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People surround a purple and white striped quilt on a frame.

Missouri quilters reflect on sharing their craft on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. by Kirk Kramer for the News Leader, August 13, 2023

At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, we enjoyed meeting Ozarks’ own son Kirk Kramer who resides now in Cottage City, Maryland (originally of Greenfield, Missouri and Miami, Oklahoma). Kirk let us know he wrote the following…

Selvidge Student Honored by Missouri Folk Arts Program for Classical Dancing

Selvidge Middle School in Baldwin, Mo. announced that eighth-grader Shreenidhi Senthilnathan earned recognition for her participation in the 2023 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program with Guru Prasanna Kasthuri, who are pictured below with Folk Arts Specialist…

Missouri Folk Arts program announces inaugural Living Traditions Sustainer Fellows from the Mexico Ledger

The Mexico Ledger, the only daily newspaper published in Mexico, Missouri and the surrounding rural area, announced on May 5, 2023, that local resident Kenny Applebee was an inaugural Living Traditions Sustainer Fellow. Find the…

Woman holds Colombian straw hat on head while talking to children.

From Red Latina Online, “El Programa de Artes Populares de Missouri ha elegido a los ganadores de la Beca Sustainer Fellowship de Missouri Living Traditions inaugural”

Red Latina St. Louis announced on April 28, 2023, that Colombian folkloric dancer Carmen Sofia Dence was an inaugural 2023 Missouri Living Traditions Sustainer Fellow. The online article (in Spanish) is available at this link:…

Photographed from the audience of a theater, On stage appear five dancing women from left to right in a line formation. The dancers wear Latina cultural dresses in white, the skirts of the dresses lined with multiple rows of red gingham.

Social Media and Video Links! Together for ’21 Fest, August 6-8, 2021

Images and Video Links! Together for ’21 Fest, August 6-8, 2021 It has been our pleasure to join colleagues and organizations across the state as members of the Bicentennial Alliance. Years of discussions and months…

Photographed against a dark stained wooden background, a gray rectangular metal plate reads "BLACKSMITH SHOP". The plate is held against the wood with 4 metal screws, two on top and two on bottom.

“Together for ’21 Fest” in Columbia, August 6, 7, and 8, 2021

We’re excited to co-coordinate a few events for the upcoming Together for ’21 Fest. Read more below; then visit the SHSMO website. Missouri Folk Arts Program: Masters’ Fiddling Jam Session August 6, 3:00 pm…

Promotional photo for Missouri 2021 Legends, Lore, & Stories of the Show Me State

Missouri 2021 Presents: Legends, Lore, and Stories of the Show Me State

On March 2, 2021, Missouri Folk Arts director Lisa Higgins joined Missouri 2021 Presents’ host Beth Pike on a panel to discuss the Wm. G. Pomeroy Foundation’s Legends & Lore Marker Grant Program. From the…

Promotional material for Show Me State of Stories. Graphic reads, "Show Me State of Stories: Missouri's Dynamic Quilting Traditions and Innovations. Thursday, Jan. 14, 6:30 pm. The Story Center Facebook Live Program. More information: mymcpl.org/StateofStories

State of Stories: Missouri’s Dynamic Quilting Traditions with Drs. Lisa Higgins & Michael Sweeney

On January 14, 2021, Missouri Folk Arts director Lisa Higgins joined Missouri 2021 coordinator Michael Sweeney for a State of Stories discussion of quilting in Missouri, hosted by Mark Livengood of The Story Center at the…

Storytellers share ghost stories and legends on stage. Center is Angela J. Williams, a plus sized Black woman. She wears a short sleeve black shirt and loose black pants with white shoes. Her braided hair is tied up in a ponytail. On her left sits another storyteller, listening to Angela J. Williams. She is an older lightskin Black woman with short salt n pepper hair, she wears an earth toned patterned shirt over green pants, and brown sandals. On the right of Angela J. Willaims sits another older Black woman, she wears a short cut black hairstyle, a pink shirt with black pants, and a white long cardigan.

Missouri Is Chock Full Of Folklore. Roadside Markers Will Honor Some Of Its Legends, from Anne Kniggendorf for KCUR 89.3

KCUR’s Anne Kniggendorf describes how citizens can “put more stories on the map” via Missouri Folk Arts’ partnership with the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s Legends & Lore Marker Grant Program.

John P. Williams and Jenny Applebee pose for photo during an interview in Williams' home. Both men wear thin wired glasses with plaid button down shirts and denim jeans. WIlliams balances a fiddle in his lap wwhile Applebee balanaces a guitar.

Breathing New Life into Missouri Fiddling: John P. Williams, from Rachel Krause for Oldtime Central

Rachel Krause interviewed oldtime fiddler John P. Williams (Madison) and rhythm guitarist Kenny Applebee for this artist profile and video published online by Oldtime Central in February 2020. “John P. Williams is an oldtime fiddler…

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