2026 Master Artists and Apprentices:
*Projects are funded in part through a special partnership with the South Arts’ initiative In These Mountains: Central Appalachian Folk Art & Culture.
Lamont Chapman, master artist, and Elijah Roberson, apprentice. Locking. Chattanooga, TN. *
Andrew Frazier, master artist, and Jellique Frazier, apprentice. Coppersmithing. Cleveland, TN. *
Abdulkadir Gür, master artist, and Aram Ezra Zengin, apprentice. Saz/bağlama playing. Nashville and Murfreesboro, TN.
Thomas Maupin and Jacob Fennell, master artists, and Colette Rainwater, apprentice. Buck Dancing. Murfreesboro and Dickson, TN.
Monica Sanchez, master artist, and Soraya Xanat Flores, apprentice. Altar Making. Memphis and Nashville, TN
Jeremy Shipp, master artist, and James Shipp and Verity Shipp, apprentices. Old Harp Singing. Knoxville, TN. *
Renee Stewart, master artist, and Christi Fleenor, apprentice. Woodcarving. Sneedville, TN. *
Jonathan Williams, master artist, and Ehren Bell, apprentice. Kabucha (Choctaw stickball). Henning, TN.
