[Midwestfolk] Announcing the 2022 Michigan Heritage Awardees!

[Ling, Micah]

Hello all!
The Michigan Traditional Arts Program of Michigan State University is pleased to announce the 2022 cohort of Michigan Heritage Awardees. You will find our press release attached. This year’s awardees are:

  1.  Alfred Bruce Bradley of Flint (Genesee County), for community leadership in tap dance
  2.  Drs. William (1933-2017) and Yvonne Lockwood of Chelsea (Washtenaw County), for documentation, preservation, and publication of Michigan traditional art, folklife, and culture
  3.  Ara Topouzian of Bloomfield Hills (Oakland County), for traditional Armenian music
  4.  **Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of the Detroit Metro Area (Wayne County), for community organizing, supporting, and promoting Ukrainian bandura music

Please join us in congratulating these artists and community leaders by sharing this news through any appropriate channels. We will host celebrations in the last summer or early fall to present the awards. Do not hesitate to reach out with questions or comments or for more information about the awardees.


**As we celebrate the award to the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, we are conscious that the Ukrainian and Ukrainian American communities in Michigan are watching a tragedy unfold in their home country. Ukrainian Michiganders are encouraging people to support humanitarian aid by donating to the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fucca.org*2F&data=04*7C01*7CMBARRET1*40mlive.com*7C422478f6586440bc01a408d9f7c45017*7C1fe6294574e64203848fb9b82929f9d4*7C0*7C0*7C637813244810014847*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=lhbK41HTUNX1pyvCFrKmlqRtnSjz7j*2BsdgLRL2Df4eA*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!KGKeukY!jXxzkSHZ3e97f6C9lwFB8aMAyHcf48SsJaVzG70Vmw2jjP8OLfytRXFWU9nIjr-YSkQF86o$ >, United Ukrainian American Relief Committee<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.uuarc.org*2Fways-of-giving*2F&data=04*7C01*7CMBARRET1*40mlive.com*7C422478f6586440bc01a408d9f7c45017*7C1fe6294574e64203848fb9b82929f9d4*7C0*7C0*7C637813244810171099*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=U84qb64NNteVLsPu7ce5Cv*2FGNS02mdLwuWzY2LPQfdo*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!KGKeukY!jXxzkSHZ3e97f6C9lwFB8aMAyHcf48SsJaVzG70Vmw2jjP8OLfytRXFWU9nIjr-YlYZyR7Y$ > and Razom Emergency Fund<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Frazomforukraine.org*2Frazom-emergency-response*2F&data=04*7C01*7CMBARRET1*40mlive.com*7C422478f6586440bc01a408d9f7c45017*7C1fe6294574e64203848fb9b82929f9d4*7C0*7C0*7C637813244810171099*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=mDamU0cpIK5hlyX8C*2B83RcgLXDBGQKQPmk3wNKtTSOQ*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!KGKeukY!jXxzkSHZ3e97f6C9lwFB8aMAyHcf48SsJaVzG70Vmw2jjP8OLfytRXFWU9nIjr-YujwXJ48$ >, or to organizations on the list linked here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CdrWLAkEaOMV7fBbIWzHsgHmFz8s1GM6e_7a57oc3ug/edit?fbclid=IwAR0asHBRbw7pyNuLMahsh7MlDOLmRJa_8IQ3mN7G6zok2QrJkzUC0WeZ2tU__;!!KGKeukY!jXxzkSHZ3e97f6C9lwFB8aMAyHcf48SsJaVzG70Vmw2jjP8OLfytRXFWU9nIjr-YJ0A0WbM$ >.

Sincerely,

Micah Ling [she/her]
Public Programs Coordinator
Michigan Traditional Arts Program
Michigan State University
Lingmica at msu.edu<mailto:Lingmica at msu.edu>
Traditionalarts.msu.edu


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