Program/Grant: Folk and Traditional Arts
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Meet Aimee Lee, an Artist-Educator Expanding the Legacy of Korean Papermaking
April 14, 2025
Lee combines tradition, identity, and experimentation to bring the art of hanji to the Midwest and beyond.
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Meet Tamra Jetter, a Community Connector for Iowa Youth
April 7, 2025
Jetter works broadly across cultural genres to continue her family’s long legacy of promoting Black history and culture in a town where it’s otherwise dwindling.
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Meet Martha Buche, a Potawatomi Artist Teaching Traditional Copper Bowl-Making
March 17, 2025
Based in the Driftless region of Wisconsin, Buche shares her skills with students seeking new experiences and ancient wisdom.
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Meet Pieper Bloomquist, a Painter Bringing Swedish Folk Art to the People
March 3, 2025
Pieper Bloomquist breathes new life into the traditions of dalmålning and bonadsmålning, mixing contemporary stories with historic Swedish icongraphy.
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Meet Stafford C. Berry, Jr., an Artist-Scholar Teaching Embodiment Through African Dance
February 19, 2025
The Bloomington-based director of IU’s African American Dance Company continues a long lineage of dance, community, and exploration.
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Meet Rubén Pachas, The Dancer Spreading Indigenous Peruvian Traditions
February 4, 2025
Pachas’s traditional dances pass down indigenous values through stories about bridge building, Mother Earth, and even Lake Michigan.
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In Rural Wisconsin, a Folk Art Collective Highlights Mexican Traditions
January 28, 2025
Artists from around the U.S. and Mexico participate in the Mexican Folk Art Collective, sharing a variety of arts and crafts and inviting the local community to cross-cultural celebrations.
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Meet Gean Vincent Almendras, a Michigan Teacher-Practitioner of Traditional Philippine Music
January 21, 2025
The Ann Arbor-based artist and scholar builds bridges between Filipino diasporic and indigenous communities through music.
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Bare Feet and Banjos Meet at Woolsock, a Winter Festival
January 9, 2025
This old-time music and dance festival is set in the chilly woods of northeast Minnesota. The weekend is a celebration of winter triumph, collective joy, and movement.
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Meet the Indiana Educator Devoted to an Ancient Chanting Tradition
January 8, 2025
Constantine Maniakas has contributed his musical talent to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral for 50 years.