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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,…
Then and Now: Apprentice Journeys on YouTube with storyteller Loretta Washington
We’re happy to announce that we’ve launched a Missouri Folk Arts Program YouTube channel, one where we will post occasional videos from the field. In May 2016, Jackson Medel filmed Then and Now: Apprentice Journeys with storyteller Loretta…
IN THE AFTERMATH, THOMASVILLE, MISSOURI, BY MARIDETH SISCO
Welcome back 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 photo…
Wages Brewing Company, a Story of Local Foodways, by Sarah Denton
Welcome to another installment of Stories from the Field on our Show-Me Folk blog, a space for staff, student workers, traditional artists, cultural experts, consultants, and community scholars to share photo essays on an array of topics…
The Art of Paper Filigree by Lisa Palmer (Ste. Genevieve)
With its new website and the Show-Me Folk blog, the Missouri Folk Arts Program will publish a number of Stories from the Field. In addition to stories from staff and student workers, we will invite traditional artists,…
“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…
A Tribute to John White, 1936-2017
With a heavy heart, we share that old-time North Missouri fiddler John T. White of Hallsville died on Saturday, August 12, 2017. Born in Ethel, Mo., in Macon County, John White told our Folk Arts…
“Patriotic quilt could fetch premium price at picnic” via News Tribune
Patriotic quilt could fetch premium price at picnic MFAP friend and master quilter Patti Tappel of Osage Bluff, Mo. paper pieced the patriotic American Spirit quilt (over 2,500 pieces), and the ladies at her church…
A Tribute to John W. Glenn, 1926-2017
We are saddened to learn today that master blacksmith John W. Glenn of St. Joseph, Mo., died on Saturday, August 5, 2017. Mr. Glenn is one of the rarer master artists in the Traditional Arts…
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…