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
by Riki Saltzman, Folklorist, High Desert Museum/Folklore Specialist, Oregon Folklife Network During the weekend of May 14-15, 2022, the High Desert Museum featured three programs with culture keepers from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Lake County, and Grant County. The culmination of nearly two years of documenting traditions in the High Desert and around… Continue reading
by Emily Hartlerode, Associate Director Following each leg of the statewide folklife survey, OFN invites organizations in the surveyed region to partner with us on programs featuring artists from the Culture Keepers Roster. Cheers to our 2020 Culture Fest partners from the Willamette Valley who worked creatively with their $3000 awards to ensure continued cultural programming… Continue reading
Culture Fest partnerships support performances, demonstrations and presentations about Oregon’s living cultural heritage and feature traditional artists who are part of the Oregon Culture Keepers Roster, which provides a curated listing of over 200 folk artists for presenting organizations to work with in planning their programs. Culture Fest 2019 brings collaborative public programs with diverse… Continue reading
Check out traditional Polynesian dancer Novelyn Tavita on the Oregon Culture Keepers Roster.
