2022
2022 Master Artists and Apprentices
*These teams are funded through a special partnership with the South Arts’ initiative In These Mountains: Central Appalachian Folk Art & Culture.
Marcellus Barnes, master and Jarvis Menifee, apprentice
African American Gospel Singing. Chattanooga and Red Bank, TN.*
Sarah Boyd, master and Elizabeth Fulbright, apprentice
Doll Repair and Restoration. Maryville, TN.*
Paul Brewster, master and Wyatt Ellis, apprentice
Bluegrass Singing. Gallatin and Maryville, TN.
Yvonne Harbin, master and D. Michael Campbell, apprentice
Traditional Herbalism. McMinnville and Altamont, TN.*
Harold Howell, master and Jimmy Bilbrey, apprentice
Fiddle Making. Cookeville, TN.*
Jack Martin, master and Kelly Wright, apprentice
Broommaking. Selmer and Pinson, TN.
Carmen McCord, master and Ian Kirkpatrick, apprentice
Unaccompanied Ballad Singing. Bon Aqua and New Tazewell, TN.
Aundra McCoy, master and Andree Glenn, apprentice
Mixed Media Quilting. Memphis, TN.
Arkan Muhammed, master and Ayan Muhammed, apprentice
Traditional Kurdish Music. Murfreesboro, TN.
Richard Turner, master and Jeffery Boyland, apprentice
Canning and Food Preservation. Stanton, TN.
Jeanette Underwood, master and Charlotte Underwood, apprentice
Appalachian Agricultural Folkways. LaFollette, TN.*
Felipe Vasquez, master and Michael Galvan, apprentice
Traditional Dance of Michoacán, “La Danza de los Viejitos” (Dance of the Old Men). White Pine and Morristown, TN.
