Chinese opera performer Qi Shu Fang of New York City. Qi has received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Photograph courtesy of the Folk and Traditional Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts. From the Masters of Traditional Arts DVD-ROM, produced by Alan Govenar and published by ABC-CLIO.

Dresden Plate/Bear’s Paw sampler quilt by Nora Ezell of Alabama. Ezell has received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Photograph by Joey Brackner, courtesy of the Alabama State Council on the Arts. From the Masters of Traditional Arts DVD-ROM, produced by Alan Govenar and published by ABC-CLIO.