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Family Tradition: JP’s hand-crafted boots for nearly 40 years, via Lake News Online
From the Lake News, story and photo by Kirstie Hunter Family Tradition: JP’s hand-crafted boots for nearly 40 years [Both Joe Patrickus and Joey Patrickus have participated in MFAP’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.]
A Tribute to Stan Elmore, 1957-2013
The staff of the Missouri Folk Arts Program extends heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends of Stan Elmore. Mr. Elmore was a master artist in the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program in 1996, when he…
Schulte-Skaggs Farm, via Daily Journal Online
Schulte-Skaggs Farm, provided by Ruth Ann Skaggs to the Daily Journal Online [Ruth Ann Skaggs is a member of MFAP’s Community Scholars Network.]
A Tribute to Vivian Hawkins, 1956-2017
We are saddened to learn that storyteller Vivian Hawkins of Hannibal, Mo. has died. She apprenticed, along with Deborah Swanegan and Samuel Williams, in 1993 with Gladys Caines Coggswell in Missouri’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. Ms. Hawkins…
‘Winter’s Bone’ soundtrack contributors to open Jefferson Landing concert series, via Jefferson City New Tribune
‘Winter’s Bone’ soundtrack contributors to open Jefferson Landing concert series
Schedule set for Old-time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival, via West Plains Daily Quill
Performing as TAAP artists on our stage this year are master John Williams and apprentice Jessie Perrigo on fiddle, with master Kenny Appleby and apprentice Brad Roby on backup guitar.
Missouri Arts Council would lose key funding, via KWMU, St. Louis Public Radio
Missouri Arts Council would lose key funding if budget approved
A Tribute to Clifford Bryan, 1927-2017
In 2017, we also shared the sad news that old-time fiddler Cliff Bryan of West Plains died on March 12. The tribute we wrote about Cliff is published in a PDF, and you can access…
A Tribute to Phil Williams, 1937 – 2017
We’ve received sad news from our colleagues at Northwest Folklife that Phil Williams passed February 16, 2017. Missourians may recall that Phil and Vivian Williams’ Voyager Records has turned out CDs with/of Missouri old-time fiddlers…
A Tribute to Alan Jabbour, 1942-2017
A lovely tribute (with more links) to Alan Jabbour, born in Florida, from our colleagues at Florida Folklife Program: We are saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Alan Jabbour, folklorist, scholar, and founding…