| Other Interesting Websites
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Do old quilts talk to you? Do you want to know more about quilt history? This site tells you everything you need to know about the American Quilt Study Group, an organization that will help you learn about old quilts and their stories. The American Quilt Study Group encourages, presents, and preserves research on quiltmakers, quilts and quiltmaking. Founded in 1980, American Quilt Study Group has about 1000 members from the United States and eleven foreign countries. Membership is comprised of traditional and contemporary quilt artists, quilt lovers, historians, researchers, collectors, dealers, folklorists, authors, museum curators, quilt appraisers, and students of women’s studies. |
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California Indian Basketweavers Association, formed in 1992, is a non-profit membership organization governed by an eleven-member Board comprised of California Indian basketweavers and elected by the voting membership. Membership is available in two categories: voting membership is reserved for California Indian traditional basketweavers and associate membership is available to anyone else. The current membership is approximately 375, one-third of whom are voting members. CIBA maintains a mailing list of some 400 identified California Indian basketweavers, all of whom receive the CIBA newsletter and are invited to participate in the annual Basketweavers Gathering. |
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Southern Arizona's Images of the Southwest is an exhibit featuring the folk arts of Southern Arizona with text and photography by Dr. James S. Griffith representing some of the past three decades of his work. |
| POETRY, STORYTELLING, ORAL HISTORY |
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WestFolk.org
Cowboy Poets on the Internet, one of the earliest Public Sector Folklore sites launched by Hal Cannon and colleagues. Find current information on upcoming Cowboy Poetry Gatherings and features on poets. From here one can listen to the Cowboy Poetry Gathering broadcast live during the event, or tune in throughout the year and listen to the archives. |
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Since 1974, the Carter Music Center has presented programs of old time and bluegrass music every weekend. Formally established in 1979, the Center's objective is to promote old time music and pay tribute to the Original Carter Family (A.P., Sara, and Maybelle Carter). The Saturday concerts highlight the musical style made popular by the Carter Family, who are considered by many as country music's first family. In keeping with the traditional music style, no electrical instruments are allowed (everything is acoustic). There's lots of dancing and fun for the entire family. Shows are family-oriented; no alcohol is permitted at concerts. |
| beyondthecommons Anthony McCann, Ph.D., Editor |
The writings presented on the Beyond the Commons site ostensibly deal with issues of music, copyright, and intellectual property. They also address wider issues, however. At the very least, the following questions are posed: 'Why do we do the things we do?', and 'How can we understand social life in ways which leave the door open for positive transformation at the level of individual agency?' |
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Ethnomusicology On Line
Scholarly features on music of the world. |
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| Cambodian-American Heritage | The mission of Cambodian-American Heritage (CAHI), located in Northern Virginia, is to perpetuate the traditional culture of Cambodia by preserving its arts, music, dance, history and language. Performances of music and dance, exhibitions and other sharing of the arts of Cambodia further the mission of the organization. |
| Carnatic Music Association of North America | The Carnatic Music Association of North America established in 1976, is a non-profit organization registered in New York and New Jersey, with a local chapter at Atlanta, GA. The objective of CMANA is to promote Carnatic music and related fine arts in North America. Carnatic music is one of the two systems of indian classical music, practiced mainly in South India and quite distinct from its northern counterpart, the Hindustani music. |
| World Arts West | San Francisco's World Arts West is a unique conservator and caretaker of living treasures of traditional cultures. Through its programs - and especially the acclaimed San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival - World Arts West has become a nationally recognized resource for sustaining and nurturing ethnic traditions that promote, present and preserve arts as an expression of cultural identity. The organization is proud of its role to foster awareness, understanding and appreciation for cultural heritage through programs, services and advocacy. |
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| Hmong Resource Sites | Craig Rice is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in Comparative International Development Education. Currently on the staff of the Academic Computing Center at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, Craig assembled one of the best Hmong Resource Sites. |
