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May 5th, 2003
Annual
Meeting and Prichard Lecture
Library Associates Annual Spring Meeting 2003. Presentation
of the 2003 Medallion
for Intellectual Achievement to Jean Ritchie and the 23rd Annual
Prichard Lecture to
be delivered by MSNBC’s Forrest Sawyer. Dinner and cocktail party:
Hilary J. Boone Faculty Club. Lecture: Singletary Center for the Arts.
The following is a press release from The National Endowment for the Arts:
Contact:
Ann Puderbaugh, NEA
202-682-5570
National Endowment For The Arts Announces
2002 National Heritage Fellowship Recipients
Fifteen Artists to Receive Nation's Highest Honor in the Folk and Traditional Arts
Washington, D.C. - The National Endowment for the Arts today announced the 2002 recipients of the National Heritage Fellowships, the country's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Thirteen fellowships, which include a one-time award of $10,000 each, will be presented to honorees from 13 states and jurisdictions. Two of the awards will be shared by collaborative partners. Fourteen awardees were chosen for their artistic excellence, authenticity and contributions to their field. One was selected to receive the Bess Lomax Hawes award for service to the folk and traditional arts field as a whole.
"We are fortunate to live in a country in which such a variety of
cultural traditions can flourish side by side," said Eileen B. Mason,
Acting Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. "We owe a
great debt to each of these talented individuals, not only for their lifetime
of artistic achievement, but also for all they have done to preserve and
to pass on their skills so that future generations can appreciate and
enjoy these traditions."
The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in September. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store of Lebanon, Tennessee will underwrite the costs of the ceremony and related activities.
2002 National Heritage Fellowship Recipients
Ralph
Blizard, Old-time fiddler (Blountville, Tenn.)
Loren Bommelyn, Tolowa tradition bearer (Crescent City, Calif.)
Kevin Burke, Irish fiddler (Portland, Ore.)
Rose Cree/Francis Cree, Ojibwe basketmakers/storytellers (Dunseith, N.D.)
Luderin Darbone/Edwin Duhon, Cajun fiddler and accordionist (Sulphur,
La./Westlake, La.)
Nadim Dlaikan, Lebanese nye (reed flute) player (Southgate, Mich.)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Blues guitarist/singer (Chicago, Ill.)
Flory Jagoda, Sephardic musician/composer (Falls Church, Va.)
Clara Neptune Keezer, Passamaquoddy basketmaker (Perry, Maine)
Bob McQuillen, Contra dance musician/composer (Peterborough, N.H.)
Domingo "Mingo" Saldivar, Conjunto accordionist (San Antonio,
Texas)
Losang Samten, Tibetan sand mandala painter (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Jean Ritchie, Appalachian musician/songwriter (Port Washington, N.Y. &
Viper, Ky.)
These honorees join the ranks of previous Heritage Fellows, including bluesman B.B. King, Irish stepdancer Michael Flatley, cowboy poet Wally McRae and acclaimed performers Shirley Caesar, Doc Watson and Bill Monroe. Since 1982, the Endowment has awarded more than 260 National Heritage Fellowships. Recipients are nominated, often by members of their own communities, and then judged by a panel on the basis of their continuing artistic accomplishments and contributions as practitioners or teachers. Fellows must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
If you would like more information or an electronic image of one of the awardees, please contact the NEA Communications Office at (202) 682-5570.
Jean Ritchie Among The First To Be Inducted Into The Kentucky Music Hall Of Fame
INTO NEW KENTUCKY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
RENFRO VALLEY, Kentucky -- Twelve “Pioneers” of Kentucky music will be inducted into the new Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum on February 28, 2002, the Hall of Fame’s Induction Committee has announced. The new museum is scheduled to open in Renfro Valley in May, 2002.
The 12 inductees in alphabetical order are: Rosemary Clooney, The Everly Brothers, Red Foley, Tom T. Hall, Grandpa Jones, Bradley Kincaid, John Lair, Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe, The Osborne Brothers, Jean Ritchie, and Merle Travis.
The statewide Advisory Board and Induction Committee required that in the inaugural induction class of 2002 only “Pioneers” of Kentucky music will be elected. Pioneers are defined as “those who shaped or so profoundly affected the evolution of music that it prepared the way of others who followed.”
In addition, the inaugural class must be at least 70 percent from the country and bluegrass genres of music. “Contemporaries,” defined as artists who began their careers after 1960, will be eligible for induction in 2003.
The Induction Committee, Advisory Board and Governing Board of Directors spent many long hours developing a specific list of criteria which had to be met to be considered for induction, including the candidate must have been born or lived in Kentucky, must have left an indelible impact on the music industry, and must have been a professional in the music industry for at least a decade.
