The North Carolina Folk 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. The program was suspended in 2008 due to budget problems. ^[1]

Contents 1 Recipients 1.1 1989 1.2 1990 1.3 1992 1.4 1993 1.5 1994 1.6 1995 1.7 1996 1.8 1998 1.9 2000 2 References 3 See also

[edit] Recipients

[edit] 1989

• Etta Baker (1913-2006), Piedmont blues guitarist and singer

[edit] 1990

• The Badget Sisters, gospel singers
• Walker Calhoun, Cherokee musician and dancer
• Benton Flippen (b. 1920), fiddler

[edit] 1992

• Algia Mae Hinton, blues guitarist and buck dancer
• A. C. Overton, old-time banjo player

[edit] 1993

• Bea Hensley, blacksmith
• George Higgs, blues musician
• Mary Jane Queen, ballad singer

[edit] 1994

• Robert Dotson, flatfoot dancer
• John Dee Holeman, blues guitarist and buck dancer
• Doc Watson, guitarist and singer

[edit] 1995

• Jim Shumate, bluegrass fiddler

[edit] 1996

• Dock Rmah, Jarai traditional musician

[edit] 1998

• Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (b. 1921), country musician

[edit] 2000

• Amanda Crowe (1928-2004), Cherokee wood carver
• Marvin Gaster, old-time banjo player
• Bobby McMillion, singer, musician, and storyteller

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• National Heritage Fellowship