2027

2027 Master Artists and Apprentices:

Ian Kirkpatrick, master artist, and Ellie Smith, apprentice. Unaccompanied Balladry. (Knoxville/Johnson City)*

Hillary Klug, master artist, and Francesca Rainwater, apprentice. Contra and Square Dance Fiddling. (Nashville/Murfreesboro)

Jazmine LeBlanc, master artist, and Erika Roberts, apprentice. Black Appalachian Storytelling. (Chattanooga)*

Roxanne McDaniel, master artist, and Lark Bookout, apprentice. Dulcimer. (Johnson City)*

Martin Paschall, master artist, and Anna Atkins, apprentice. Stoneware Pottery. (Paris/Buchanan)

Damion Pearson, master artist, and Courtney Bookman, apprentice. Blues Harmonica. (Memphis)

Nesrin Simsek, master artist, and Yad Sharef, apprentice. Kurdish Daf. (Nashville)

Charlotte Underwood, master artist, and Joanna Underwood, apprentice. Agricultural Folkways. (LaFollette)*

*Projects are funded in part through a special partnership with the South Arts’ initiative In These Mountains: Central Appalachian Folk Art & Culture.