Collection of the lives and works of nearly 150 National Heritage Fellows, named since 1982 as exemplary practitioners of traditional folk arts.

Text and illustrations describe the samplers, paintings, quilts, needle pictures, and other handiwork of 18th and 19th century American women.

"Since retiring from active performing, Baez has focused her formidable talents on painting and drawing. This collection of drawings shows another side of Baez: lovingly loose and charming sketches on reoccurring themes such as politics, relationships, women, animals, and family. Each section, organized thematically, includes an introductory piece by the artist. Baez approaches her line drawings as exercises in freedom: she begins drawing upside down--often...