OFN Welcomes Back Four Rivers Cultural Center & High Desert Museum for 2020 Partnership

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OFN is partnering again with Four Rivers Cultural Center for the 3rd annual Tradition Keepers Folklife Festival in Ontario, Oregon as well as for a series of podcasts. This year, in keeping with rules for gatherings and social distancing, we are proud to co-host a series of virtual programs instead of a live event. Those… Continue reading OFN Welcomes Back Four Rivers Cultural Center & High Desert Museum for 2020 Partnership

Exploring Indigeneity, Place, Tradition, and Transmission in a Virtual World

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Jeremya Keartes and Anna Swanson For the past six months, we have been involved in a World Learning international project. During the collaboration between Oregon Folklife Network and the “Alexandru Stefulescu” Gorj County Museum, we partnered up with professionals, students, and artists in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, Romania to learn about their cultural traditions as… Continue reading Exploring Indigeneity, Place, Tradition, and Transmission in a Virtual World

Fisherpoets Gathering 2020

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Madeline Ruzak & Rebecca Pace The 23rd Annual Fisherpoets Gathering brought hundreds of patrons to Astoria, Oregon, late February — including the Oregon Folklife Network’s own Riki Saltzman and two of the University of Oregon’s Public Folklore students, Madeline Ruzak and Rebecca Pace. During their time volunteering at the Gathering, they were able to listen… Continue reading Fisherpoets Gathering 2020

OFN Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program receives NEA funds: Meet the Mentors and Apply for next year!

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OFN is thrilled to accept a $47,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support Oregon’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) and other statewide initiatives that promote folk and traditional arts. Additional funding from the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Historical Society make it possible for us to support TAAP to the extent… Continue reading OFN Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program receives NEA funds: Meet the Mentors and Apply for next year!

OFN Welcomes New Staff

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Being housed at the University of Oregon empowers OFN to provide rich professional development experience. We offer a variety of student opportunities to train emerging public folklorist. Please welcome… Rebecca Pace, a first-year M.A. student in Folklore and Public Culture, working at the OFN for the 2019 – 2020 Academic Year. Originally from Los Angeles, Rebecca… Continue reading OFN Welcomes New Staff

Buckaroo Exhibit Pairs with Blake Little’s Gay Rodeo Exhibit at MNCH

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We are happy to announce the return of and updates to our Buckaroo Traditions of Oregon exhibit! This exhibit celebrates the continuity of occupational traditions in rural Oregon and encourages audience understanding and appreciation of art forms arising from ranching practices. Cowboys have made an enduring mark on the American popular imagination but not every cowboy is… Continue reading Buckaroo Exhibit Pairs with Blake Little’s Gay Rodeo Exhibit at MNCH

First Peoples Fund Honors TAAP and Roster Artist, Roberta J. Kirk

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Congratulations to Roberta J. Kirk for her First Peoples Fund Community Spirit Award! This award honors Roberta Kirk for her beautiful traditional beadwork and regalia as well as her devotion and service to her community and tribe. She has been a master artist in OFN’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and is on the Culture Keepers… Continue reading First Peoples Fund Honors TAAP and Roster Artist, Roberta J. Kirk

Media Corner: Folklife Fieldwork in Northwest Oregon, Student Photo Essay

UO Folklore graduate students Christal Snyder and Iris Teeuwen conducted fieldwork in Clatsop County with OFN Director, Riki Saltzman, and contract folklorist Douglas Manger (August 23-25, 2019). Christal Snyder also accompanied Saltzman and contract folklorist Joe O’Connell (UO Folklore alumni) in Lincoln County, August 9-11. In Clatsop County, we observed Finnish traditions, foodways, and seaways,… Continue reading Media Corner: Folklife Fieldwork in Northwest Oregon, Student Photo Essay

Clatsop County Fieldwork

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Douglas Manger Like a twisting myrtlewood tree growing close by the sea, Highway 101 makes its way in circuitous fashion along Oregon’s spectacular Pacific coastline. During the month of August, Joe O’Connell and I trekked this evocative route, flush with names that spark imaginings of what folkways might be found in places like Winchester Bay,… Continue reading Clatsop County Fieldwork

Sharing the Tides: Notes on Community and Culture in Three Oregon Coast Counties

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Joseph O’Connell On the central and northern parts of the Oregon coast, worlds meet—land and sea, work and leisure, old and new. In social and cultural terms, no place evokes the region’s contrasts more than Newport’s historic bayfront. Along a short strip of Bay Boulevard, commercial fishing, ocean science, and tourism intermingle. Visitors can buy… Continue reading Sharing the Tides: Notes on Community and Culture in Three Oregon Coast Counties