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’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.”
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts was featured in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on March 11, 2019 with a profile of coordinator, Virginia Siegel.
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.
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the University of Arkansas Libraries $30,000 to establish a statewide Folk and Traditional Arts program.
