Louisiana Red River Valley and the Neutral Strip
Region 2

Artists Listed By Parish:

Avoyelles

Ana Mae Juneau - Pinestraw Basketmaker, Doll Maker, and Storyteller

Beauregard

Nancy Cooper - Horsehair Rope Maker

Bossier

Samuel Touchstone - Folk Medicine

Caddo

Marcel "Tex" Grimsley - Fiddle Player and Maker

Charles Billy Kirkpatrick - Old Time Country Musician

DeSoto

Clifton Rambin - Walking Stick Carver

Natchitoches

Isabel D. Arceneaux - Storyteller and Oral Historian

Mearl Smith Byles - Quilter

Cliff Carnahan - Bluegrass Fiddler and Songwriter

Susan Dollar - Tatter

Stacy Fontenot - Tatter

Major Helaire - Blues Musician

Kenneth Kerry - White Oak Basketmaker

Lair Laetter LaCour - Doll and Quilt Maker

Los Adaes Foundation - Quilters

Allan "Al Gator" Metoyer - Rock and Roll Musician

Jo Ann Parish - Quilt and Bonnet Maker

Leo Royston - Wood Carver

Fisher "Bo" Snell - Chairmaker

Preston Steadman - Country Fiddler

Kathlene Thomas - Pinestraw Basketmaker

Becky Tyler - Pinestraw Basketmaker

H. Sherman Vogel - Wood Turner

Rapides

Carolyn "Cookie" Chapman - Czech Dancer

Mary Francis Kramel Hazmark - Needlework: Crochet, Embroidery, Sewing, Knitting, etc.

Helen Brousek Locker Henderson - Czech Needlework

John Johnson - Fiddler

Blake Owen - Wooden Toy Maker

Chester Vorise - Walking Stick and Figurine Carver

Winn

Roy Gandy - Walking Stick Carver