National Heritage Fellowship

The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts. Similar to Japan's Living National Treasure award, the Fellowship is the United States' highest...

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...draw for Hilo in the 1960s. It has grown into Hawaii's premier hula competition. In 2006, the National Endowment for the Arts gave Na'ope the National Heritage Fellowship Award, its highest honor for the folk arts. He was also recognized by...

In this article: Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, and National Heritage Fellowship Award

...world. In 2006 the National Endowment for the Arts awarded its highest honor for the folk arts to Naope, among 11 recipients of the National Heritage Fellowship award, which included a $20,000 prize. Recognized by the state as a "living...

In this article: Hawaii, Oahu, World War II, National Endowment for the Arts, and Franklin D. Roosevelt

...October 17. Wayne Henderson, a native Virginian, is renowned for his Appalachian style finger-picking techniques and is the recipient of the National Heritage Award and has also performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the "Masters of the...

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Arriving from Cuba in the 1950s, he's played with Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon and the Doors. A recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, he is featured in the documentary...

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...N.H., has received the nation's highest folk and traditional arts honor. Dudley Laufman is one of 11 winners of this year's National Heritage Fellowship, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts. The 78-year-old Laufman has...

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...33 nations, and 131 LP and CD audio recordings of various forms of folk music. In 2001, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded a National Heritage Fellowship to Joe Wilson. "Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center...

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...farmer, and poet is perhaps the most important figure in launching the contra dance revival of the 1970s, and he received this year's National Heritage Fellowship, the country's most prestigious traditional arts award. He appears at the Lowell...

In this article: Contra dance, New England, Yankee, and The Boston Globe

...the single most decorated musician of his generation. In India, he was decorated with the Padma Vibhushan. In the US, he received the National Heritage Award conferred by the National Endowment for the Arts at a White House ceremony.

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I didn't like the lady at all." In 1991, Mr. Khan received a MacArthur Fellowship, widely known as the "genius" grant. He later received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He once wrote of the sarod,...

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