James Stanley Lane, Jr., recipient of the 2019 Archie Green Award, died on December 27, 2022.
In Memoriam
Folklorist John Vlach has died after a decade-long struggle with young onset Alzheimer's disease. John Michael Vlach was Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at The George Washington University and Director of the university's Folklife Program.
Lakota flute player, singer, and dancer, Kevin Locke (Lakota and Anishnabe), of Wakpala, South Dakota, recipient of a 1990 NEA National Heritage Fellowship, has died.
Nebraska folklorist, storyteller, and Native activist, Roger Welsch, died on September 30th.
We are saddened to report the death of Art Rosenbaum, an American art professor emeritus at the University of Georgia, artist, musician, and folklorist.
We are sad to share the news of the loss of Michael "Mick" Maloney, folklorist and champion of Irish traditional music and culture, who passed away at the age of 77.
Esther Clinton, professor at Bowling Green State University's Department of Popular Culture, passed away on July 17, 2022.
New York City, Puerto Rico and the folklore/ethnomusicology world lost a major beat when Roberta (Bobbi) Singer died on June 12, 2022, at Portsmouth Regional Hospital in New Hampshire.
Pete Reiniger passed away last week at the age of 73.
We are saddened by the news that AFS Fellow Robert A. Georges has passed and share this remembrance from Simon Bronner: “I am saddened to report the death on January 31, 2022, of folklorist Robert A. Georges, who spent most of his