National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Paul Bergren
May 03, 2024
May 03, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following statement on May 2, 2024:
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It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of dog sled and snowshoe designer and builder Paul Bergren. Paul, along with his late wife Darlene who passed away in 2017, were recipients of a 2012 NEA National Heritage Fellowship, the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. The couple ran a sled-making . . .
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It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of dog sled and snowshoe designer and builder Paul Bergren. Paul, along with his late wife Darlene who passed away in 2017, were recipients of a 2012 NEA National Heritage Fellowship, the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. The couple ran a sled-making . . .