Michigan Heritage Awards
Michigan Heritage Awards Ceremony
The Michigan State University Museum has announced the Michigan Heritage Awards (MHA) for 2010, the state's highest distinction to honor individuals who continue their family and community traditions with excellence and authenticity. This year's recipients will be honored at the Michigan Heritage Awards Ceremony, Saturday, August 14, at the Great Lakes Folk Festival.
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"The Michigan Heritage Awards are presented each year to honor master practitioners in Michigan who continue the folk traditions of their families and communities through practice and teaching," explains Yvonne Lockwood, curator of folklife at the MSU Museum and coordinator of the Michigan Heritage Awards program. Awards are also presented to outstanding community leaders who support and advocate traditional arts.
Since 1985, the MSU Museum's Michigan Traditional Arts Program (MTAP) has recognized the achievements of Michigan artists in material culture, performance and community leadership. The honorees have been drawn from all corners of the state and reflect the great diversity of skills, ethnicities and backgrounds of Michiganders. Some have also been honored as recipients of the National Heritage Fellowships awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Honorees have come from many different
Michigan traditions and all over the state. For more information about
the Michigan Heritage Awards program, including nomination forms and short
biographies of previous awardees, see http://museum.msu.edu/s-program/MH_awards/mha.html
2010 Michigan Heritage Awardees
Alberta Adams- Blues
Detroit
Renee "Wasson" Dillard - Black Ash Basket Making, Fiber Arts
Harbor Springs
John Pigeon - Black Ash Basket Making
Hopkins
The Swedish American Community of Brevort
Swedish Midsummer Pole and Celebration
Brevort
Interested in more information about the Michigan Heritage Awards?
Here is a list of past awardees- dating back to 1985.
If you'd like to nominate someone:
Link to Traditional Artist Form (pdf)
Link to Community Leader Form (pdf)
