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The Michigan Heritage Awards Collection
Since 1985 the Michigan Traditional Arts Program
has coordinate the annual Michigan Heritage Awards Program. From among
the nominated individuals and groups, a review panel selects those tradition
bearers who continue their folk traditions with excellence and authenticity.
Awards are made in performance, material culture, and community leadership.
The Michigan Heritage Awards collections contain documentation on each
of the recipients. Included are archival holdings (nomination forms, news
clippings, recorded interviews, photographs, slides, recorded performances)
and examples of their work (for example, black ash baskets, Ukrainian
and Polish eggs, quillboxes, feather bowling balls, boats, quilts, birch
bark cutouts, rag rugs).
[NOTE: For more information on the Michigan Heritage Awards program and awardees, see
http://museum.msu.edu/s-program/MH_awards/mha.html
Collectors/Fieldworkers/Donors:
Multiple collectors.
Related Collections:
The Richard M. Dorson Michigan State College Folklore
Collection
The Ivan Walton Collection of Great Lakes Songs
The E.C. Beck Collection of Michigan Songs
Exhibitions:
"Hands Across Michigan: A Photographic Portfolio of Michigan Folk Artists,"
Wayne County Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1988; St. Clair County Facts
& Fun Fair/Museum of Arts & History, St. Clair, Michigan, April - May,
1993; William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, Michigan, June - September,
1993; Camiel Thorrez Industries, Inc., Jackson, Michigan, July - August,
1995.
"Native American Masters," Michigan
Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, Detroit, Michigan, January, 1993;
Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, August, 1993
- February, 1994; Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March
- April, 1994; Marquette Mission Park & Museum of Ojibwa Culture, St Ignace,
Michigan, May, 1996 - October, 1996; Port Huron Museum, Port Huron, Michigan,
August 12 - October 22, 2000; Fort Miami Heritage Society, St. Joseph,
Michigan, January - May, 2002.
Publications/Websites:
Yvonne Lockwood and Marsha MacDowell, eds. with Rebecca Clark, C. Kurt
Dewhurst, Ruth D. Fitzgerald, LuAnne G. Kozma, Sarah Stollak, and Laurie
K. Sommers. Michigan Heritage Awards http://museum.msu.edu/s-program/MH_awards/mha.html,
July, 2002.
--compiled by Marsha MacDowell and Lynne Swanson, 2003.
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