Pete was a giant. He taught us to sing, play the 5 string banjo, and 12 string guitar, started a movement that cleaned up the Hudson River, stood up to the witch hunters in Congress, wrote songs that will live forever, marched with Dr. King, popularized the song WE SHALL OVERCOME, sang for peace, built… Continue reading →
Nisha Joshi (Portland) is an internationally celebrated performer of classical Rajasthani Indian music, and one of OFN’S 2012 TAAP awardees. The Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program provided the necessary funding for Joshi to pass along the lesser known Rajasthani Folk Music to her apprentice, Shivani Joshi. Check out Nisha and Shivani’s new video at the Oregon… Continue reading →
OFN is now accepting applications for our Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) through March 3, 2014. Traditional artists of exceptional merit qualify for $3,000 grants, which enable them to pass their expertise on to someone of great promise within their same cultural community. The mentoring artist and his or her apprentice apply together as a… Continue reading →
Contract folklorist Douglas Manger has been researching folk and traditional artists in southeastern Oregon for the Oregon Folklife Network’s field survey. Later this spring, Manger will be in Malheur and Harney counties to document a wide variety of occupational, craft, music, dance, and leisure traditions to do with ranching, whip braiding, saddle making, fly fishing,… Continue reading →
OFN staff and graduate students will be traveling to Astoria for the 17th Annual FisherPoets Gathering to document some of the men and women who perform poetry, songs, and prose about their occupation. This celebration of Northwest fisheries and fishers takes creative license as far as it can go and entertains visitors with some of… Continue reading →
