Stanley Hicks
Stanley Hicks (1911–1989) was a nationally recognized American folk artist from Watauga County, North Carolina. Hicks was renowned for his musical instrument building - particularly banjos and dulcimers - his woodwork, work as a musician, dancer and story teller.[1][2][3][4]
Hicks has been recognized as a "National Historic Artist" by the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area of the US National Park Service.[5] He is a recipient of a 1983 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.[6]
In the early 1980s Hicks was filmed by UNC-TV for the "Music From The Hills" episode of the Folkways series.[7] The original camera tapes from these interviews have been digitized and are being preserved by UNC-TV.
References
- ^ Smith, Betty N. Jane Hicks Gentry: A Singer Among Singers, p. 57 (1998)
- ^ THE STORYTELLER AS CRAFTSMAN: STANLEY HICKS TELLING "JACK AND THE BULL." North Carolina Folklore Journal 1989 36(2): 73-120
- ^ "The Times-News - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Times Daily - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Stanley Hicks – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area".
- ^ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1983". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ "UNC-TV: Folkways - Music from the Hills". Archived from the original on May 8, 2003. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
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