Bill Behmer is a founder of the Lincoln Association of Traditional Arts, (LAFTA.) He served as that organization’s artistic director for more than ten years and received a 1998 Mayor’s Arts Award from the Lincoln Arts Council for his volunteer work promoting old-time folk music. Bill plays the mountain dulcimer and harmonica and is a three-ime Midwest Dulcimer Champion. He has done extensive research into the history and playing styles of this American folk instrument.
![Bill Behmer](https://humanitiesnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BehmerMeister.jpg)