Arkansas Folklife Web Series
Join us every month for talks from and about Arkansas folk artists, tradition-bearers, folklorists, and authors. Hosted by AFTA Folk Arts Coordinator, Lauren Willette, the series shares Arkansas knowledge, folk art, and traditions to a global audience. All talks are recorded and archived on our YouTube channel.
2024 AR Folklife Web Series
Corrina Neal, Heritage Studies Ph.D candidate and graduate assistant for The Arkansisters Project
Dream Interpretation and Spiritual Folk Arts
August 21, 2024, 1 PM (Registration)
2024 Archive
Ethel Tompkins of Hoxie, AR – Segregation and Integration of Arkansas Schools
February 21, 2024 1 PM (Registration)
2023 Archive
Kat Robinson, Author – Arkansas Foods and Pies
November 15, 2023 1 PM (YouTube)
Eric Maynard, Assistant Chief of Education at Arkansas Game and Fish Commission – Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing in Arkansas
October 18, 2023 1 PM (YouTube)
Janis Kearney, Founder of Celebrate! Maya Project – Community Activism in Arkansas
September 20, 2023 1 PM (YouTube)
Angela Wilburn, Activist and Preservationist – Historic Preservation of Forrest City and St. Francis County
July 19, 2023 1 PM (YouTube)
Ed Pennebaker, Glass Artist – Overview of Medium and Personal History
May 17, 2023 1 PM (YouTube)
Allison Williams, Old Time Musician – Intersection of Old Time and Punk
April 19, 2023 1 PM (YouTube)
Jared Phillips, Professor and Farmer — Arkansas Back-to-the-Landers
March 15, 2023 (YouTube)
Brandon Weston, Healer — Ozark Healing Traditions
February 15, 2023 (YouTube)
Questions?
Contact Lauren Willette
Phone: (479) 575-7115
Email: willette@uark.edu
The Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Web Series is supported in part by the Arkansas Arts Council.
