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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 ...
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. ...
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.” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Anatolian Cult of Sabazios
(2002)
In 1989 I published an article on examples of Attic vase painting which illustrate non-Greek divinities and cult rituals. Among the pieces I discussed was an Attic red figured krater from Spina, now in Ferrara, with a scene ...
Remedium amoris : a curse from Cumae in the British Museum
(2002)
One of the very first publications of lead curse tablets in modem times is that by Wilhelm Henzen, who presented, in 1846, along with a drawing of it made under the supervision of Theodor Mommsen himself, an example, of ...
Fifteen Years of the Missouri Folk Arts Graduate Internships
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
In addition to a strong network of professional folklorists in the academy and public sector, Missouri is fortunate to have a
strong academic program of Folklore, Oral Tradition and Culture Studies Program in MU's Department ...
A Matter of Life and Death : "Reading" a Funerary Relief
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
"Funerary monuments from the eastern Roman Empire are both numerous and varied. The Museum of Art and Archaeology at the university of Missouri has a particularly interesting one -- a relief that commemorates a woman named ...
Obsidian Procurement at Pecica S ?an ?tul Mare, Romania
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
"Since its founding the Museum of Art and Archaeology has actively pursued archaeological field research projects and reported the results in Muse. Here we present the initial results of characterization studies on obsidian ...
The Identity Crisis of a Roman Empress
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2002)
The Icons of Andres Serrano
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2002)
"The public, in its gluttony for amusement, has a continuous craving for scandal. A cardinal example was the excitement aroused by the exhibition Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, shown at the ...