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Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Rose Center Council for the Arts is an organization that is based out of the Rose Center and focuses on folk artists and their works. This center used to be a school and has become the cultural center for Morristown and Hamblen County, Tennessee. The organization puts on a major festival entitled Mount Makins Festival, which focuses on folk arts such as painting, storytelling, and sewing. The Rose Center also houses galleries that feature local artists and folk artists and the exhibits include painting, photography, and student art.
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Subject: Folk Festivals, Education , Photography, Painting, Performing Arts Center, Storytelling, Folk Artists , Performing Arts Centers, City Centers, Dance
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Wisconsin Folks site is a branch of the Wisconsin Arts Board that showcases folk artists throughout the state. The highlighted artists are members of traditional communities throughout Wisconsin and use their talents to showcase their heritage. The artists of the Wisconsin Folks come from different backgrounds including Greek, Chinese, Korean, Iraqi, Cuban, Ho Chunk, and other cultures that inhabit the state. This organization looks to showcase the talent of these artists and their cultures.
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Subject: Wisconsin Arts Board, Field Teaching, Education , Folk Art, Folk dance music--Wisconsin, Folk Artists
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The mission of the Illinois Arts Council Agency is to build a strong, creative, and connected Illinois through the arts and they attempt to accomplish this through government means. The council is governed by up to twenty-one private citizens chosen by the governor for their commitment to the arts. The council provides programs, technical assistance, and ensures the responsible and impactful distribution of all funds. The Illinois Arts Council Agency also looks to support Illinois’ arts sector, advance arts education, foster creativity, and encourage working artists.
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Subject: Arts, Grants, Government Departments, Art Education, Education , Educational Endowments, Folk Dancers, Folk Music, Folk Artists
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Wisconsin Arts Board has produced Wisconsin Folks as a portal to allow for the public to interact with the traditional artists of Wisconsin. The site features over seventy traditional and ethnic folk artists from all over Wisconsin to allow for the citizens of Wisconsin to learn about their art, cultural life, and discover links with cultural arts in their community. Through the site’s focus on the intersection of culture and art, it is possible to connect the students of Wisconsin with the ideas of cultural recognition and the production of folk art.
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Subject: Folk Art, Folk Artists , Wisconsin, Wisconsin Arts Board, Education , Art Education, Folk dance music
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: Long Island Traditions documents the culture and folk around the Long Island area. This group, in part, focuses on the local architecture that surrounds the area including bay houses, garden apartments, and farm buildings. Since Long Island has a disappearing maritime and farming culture, the Long Island Traditions is looking to preserve the traditions of this culture. Since Long Island has a wealth of diverse ethnic cultures they support major cultural activities including Irish stepdance, African American quilting, and Jewish klezmer music. By employing field interviews and oral histories, Long Island Traditions looks to preserve the cultural heritage of the people of the Island as well as break down boundaries between existing groups.
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Subject: Oral Histories, Folk Art, Historic Preservation, Ethnic Groups, Traditions, Education , Folk Artists , Architectural History
Creator: Long Island Traditions
Type: Web Archive
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