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Michigan Heritage Awards Collection

Paj ntaub, Ia Moua Yang, Hmong, Haslett, Michigan, 2004

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Wool braided rug, Anna Lassila, Mohawk, Michigan, 1965

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Cedar fan, Glen VanAntwerp, Lansing, Michigan, 1993

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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).

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 - October, 1996; Port Huron Museum, Port Huron, Michigan, August 12 - October 22, 2000; Fort Miami Heritage Society, St. Joseph, Michigan, January - May, 2002.

Publications

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, July, 2002.