Jan 30, 2025 | Apprenticeship Program, In the News
Pocket knives engraved by program alumnus Jerry Fisk. Read the press release in the University of Arkansas News Eight mentor artists have been selected to participate in the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts statewide apprenticeship program. The program, currently in...
Dec 5, 2024 | General
The University of Arkansas Libraries has published the annual report for the 2023-2024 academic year. Special Collections and AFTA are featured on pages 18-23. You can read the report online by visiting libraries.uark.edu/annualreport.
Sep 25, 2024 | Events, Web Series
The next installment of the Arkansas Folklife Web Series is set for 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30. Guest Stephen Driver will discuss Arkansas pottery traditions. This event is free and open to the public, and registration is required. Driver is a potter and...
Dec 20, 2023 | General, In the News
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts has been BUSY this year! To help y’all keep up with us, we’re launching a bi-annual newsletter featuring updates on our programming and fieldwork! Read the inaugural report here! Want future newsletters in...
Nov 13, 2023 | Events, General, In the News, Web Series
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts will end the second year of its Arkansas Folklife Web Series with guest Kat Robinson at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15. This webinar is free and open to the public, and registration is required. Robinson is a Little Rock-based travel...
May 15, 2023 | Events, General
The Arkansas Folklife Web Series will continue to focus on traditional arts from the Ozarks in May and June as the Smithsonian’s 2023 Folklife Festival draws near. For its next installment, host Lauren Willette will conduct a live interview with glass artist Ed...
