Traditional skill/art/craft: Guinean drumming and dancing 2016-2017 Apprentice: Mamadouba “Papa” Yansane Filmed by: Emily West Hartlerode Edited by: Erin Wai Watch Alseny’s previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd2jv… Learn more about Alseny and the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program at Oregon Folklife Network https://mnch.uoregon.edu/taap-awardee…
Francisco Bautista, a Zapotec fabric artist, is a 2021 TAAP award recipient. Listen to a short excerpt from Bautista’s TAAP interview with OFN Interim Director Emily Hartlerode and graduate employee Jenna Ehlinger. Bautista worked with his son David for the TAAP program. Bautista was born in the town of Teotitlán de Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico.… Continue reading
Watch TAAP Master Artist Jayanthi Raman (2015) and her apprentice Bakul Godbole demonstrate Bharatha Natyam Indian Dance.
Bruno Seraphin Portland-based Hip-Hop artist Mic Crenshaw and his apprentice Baqi Coles, recipients of a 2015-2016 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program award.
In partnership with Oregon’s nine federally recognized Tribes and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, OFN is producing a series of documentary shorts. We’re pleased to feature one of those videos, which provides a Native perspective on Oregon’s history and shows the ongoing work of cultural conservation and preservation.
This summer, the OFN invites you to join us for a social media folk festival! We all have summer traditions that we repeat every year to make the season great – favorite camping spots, July 4th celebrations, special family outings, or tried and true ways to keep cool. As you enjoy these activities all summer… Continue reading
Click to Watch Video and Exhibit by Makaela Kroin Hoplore: Hop Culture in Oregon, OFN’s newest exhibit, traces over 150 years of hops cultivation in Oregon through worker profiles, farm tools, historical photographs, and a short documentary. While Oregon’s heritage hop yards are 3rd and 4th-generation family businesses, small hop farms are enjoying a renaissance throughout… 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
