2016-heritage-ceremony-invitation

2016 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
National Heritage
Fellowships Ceremony
2016
National Endowment for the Arts
National Heritage Fellows
Bryan Akipa
Dakota Flute Maker and Player, Sisseton, SD
Joseph Pierre ”Big Chief Monk” Boudreaux
Mardi Gras Indian Craftsman and Musician, New Orleans, LA
Billy McComiskey
Irish Button Accordionist, Baltimore, MD
Clarissa Rizal
Tlingit Ceremonial Regalia Maker, Juneau, AK
Theresa Secord
Penobscot Nation Ash/Sweetgrass Basketmaker, Waterville, ME
Bounxeung Synanonh
Laotian Khaen Player, Fresno, CA
Michael Vlahovich
Master Shipwright, Tacoma, WA/St. Michaels, MD
Leona Waddell
White Oak Basketmaker, Cecilia, KY
THE 2016 BESS LOMAX HAWES AWARD
Artemio Posadas
Master Huastecan Son Musician and Advocate, San Jose, CA
JANE CHU
CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE PRESENTATION OF THE
2016 NEA NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIPS
AT AN AWARDS CEREMONY
HONORING THESE OUTSTANDING ARTISTS ON
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
5:30 P.M.
COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM
THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDING
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
10 FIRST STREET SE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Reception to follow in the Great Hall Mezzanine, Library of Congress
Please RSVP to [email protected] by September 21, 2016
2016 HONORARY HOST COMMITTEE
U.S. House of Representatives
Hon. Suzanne Bonamici
Hon. Steve Cohen
Hon. Gerald Connolly
Hon. John Conyers, Jr.
Hon. Diana DeGette
Hon. Ted Deutch
Hon. Lloyd Doggett
Hon. Donna Edwards
Hon. Lois Frankel
Hon. Gene Green
Hon. Raul Grijalva
Hon. French Hill
Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Hon. Zoe Lofgren
Hon. Stephen Lynch
Hon. Carolyn Maloney
Hon. Betty McCollum
Hon. Ann McLane Kuster
Hon. Chellie Pingree
Hon. Jared Polis
Hon. Cedric Richmond
Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard
Hon. Linda Sanchez
Hon. Jan Schakowsky
Hon. Adam Schiff
Hon. Albio Sires
Hon. Jackie Speier
Hon. Dina Titus
Hon. Paul Tonko
Hon. Chris Van Hollen
Hon. Don Young
U.S. Senate
Hon. Ben Cardin
Hon. Susan Collins
Hon. Lisa Murkowski
THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
WILL APPEAR AT A SPECIAL CONCERT ON FRIDAY EVENING,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 AT 8 P.M.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LISNER AUDITORIUM
730 21ST STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TICKETS ARE FREE AND AVAILABLE BY CALLING
202/994-6800
OR THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT
THE LISNER AUDITORIUM TICKETING OFFICE.
lisner.gwu.edu
Photos, left, from top:
Bryan Akipa. Photo by Bill Goehring/Sioux Falls • Joseph Pierre ”Big Chief Monk” Boudreaux. Photo by Robert Brown
Billy McComiskey. Photo by Michael G. Stewart • Theresa Secord. Photo by Steve Werwerka
Photos, right, from top:
Bounxeung Synanonh. Photo by A. Kitchener/ACTA • Michael Vlahovich. Photo by Edwin Remsberg, courtesy of MSAC
Leona Waddell. Photo by Clinton Lewis • Artemio Posadas. Photo by Maria Virginia Prieto Solis
Cover:
Clarissa Rizal. Photo by Tom Pich