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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…
ANN RYNEARSON, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
It seems these messages come far too often now. We were heartbroken to learn that Dr. Ann Rynearson, who retired in 2009 from International Institute St. Louis, died in late September. Ann Rynearson was influential…
Becky Schroeder, 1921-2018
We’ve learned sad news that Becky Boies Schroeder died on September 14, 2018. What a loss! So many knew Becky and her late husband Dolf for their tireless research and support of Missouri history and…
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…
“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…
Betty Curry, 1940-2018
We were sad to learn that Betty Curry died recently. Mrs. Curry and her late husband Roger Curry were widely recognized as keepers of an Ozark white oak basket making tradition. Both Mr. and Mrs….
Lawrence Schuler, 1933-2018
We were sad to hear that Lawrence Schuler, one of the Ava Dancers, passed away August 23 at his home in Texas. Over the years, we often saw Mr. Schuler dancing at events (like Bethel Youth…
Carmen Dence’s Grupo Atlantico Invites Everyone to Celebrate Her Heritage — and Theirs, article and image by Nancy Fowler for St. Louis Public Radio
In this news story from St. Louis Public Radio, master Colombian folkloric dancer and retired Research Associated Professor in Radiology at Washington University Carmen Dence describes the multi-generational dance community she fosters at home and…
[DEADLINE HAS PASSED] Request for Proposals, CONTRACT FIELDWORK: Northeast Kansas City Neighborhood/Jackson County
Request for Proposals, CONTRACT FIELDWORK Northeast Kansas City Neighborhood/Jackson County DEADLINE HAS PASSED Missouri Folk Arts Program, Request for Proposals, Jackson County [PDF of full Request for Proposal linked above; opens in new window.] The…