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Community Event: Kinfolk Folk Fest – June 7, 2019
The Hot Springs Kinfolk Folk Fest will be held on Friday, June 7th, 2019. Festivities begin at noon at 1003 Park Avenue. The event is free to attend but donations are accepted to benefit the Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance and Park Avenue Community Association.
Defining Folk and Traditional Arts: AFTA’s Approach
Throughout AFTA’s publications, you may see and hear several terms that appear similar: folk art, traditional art, folkore, folklife, and tradition. What do these terms mean? What’s the difference between each? We thought it might be a good idea to introduce our approach in this article as well.
AFTA in the News: Coordinator Featured in Arkansas Life Magazine
AFTA’s folk arts coordinator, Virginia Siegel, is featured in the recently released Arkansas Life Magazine’s May 2019 issue. Learn more about her work with Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts in the feature: “Person We’d Like to Know: Virginia Siegel.”
AFTA in the News: UA folklorist aims to keep Arkansas’ folk art from fading
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts was featured in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on March 11, 2019 with a profile of coordinator, Virginia Siegel.
Siegel Appointed Folk Arts Coordinator for University Libraries
Folklorist Virginia Siegel has joined the University Libraries’ staff as the new Arkansas folk arts coordinator for the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts, a new program funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts that seeks to document, present and sustain Arkansas traditional arts.
University Libraries Receive Grant to House Statewide Folk and Traditional Arts Program
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the University of Arkansas Libraries $30,000 to establish a statewide Folk and Traditional Arts program.
