Arkansas Author Kat Robinson to Speak about Arkansas Food Traditions
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...Williams to Speak on Intersection of Folk and Punk Music April 19
Host Lauren Willette will conduct a live interview with musician Allison Williams about her connections to old-time music, square dances, the intersection of old-time and punk music and more.
AFTA in the News: “$170,000 NEH Grant Creates New ‘Pandemics in History’ Summer Institute”
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts’ Virginia Siegel was mentioned in a University of Arkansas News article, “$170,000 NEH Grant Creates New ‘Pandemics in History’ Summer Institute” (September 15, 2021). AFTA’s Documenting COVID-19 Oral History project will be featured in the summer institute highlighted in the article.
AFTA in the News: Mountain Tales
Arkansas Ozark folklore–folk belief and legend–from the University of Arkansas Special Collections Division were featured in an editorial, “Mountain Tales,” in the September 12, 2021 issue of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. AFTA’s...Libraries and AFTA to Receive $25,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
The University of Arkansas Libraries have been approved for a $25,000 grant through the Grants for Arts Projects, which will support Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts’ Community Scholars Program.