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Giving Tuesday 2023 donations welcomed by Missouri Folk Arts
Missouri Folk Arts is thankful to individual donors who have provided unrestricted gift funds that support opportunities for staff and traditional artists beyond those designated in grant-funded projects. Previous examples include apprenticeship support; artistic fees;…
A TRIBUTE TO BEVERLY STROHMEYER (1944-2023)
Saturday, September 2, we woke to the news on Facebook that our friend and colleague Beverly Strohmeyer had suffered and survived a major cardiac event. Over the next two weeks, we followed the stories of…
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…
4 FAQs about the 2024 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program Application Process
[Edited to add: The deadline for 2024 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program applications ended on August 31, 2023.] Staff has fielded a few common questions. We want to share questions and answers below. Have questions you…
DEADLINE HAS PASSED FOR 2023 Missouri’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, Deadline August 31, 2023
EDITED TO ADD: DEADLINE HAS PASSED FOR 2023 Missouri Folk Arts seeks promising teams of artists to submit applications for the 39th annual Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program before the August 31, 2023 deadline. Missouri hosts one…
A Tribute to Kim Lansford (1955-2023)
In the midst of the celebrations of the Ozarks at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in D.C., we learned the sad news that Ozark musician Kim Lansford had died on Sunday, July 2, 2023. In anticipation…
Aaron Holsapple of Jefferson City, Mo to Demonstrate at 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Aaron Holsapple, White Oak Basketmaker Jefferson City, Missouri Forester Aaron Holsapple is known as “the tree guy,” fitting for his love of the “tree to basket” tradition. He credits three Missouri Ozark families for guiding…
David Scrivner of Springfield, Mo. to Perform at 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
David Scrivner, Ozarks Old-time Musician Springfield, Missouri To get good at any tradition you have to be really committed to it. David Scrivner, 2021 Many thanks to Ozarks old-time musician Nathan Lee McAlister for…
Marideth Sisco of West Plains, Mo. to perform at 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Marideth Sisco, Ozark Storyteller & Musician West Plains, Mo. “I was a storyteller before I had language. My earliest memories are front porches and firesides, the nighttime filled with the voices of my family conveying…
Gigmaker Anthony Martin of Winona, Mo. to demonstrate at 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Anthony Martin, Gigmaker Winona, Missouri As a child, Anthony played often near his late grandfather’s workshop, where the elder Martin turned out forged gigs, used for night fishing on Ozark riverways. Anthony mimicked his grandfather’s…