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VISIONARY AWARDS HONOREE CARMEN DENCE PERFORMS LIKE EVERY DAY IS CARNAVAL, FROM AMY DE LA HUNT AT ALIVE MAGAZINE

We were excited to see this lovely profile of master Colombian folkloric dancer, seamstress, and choreographer Carmen S. Dence at Alive Magazine. Follow this link to read the entire essay by Amy de la Hunt,…

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THE STORY OF OZARKS STORYTELLER MARIDETH SISCO, FROM OZARKS ALIVE, VIA MICHAEL COONROD

If readers haven’t subscribed to the Ozarks Alive! blog, please do. We highly recommend the great posts that Kaitlyn McConnell and friends sift from the rich Ozark hills. In the post linked below, guest blogger…

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“We Just Wanted To Celebrate the Art,” by Karen Cernich at eMissourian.com

We were so excited that folklorist Barry Bergey and friends organized a recent reunion of Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts. He and friends founded MFFA in the 1970s to produce folklife events (including the…

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H.K. SILVEY, THE OZARKS FIDDLER WHO MADE IT TO THE MOON, from Kaitlyn McConnell’s “Ozarks Alive”

When fiddler H.K. Silvey was a boy in rural Ozark County, a down-the-road town seemed nearly as far away as the moon. Enjoy this blog post and photos from Kaitlynn McConnell’s Ozarks Alive. You’ll learn not…

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“Meet the Saddlemaking Cowboy Poet of Missouri,” from Missouri Life Magazine, July 2017

“I get as much satisfaction from the last saddle I made as from the first saddle I put together,” he says. “When the day comes when that’s not the case, I’ll shut down my shop,…

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“Inside the McClurg Jam, the Heart of the Deep Ozarks Sound” from the September 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar

A story and photographs by Karen Peterson about Missouri’s McClurg Jam  for Acoustic Guitar, featuring Missouri old-time guitarist Alvie Dooms, guitarist/community scholar Gordon McCann, and fiddler David Scrivner. Dooms has been jamming at McClurg since its…

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Colombia native explains what it’s like to perform at the Festival of Nations, via St. Louis Magazine

Carmen Dence, founder of dance troupe Grupo Atlántico, talks life and performance. Photo by Kevin A. Roberts [Carmen Sofia Dence is a long-time participant in MFAP’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and educational projects. Her performance…

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Family Tradition: JP’s hand-crafted boots for nearly 40 years, via Lake News Online

From the Lake News, story and photo by Kirstie Hunter Family Tradition: JP’s hand-crafted boots for nearly 40 years [Both Joe Patrickus and Joey Patrickus have participated in MFAP’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.]

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Schulte-Skaggs Farm, via Daily Journal Online

Schulte-Skaggs Farm, provided by Ruth Ann Skaggs to the Daily Journal Online   [Ruth Ann Skaggs is a member of MFAP’s Community Scholars Network.]

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‘Winter’s Bone’ soundtrack contributors to open Jefferson Landing concert series, via Jefferson City New Tribune

‘Winter’s Bone’ soundtrack contributors to open Jefferson Landing concert series

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Patricia S. Hight, 1947-2019

It is our honor to pay tribute to Patricia S. “Pat” Hight, a recent apprentice in the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. We learned via her Facebook posts and a Caring Bridge online journal that over…

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Reunions: Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts

Back in 1973, a group based mostly in St. Louis, Missouri came together formally after a few years of programming traditional arts events and documenting regional traditions to establish the non-profit Missouri Friends of the…

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Parting Thoughts, with Folk Intern Sam Kendrick

We’re a bit sad to say farewell to our summer intern–Sam Kendrick of Vernon County, Mo. We’re also happy to know that he is heading back to do good work at Western Kentucky University’s Folk…

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