Governor's Arts Awards
Folk Heritage Award

The Folk Heritage Award recognizes a New Hampshire traditional folk artist who has made a significant contribution to his or her art form and the cultural community, reflecting a lifetime of achievement. Traditional art forms are those art forms, passed informally from generation to generation, that reflect the culture of a particular community defined by ethnic heritage, occupational, religious, geographic, or familial groups.

• 2023 - Fiddling Thomsons, New England folk music
• 2021 - Randy Miller, fiddler
• 2019 - Jane McBride Orzechowski, New England Contra Dance & Swedish Music: Fiddle
• 2017 - Fred Dolan, wildfowl carver
• 2015 - Ann Winterling, rug hooker
• 2013 - Barbara Fisher, rug braider
• 2011 - Sylvia Miskoe, Scottish & New England Contra Dance Music: Accordion
• 2007 - Harvey Tolman, New England Contra Dance & Cape Breton Fiddler
• 2005 - Claude Smead, basketmaker
• 2003 - Ellis Hatch, Jr., fly tier
• 2001 - Dudley Laufman, Old Time Barn & Square Dance Fiddler & Caller
• 1999 - Larry & Henry Riendeau, Franco-American Duet: Fiddle & Guitar
• 1997 - Bob McQuillen, Contra Dance Piano & Accordion Player
• 1995 - Newt Washburn, basketmaker

Last updated: October 30, 2023