North Carolina Folk Heritage Award
The North Carolina Heritage Award is an annual award given out by the North Carolina Arts Council in recognition of traditional artists from the U.S. state of North Carolina. The award was created in 1989.
Since 1989, the North Carolina Heritage Award has honored North Carolina's most eminent folk artists. Recipients of the Heritage Awards range from internationally acclaimed musicians to folks who quietly practice their art in rural and family settings. A dozen North Carolinians have gone on to receive the National Heritage Fellowship Awards presented by the National Endowment for the Arts. These awards deepen our awareness of the rich and diverse cultural traditions of people in North Carolina. The Heritage Award has become one of the most important and influential programs developed by the Folklife Program of the North Carolina Arts Council.
Recipients receive a cash award and are honored in a ceremony that highlights their achievements. The Award ceremonies are a notable celebration and educational event for North Carolinians, drawing large and enthusiastic audiences.
From the Award’s beginning, the Folklife Program of the North Carolina Arts Council engaged talented photographers — Rob Amberg, Cedric N. Chatterley, Mary Anne McDonald, Roger Haile and Bill Bamberger — to document the artistry of award recipients. Their images and the program book articles celebrate and commemorate the skills, values, aesthetics, and meaning of traditional arts in North Carolina.
The Folk Heritage Award recipients from 1989-1996 are also featured in a special issue of the North Carolina Folklore Journal.
Recipients
1989
- Etta Baker (1913-2006), Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
- Thomas Burt, Piedmont blues guitarist, banjoist, and singer[1]
1990
- The Badget Sisters, gospel singers
- Walker Calhoun, Cherokee musician and dancer
- Benton Flippen (b. 1920), fiddler
1991
- Menhaden Chanteymen, performers of worksongs [2]
1992
- Algia Mae Hinton, blues guitarist and buck dancer
- A. C. Overton, old-time banjo player
- Obadiah Carter, R&B musician [3]
- Bertie Dickens, old-time banjo player [4]
- Emma Dupree, herbalist and healer [5]
1993
- Bea Hensley, blacksmith
- George Higgs, blues musician
- Mary Jane Queen, ballad singer
- Louise Anderson, storyteller [6]
1994
- Robert Dotson, flatfoot dancer
- John Dee Holeman, blues guitarist and buck dancer
- Doc Watson, guitarist and singer
- Quentin "Fris" Holloway, bluesman and buck dancer
1995
- Jim Shumate, bluegrass fiddler
- Richard "Big Boy" Henry, blues guitarist and singer [7]
1996
1998
- Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (b. 1921), country musician
2000
- Amanda Crowe (1928-2004), Cherokee wood carver
- Marvin Gaster, old-time banjo player
- Bobby McMillion, singer, musician, and storyteller
- Faircloth Barnes, gospel singer and preacher [9]
2003
- Bishop Dready Manning, gospel musician
2013
- Bobby Hicks, fiddle player
- Bill Myers, band leader, The Monitors
- Arnold Richardson, Haliwa-Saponi artist
- Susan Morgan Leveille, weaver
- Sid Luck, potter
2014
- William E. Meyers, jazz saxophonist and educator [10]
See also
References
- ↑ "Thomas Burt". NC Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "Menhaden Chanteymen". NC Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "Obadiah Carter". North Carolina Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "Bertie Dickens". NC Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "Emma Dupree". NC Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "Louise Anderson". North Carolina Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "Richard "Big Boy" Henry". NC Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "Elizabeth "Lee" Graham Jacobs". NC Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "Faircloth Barnes". North Carolina Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "William E. Meyers". NC Arts Council. Retrieved 30 March 2014.