Cary Schwarz
Salmon, Idaho
This has been a watershed year for Cary Schwarz, who was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive the National Heritage Fellowship, the highest honor for folk and traditional artists in the United States. With this recognition, the TCAA now counts four National Heritage Fellowship recipients in its history: Don King, Dale Harwood, Ernie Marsh and Schwarz. Schwarz divides his time among family, the family ranch and his work in Salmon, Idaho, where he continues to create from his mobile shop trailer and home studio.