Ozarks Community Scholar Suzi Vause–What She did this Summer
Welcome back to Stories from the Field and a new post in our Show Me Folk blog. The blog is dedicated space for staff, student workers, traditional artists, cultural experts, consultants, and community scholars to share photo essays on…
Richard Martin
Richard Martin was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1928, and in the course of his life lived in Chicago, New York, and Mire, France. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in business administration and worked…
“¡Qué Viva el Westside!” Mexican Traditional Arts in Kansas City, Missouri by Dana Everts-Boehm, PhD (1993)
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Missouri Folk Arts identifies, documents, and promotes folk and traditional arts in our state. Staff folklorists coordinate apprenticeship team activities each year; co-produces folk arts events around the state; and works with local and regional arts organizations to further their missions.
Educational Programs
Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and Missouri Arts Council, the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program supports master artists and apprentices who work to sustain their traditions in the present for the future.
Show Me Folk
Show Me Folk, part blog and part field survey, explores regional traditions collaboratively, alternating annually between rural and urban communities.
Grants
On behalf of the Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Folk Arts also manages Folk Arts Grants, which are awarded to Missouri-based, tax-exempt, not-for-profit organizations to sustain and showcase folk and traditional arts in local communities. Funded projects include concerts, festivals, workshops, exhibitions, and other artistic events.