Show Me Folk
A CELEBRATION OF ORAL HISTORY AND DOCUMENTATION OF TRADITIONS IN THE RURAL OZARKS, BY SASHA DAUCUS
Welcome back to Stories from the Field and the latest post in our Show Me Folk blog, a dedicated space for staff, student workers, traditional artists, cultural experts, consultants, and community scholars to share photo essays on an array of…
THEN AND NOW AT THE ST. LOUIS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, BY GLADYS CAINES COGGSWELL AND ANGELA WILLIAMS
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A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH FRANK PATRICKUS, II, 1947-2018
We at the Missouri Folk Arts Program were incredibly sad to learn that Joseph Frank Patrickus, II (Joe) died on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Joe was an old friend of the Missouri Folk Arts Program,…
Folk Arts @ the Capitol: Basket Making, from Barbara Gibbs Ostmann for emissourian.com
A fantastic profile of master basketmakers Joe and Alice Dudenhoeffer with apprentice Aaron Holsapple by Missouri’s favorite travel writer, Barbara Gibbs Ostmann for the online emissourian.com.
Folk Arts @ the Capitol, April 10, 2018
“EAT, SLEEP, FOLK, REPEAT,” A VISIT TO THE KANSAS CITY FOLK FEST, BY LISA L. HIGGINS
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IN THE ARCHIVES, PART I, BY DARCY HOLTGRAVE
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Arts and Access
Most of our friends, followers, and constituents know that the Missouri Folk Arts Program is based at the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri. MFAP has been anchored at the Museum since…
THEN AND NOW: APPRENTICE JOURNEYS WITH FIDDLER JOHN P. WILLIAMS, JR.
We’re happy to launch our fourth Then and Now: Apprentice Journeys video! Please visit our Missouri Folk Arts Program YouTube channel to watch Folk Arts Director Lisa Higgins interview master fiddler John P. Williams, Jr. In April 2016 at…
BOUILLON – A MISSOURI FRENCH TRADITION, BY ROBERT MUELLER
Welcome back once again to Stories from the Field and a new post in our Show-Me Folk blog. The blog is our dedicated space for staff, student workers, traditional artists, cultural experts, consultants, and community scholars to share…