To be chosen for a National Heritage Fellowship is to be recognized as a kind of national treasure. The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and celebrates traditional and folk ...
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MI cultural groups pass down dance, baskets through traditional arts
By Amy "Frankie" Felegy for Arts Midwest. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Michigan News Connection reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News Service Collaboration Entering the woods of ...
The ancient Native tradition of weaving baskets is now grabbing the attention of the contemporary art world. Jeffrey Brown visited one artist who is taking the form in new directions. It's for our ...
About 100 weavers attended the Texas Basket Weavers Association conference to practice their craft and learn new techniques. “I find working with my hands is very meditative,” says Pete Schaffer of ...
Talk about making sweet lemonade out of sour lemons. Only this is better. Peter Bauer of Rewild Portland teaches classes on weaving baskets out of vines of invasive English ivy. His motto: Weave a ...
From the four directions of the wedding basket crossed with corn pollen they feed one another a dab of the blessed blue cornmeal, and one from the middle. The rest is passed to the audience who takes ...
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