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Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program Applications WERE Due August 31, 2019
DEADLINE FOR 2019/2020 APPLICATIONS HAS PASSED. At the Missouri Folk Arts Program, our new year starts on July 1, and the first few weeks are all about the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. We draft…
2019 TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: BOB ALEXANDER AND LISA THOMPSON
With this final 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship team profile, we introduce you to blacksmith Robert (Bob) Alexander, a second-time TAAP master artist, and his new apprentice. This year, Alexander, of DeSoto, Mo., teamed up with Lisa…
2019 TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: SMRITA DORAIRAJAN AND CHARUNETHA MURUGESAN
We are excited to introduce you to master artist Smrita Dorairajan and her apprentice Charunetha Murugesan, first-time participants in Missouri’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. Since November 2018, Dorairajan and Murugesan, both of Columbia, have been…
2019 TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: PEGGY KINDER AND CINDY JARRAR
Meet Peggy Kinder and her 2019 apprentice Cindy Jarrar, enrolled members of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, who reside in Clay County, Missouri. Since 2011, Peggy Kinder has taught in the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program three…
2019 TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: PAT McCARTY WITH MATT DICKSON
It’s time to roll out another profile of a 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program team. Coal, copper, and steel. These are the basic materials that master blacksmith Pat McCarty and his most recent apprentice Matt…
2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program: Carmen S. Dence with Sophia Francis and Ana Sofia Remolina
Once again, we are excited to roll out a new profile of a 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program team. Today, we are happy to introduce readers to master Colombian traditional dancer, choreographer, and costume designer…
2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program: Turlach Boylan and Molly McLaughlin
We are excited to continue to roll out profiles of the 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program teams of master artists and apprentices. This week, we introduce readers to master Irish musician Turlach Boylan and and…
2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program: Ray Joe Hastings and Keith Whiteside
It is with great pleasure that we roll out profiles of the 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program teams of master artists and apprentices. This week, we are excited to introduce readers to master Ozarks Riverways…
2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program: Ashalatha Premachandra and Kareena Kanumury
It is with great pleasure that we roll out profiles of the 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program teams of master artists and apprentices. We are especially delighted to introduce readers to master Bharatanatyam dancer Ashalatha…
THEN AND NOW: APPRENTICE JOURNEYS WITH GIGMAKER RAY JOE HASTINGS
Once again, we are happy to launch a Then and Now: Apprentice Journeys video on our YouTube channel! Take a look at an edited video from the live oral history of master gigmaker Ray Joe Hastings of…