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Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Partnership for MFAP Collaborations in Arts & Sciences
(Missouri Folk Arts Program, 2009)
statement is Missouri's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, which in the past twenty years has paired over three hundred teams of artists to convey folk arts traditions from one generation to the next. However, the MFAP has long been involved in cross...
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 ...
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)....
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...
Creative Opportunities for Missouri's Traditional Artists
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
rewarded through a new opportunity from the Fund for Folk Culture (FFC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the dynamic practice and conservation of folk and traditional arts and culture throughout the United States. The Folk Arts staff nominated three...
Echoes of the voiceless
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Transcending the metanarrative: the postmodern spirituality of Shirazeh Houshiary's sculpture
(2012)
Through her mystically infused, minimalistic sculptures, Iranian-Âborn,
London-Âbased artist Shirazeh Houshiary (1955-Â ) has continued the trend of
abstract spiritually in contemporary art. However, the theology that ...
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...
Heroic painting and its contemporary interpretation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
of paintings that represent a past glory of traditional art in a modern day setting with updated characters. In techniques employed, each work is a 'master study' from a master artist. Their previous work is examined and informs the decisions made with my...
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.” ...
Display
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My sculptural work is comprised of tool-like objects of unknown utility. Each object is made up of materials traditionally used both in Art and Craft contexts...
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 ...
Interaction Between Traditional Media and Social Media Coverage on Social Issues in China: A Content Analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
To what extent does online public opinion and traditional media coverage interact with each other on social issues in China? This research employs a content analysis of 524 Weibo posts and 327 news articles regarding a social incident in China...
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 ...
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...
Retromania : graphic design and the American Dream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This body of work examines the cultural history of the American Dream through the visual language of mid-century graphic design and illustration. Rather than just a powerful...
Missouri Master Gardener Program : policies and procedures (2012)
(University of Missouri Extension, 2012)
From journalist to coder : the rise of journalist-programmers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This research examines how traditional journalists transitioned into journalist programmers. The researcher conducted semi-structured interviews of nine journalist programmers. The research identified three key findings: Traditional journalists who...
Museum magazine, Number 53 (2008 Fall)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
's painting "Marriage à la Mode," a rundown of various "Creative Opportunities for Missouri's Traditional Artists," a spotlight on Cambodian bronzes, and columns from director Alex W. Barker, educator Cathy Callaway, academic coordinator Arthur Mehrhoff...