Rooted in Tradition
Project Update by Emily West Afanador, OFN Program Manager Oregon Folklife Network (OFN) with University of Oregon Journalism Professor, Gabriela Martinez, received a grant from the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies at University of Oregon to develop a web-based tool kit equipping the general public to document their own communities, families, and grass-roots… Continue reading Self Documentation Toolkit: “Telling our Stories”
Location: University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, 92093. All conference proceedings will be held in the Cross-Cultural Center in Price Center East on the UCSD campus. Please view the campus map for details. Conference theme: “Folklore in a Digital Age.” The conference planners note: Rather than disappearing, folklore is gaining… Continue reading The 72nd Annual Western States Folklore Society (WSFS) Meeting: April 19-20, 2013
Umatilla Cornhusk False Embroidery Sanna Parikka, OFN Intern Artist Michael Johnson and his Apprentice Melinda Broncheau from the Confererated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation practice traditional cornhusk twining, creating unique cornhusk hats, baskets, and bags. Johnson’s art combines traditional twining techniques and designs with modern materials, including wool-based yarns. He learned this traditional art… Continue reading Traditional Artist Spotlight: Michael Johnson
This new exhibit and accompanying programs will focus on the work and lives of African American railroad workers in Portland in the 1800s to 1940s and the community that grew up around Union Station during that period. Content will include the evolution of work for blacks on the railroads and in black-owned businesses in Old… Continue reading All Aboard: Railroading and Portland’s Black Community: Exhibit, Programs, and Events at the Oregon Historical Society