Traditions: Ohio Heritage Fellows

Tony Ellis of Circleville is a banjo player of astounding skill and innovation and a legend among people who know bluegrass and old-time country music. Philip Paul, session musician at the King studios. Katie Laur, a bluegrass musician from Cincinnati, was born into a musical family that migrated to Detroit from the hills of Tennessee.

Edwin George, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, paints stories of the Cherokee culture. Doug Unger has earned international renown both as an instrument builder and a master of the arts of decorative inlay and pearl engraving. Carolyn Mazloomi of West Chester, Ohio is a strong and effective advocate for the entire community of African American quilters.

Kenny Sidle has lived in Licking County, playing a fiddle in and around eastern Ohio, the Midwest and even Canada. Anupama R. Mirle and has been involved in performing and teaching Bharatha Natyam to students of all ethnic groups. Sogbety Diomande has been drumming since his early teens, playing the traditional drum music of the West African region in which he was raised.