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Handed Down: Twenty Year of Missouri's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2004)
On its twentieth anniversary, this article looks back at Missouri's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. It tells the story of the program's creation, as well as some highlights of its first two decades. Pictures of some of the program...
Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Partnership for MFAP Collaborations in Arts & Sciences
(Missouri Folk Arts Program, 2009)
The Missouri Folk Arts Program (MFAP) is dedicated to building cross-cultural understanding of Missouri's folk arts by documenting, conserving and presenting Missouri's living folk arts and folk life. The most obvious manifestation of our mission...
Fifteen Years of the Missouri Folk Arts Graduate Internships
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
of folklore at MU offers a truly interdisciplinary experience, including the opportunity to intern with the Missouri Folk Arts Program (MFAP)....
Creative Opportunities for Missouri's Traditional Artists
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
The role of folklorists who work in the public sector often involves far more administrative duties than fieldwork opportunities—more working with paper than working with people. Recently, the dedication and patience of the Folk Arts staff has been...
Meet the People, Know the Program
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
In Missouri, we are fortunate to have a strong network of professional folklorists that we rely upon to serve on panels,
to conduct evaluations and to advise us with new projects. Dr. Wolford, who earned his PhD in Folklore ...
Allemande Left and Do-si-do: Missouri Folk Arts Turns Corners With Rural Schools
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2005)
The Missouri Folk Arts Program (MFAP) has produced educational projects for school children for several years, from traveling exhibitions to school performances. The
most long-lasting project is “Tuesdays at the Capitol.” ...
Folk Arts: When Tradition Meets Technology
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2010)
When people think about “traditional
arts,” people don't tend to think “technology.” Some would even say there is a tension between the two. However, the number of people who turn to the internet to learn more about the ...
Missouri Folk Arts Program
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2010)
Missouri Folk Arts Program (MFAP) staff
members are relieved, and excited, to have
wrapped up the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship
Program (TAAP). Over the course of the
last fiscal year, ...
A Storyteller's Story: Gladys A. Coggswell
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2005)
Mrs. Gladys A. Coggswell, a master traditional artist in African-American storytelling from Frankford, MO., will be the recipient of the 2005 Missouri Arts Award in the Individual Artist category. This prestigious award is the state's highest honor...
Carnival: from Colombia to West Plains, Missouri
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2006)
In October, St. Louis artist Carmen Dence brought the famous Latin carnival of her hometown, Barranquilla, Colombia, to Glenwood R-VIII Elementary School, just a
few miles outside West Plains in southern Missouri. Dence ...
The Work of Art
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2007)
One of the most integral art forms central to musical expression is the visual and
aural art of luthiery—a term which refers to the intricate craft, repair and restoration
of stringed instruments. In May 2007, the Missouri ...
Art in the Basement: Mandingo Gara from Sierra Leone
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2007)
In the spring of 2006, however, while a graduate intern at the Missouri Folk Arts Program, I was able to observe firsthand an artist as he created art in what may seem the most unlikely of settings—a basement in urban St. Louis. That day I traveled...
Museum magazine, Number 54 (2009 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
to Post-Modernity", a look at "Fifteen Years of the Missouri Folk Arts Graduate Internships", pictures of new acquisitions at the museum, spotlight on "An Apulian Askos" and columns from director Alex W. Barker, educator Cathy Callaway, academic...
Museum Magazine, Number 56 (2010 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2010)
Goldsmith in the Classical World," a discussion of online exhibits in "Folk Arts: When Tradition Meets Technology," a look at Bastet cats in "An Incarnation of the Egyptian Goddess Bastet," and columns from director Alex W. Barker, educator Cathy Callaway...
Museum magazine, Number 53 (2008 Fall)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
This issue's featured article, entitled "Missouri through Lens and Palette," gives an overview of an exhibit (co-presented by the Missouri Photo Workshop) of paintings and photographs documenting Missouri. Other articles include a profile of Hogarth...
Museum Magazine, Number 66 (2015 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
in dozens of museums and galleries worldwide, and he has completed numerous public art commissions....
Museum magazine, Number 55 (2009 Fall)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
by Andy Warhol, a spotlight on "The Sorceress and the Rediscovery of a Victorian Woman Artist," a look back called "Passing It On: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program," a list of new acquisitions, and columns...
Museum magazine, Number 52 (2008 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
This issue's featured article is a look at ancient American art, entitled "Before Columbus." Other articles include a profile of the Missouri Folk Arts Program called "Meet the People, Know the Program," an overview of luxury items from various...
Museum Magazine, Number 69 (2016 Fall)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
Featured in this issue, "Distinction : five centuries of portraiture. July 29-December 23, 2016." This exhibition explores the human image from 1586 to today in painting, print, photography, and textile.
Museum Magazine, Number 65 (2014 Fall)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2014)
The issue's feature article, "Heart of the Nation Moves to the Museum," focuses on The Missouri: Heart of the Nation collection of ninety-eight paintings that has moved from the walls of Jesse Hall to its new home at the Museum of Art...