Nichols Joins University Libraries as Folk Arts Assistant
Sydney Nichols has recently joined the University Libraries Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts (AFTA) program as the inaugural Folk Arts Assistant.
Willette Hired as Folk Arts Survey Coordinator for University Libraries
The University Libraries have hired Lauren Willette to fill a new, temporary role as Folk Arts Survey Coordinator for Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts.
Meet Our Intern: Lauren Willette
We so pleased that Lauren Willette has joined our team at Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts this summer. Lauren Willette is a doctoral student in the Heritage Studies program at Arkansas State University. She began an internship with AFTA in May and is focusing her time with us on a project she’s developed titled “Coronavirus Pandemic Response: Gardening and Food Production Resourcefulness in Arkansas.”
A Message from AFTA
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts is firmly dedicated to building cross-cultural understanding by documenting, presenting, and sustaining Arkansas’ diverse living traditional arts and cultural heritage. At the heart of our work is valuing human dignity and the right to proudly and safely exist in this world. Along with our fellow neighbors and colleagues across the nation, we are watching and witnessing events that remind us of the very real threats to life, justice, and human dignity operating in our communities today.
COVID-19: Quilters Respond
Contribute to the Quilt Index at Matrix: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Michigan State University.
Share Your COVID-19 Experience With University Libraries
The University Libraries’ Special Collections division and Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts seek to preserve the personal COVID-19 experiences of University of Arkansas students, faculty and staff. Stories can be submitted online.