Monthly Archives: February 2018

2018 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program application now available, due April 1

Published on: Author: Brad McMullen Leave a comment

We are currently accepting applications from master artists and their apprentices for our Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP). One of the Oregon Folklife Network’s cornerstone programs, TAAP assists master artists in teaching and passing on their living traditions to promising apprentices from the same cultural background. Master artists receive stipends to cover costs of focused,… Continue reading →

OFN at 2018 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Published on: Author: Emily West Hartlerode Leave a comment

Every year, folklorists from across the western states reunite at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada.  OFN Associate Director, Emily Hartlerode, joined colleagues to staff the festival as stage manager and host to cowboy musicians and poets Feb 1-3. This year’s 34th annual festival theme, “Basques & Buckaroos: Herding Cultures of Basin, Range and Beyond,” made… Continue reading →