouri
#> Donny Golden, Irish American step dancer, Brooklyn, New York
#> Wayne Henderson, luthier, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
#> Bea Ellis Hensley, blacksmith, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
#> Nathan Jackson, Tlingit Alaska Native woodcarver, metalsmith and
#> dancer, Ketchikan, Alaska
#> Danongan Kalanduyan, Filipino American kulintang musician,
#> San Francisco, California
#> Robert Jr. Lockwood, African American Delta blues guitarist,
#> Cleveland, Ohio
#> Israel "Cachao" López, Afro-Cuban bassist, composer, bandleader,
#> Miami, Florida
#> Nellie Star Boy Menard, Lakota Sioux quiltmaker, Rosebud,
#> South Dakota
#> Buck Ramsey, cowboy poet and singer, Amarillo, Texas
#>
#>Since 1982, the Endowment's Folk & Traditional Arts Program has
#>awarded 185 National Heritage Fellowships. Artists are nominated by
#>fellow citizens and selected by a panel of folk arts advisors on the
#>basis of artistic excellence and contributions to the preservation of
#>this nation's cultural heritage. In addition to recognition for their
#>artistry, National Heritage Fellows are acknowledged for their work
#>as teachers, role models or mentors, and innovators. Each artist also
#>receives a one-time Fellowship award of $10,000.
#>
#>The Fellowship awards will be presented in an official ceremony in
#>Washington, D.C. during the week of September 25, 1995, coinciding
#>with the National Endowment for the Arts' 30th Anniversary. The
#>artists will also appear the same week in a free public concert at
#>George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium. The National
#>Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency located in
#>Washington, D.C.
#>
#>For more information on the National Heritage Fellowship awards,
#>a full list of recipient biographies, upcoming related events, and
#>the Folk & Traditional Arts Program, please contact the Office of
#>Communications at the National Endowment for the Arts at 202-682-5570.
#>
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Steve Goldfield :<{ {>: s...@coe.berkeley.edu
University of California at Berkeley Richmond Field Station
Russell Kay
> It's interesting that Wayne was chosen
>as a luthier rather than as a musician, according
>to the list.
And what a craftsman he is, too! I met him at Augusta a few years ago. I
wasn't taking his multi-week guitarmaking course, but I hung around the
shop a lot. The most fascinating event occurred when a student's guitar
developed a "ripple" on the mahogany side, right where the upper bout
curves the most. Over the course of about three hours, using only a pocket
knife and sandpaper, Wayne cut out the offending area and fashioned a patch
that was damn near invisible. (Might have been more obvious when the guitar
was finished, but I wasn't there then.) One of the damndest things I've
ever seen.
Oh, and he sure can pick, too!
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