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AFTA’s 2023 Recap is HERE!
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 your inbox?...
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...
Glass Artist Ed Pennebaker Next Guest of Arkansas Folklife Web Series
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...
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.
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts to Launch Folklife Web Series; Jan Rosenberg featured in May
This month, Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts will debut a series of web presentations and lectures focusing on the folk art, traditions and folklife of Arkansas. Folklorist Jan Rosenberg will kick things off by presenting on gospel music and folklife education in...
Nominate the Next Arkansas Living Treasure
Help the Arkansas Arts Council discover the next Arkansas Living Treasure by nominating a traditional folk artist or craftsperson you know! The Arkansas Arts Council is looking for master craftspeople and traditional folk artists who cherish Arkansas’s rich and...
Call for Papers: Delta Symposium XXVII at Arkansas State
Delta Symposium XXVII: Commemoration and Reunion in the South Call for Papers The Department of English, Philosophy, and World Languages at Arkansas State University opens a call for papers and presentations for the twenty-seventh annual Delta Symposium April 13-16,...
Community Event: Tim Eriksen presents “Vance Randolph’s ‘Unprintable’ Ozark Folk Songs: A Conversation with Music” (Webinar) (AFTA Sponsored)
Join us for a free online webinar with master artist Tim Eriksen as he discusses Ozark folklorist Vance Randolph’s famous “unprintable” Ozark folk songs.
This is event is free, but requires registration. To register, visit: https://forms.gle/vqc7oRSzoLzfY2M88
Community Event: Music on the Mountain: Tim Eriksen (AFTA Sponsored)
AFTA is proud to co-sponsor a music performance by master artist Tim Eriksen on Oct. 9, 2021 at the Mount Sequoyah Center (150 N Skyline Drive, Fayetteville, AR). This event is part of the Mount Sequoyah Center’s music series, Music on the Mountain. More information about the series here: https://fb.me/e/JtQIEW10
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.
