by Emily Hartlerode It feels like Summer has been in full swing since May, when the damp Spring typical of Oregon’s Willamette Valley was chased off early by unseasonably hot temperatures. Weather comes through so many human senses that tug at memory in mysterious ways. Born and raised in Nebraska, I still sense an internal… Continue reading →
By Riki Saltzman, Folklore Specialist and retired Executive Director When I started at OFN in the spring of 2012, I didn’t know much about Oregon, and I found that there hadn’t been a lot of recent fieldwork to identify and document folk and traditional artists. Under OFN’s then program manager, Emily Hartlerode (acting director), OFN… Continue reading →
The call for applications for this year’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program has closed on October 31st and we are happy to announce that we have received nine applications. We are very delighted to have a geographically and culturally rich cohort of candidates this year. It is always a delight to be able to assist Oregon… Continue reading →
Timothy Herrera is the new program coordinator. Timothy recently graduated with a PhD in cultural anthropology at the University of Oregon and has previous experience as a program coordinator for Centro Latino Americano. In addition to bringing deep skills for working reciprocally with communities, Timothy is a Spanish speaker. He will be the primary contact… Continue reading →
OFN intern and a Fulbright scholar from Ukraine, Iryna Stavynska, curated a Tiny Gallery exhibit Amplifying Ukrainian Voices, devoted to Ukrainian folk artists in Oregon. The exhibit is part of the Knight Library’s Tiny Galleries project that aimed to transform historic phone booths into places for UO students to present their research and engage with a wider… Continue reading →
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…
Fall 2022 brought exciting change to the Oregon Folklife Network. We launched our newly updated Culture Keepers Roster full of new features that readers like you requested. A cohort of new graduate students originating from four different countries joined OFN’s newly hired Program Coordinator, adding staff language fluency in Spanish, Arabic, French, and Ukrainian. We… Continue reading →
OFN welcomes Timothy Herrera as the new program coordinator. Timothy recently graduated with a PhD in cultural anthropology at the University of Oregon and has previous experience as a program coordinator for Centro Latino Americano. In addition to bringing deep skills for working reciprocally with communities, Timothy is a Spanish speaker. He will be the… Continue reading →
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 →
This folklife fieldwork internship was funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Folk & Traditional Arts program, to document culture keepers in the southern Oregon counties of Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas. Olivia Wilkinson has been working with OFN’s folklore specialist and retired executive director, Riki Saltzman, to learn how… Continue reading →
