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2019 TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: BOB ALEXANDER AND LISA THOMPSON
With this final 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship team profile, we introduce you to blacksmith Robert (Bob) Alexander, a second-time TAAP master artist, and his new apprentice. This year, Alexander, of DeSoto, Mo., teamed up with Lisa…
2019 TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: SMRITA DORAIRAJAN AND CHARUNETHA MURUGESAN
We are excited to introduce you to master artist Smrita Dorairajan and her apprentice Charunetha Murugesan, first-time participants in Missouri’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. Since November 2018, Dorairajan and Murugesan, both of Columbia, have been…
A Tribute to Becky Walstrom by Dr. Gladys Coggswell
The storytelling community in Missouri and beyond grieves at the unexpected loss of Becky Walstrom earlier this week. We at the Missouri Folk Arts Program thank master storyteller, author, and community scholar Dr. Gladys Caines…
Traditional Arts Weave “Cultural Fabric” in Missouri from Seth Bodine for KBIA
KBIA report Seth Bodine visited MFAP staff, as well as Bharatanatyam TAAP team Smrita Dorairajan and her apprentice Charunetha Murugesan for this story about both the Indian dance tradition and the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program….
2019 TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: PEGGY KINDER AND CINDY JARRAR
Meet Peggy Kinder and her 2019 apprentice Cindy Jarrar, enrolled members of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, who reside in Clay County, Missouri. Since 2011, Peggy Kinder has taught in the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program three…
2019 TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: PAT McCARTY WITH MATT DICKSON
It’s time to roll out another profile of a 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program team. Coal, copper, and steel. These are the basic materials that master blacksmith Pat McCarty and his most recent apprentice Matt…
2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program: Carmen S. Dence with Sophia Francis and Ana Sofia Remolina
Once again, we are excited to roll out a new profile of a 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program team. Today, we are happy to introduce readers to master Colombian traditional dancer, choreographer, and costume designer…
Statewide program preserves and passes on traditional folk arts, from Olivia Garrett for the Columbia Missourian
Columbia Missourian reporter Olivia Garrett interviewed MFAP’s Folk Arts Specialist, as well as two previous Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program participants for the story Statewide program preserves and passes on traditional folk arts. The article was…
2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program: Turlach Boylan and Molly McLaughlin
We are excited to continue to roll out profiles of the 2019 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program teams of master artists and apprentices. This week, we introduce readers to master Irish musician Turlach Boylan and and…
VISIONARY AWARDS HONOREE CARMEN DENCE PERFORMS LIKE EVERY DAY IS CARNAVAL, FROM AMY DE LA HUNT AT ALIVE MAGAZINE
We were excited to see this lovely profile of master Colombian folkloric dancer, seamstress, and choreographer Carmen S. Dence at Alive Magazine. Follow this link to read the entire essay by Amy de la Hunt,…