Traditional Arts General Program Support and Specific Cultural Project

Type:
Webinar

Scheduled:
9/12/2018 2:00:00 PM

Name:
Traditional Arts General Program Support and Specific Cultural Project

Fiscal Year:
2020

Staff Member:
Smith Grindberg, Michelle

Chair:
Terry Olson

Location:
Via webinar

Access:
Comments Closed

County: Orange

Bio

Grants Manager, Dr. Phillips Center for the Preforming Arts, Orlando
Previously Director of Grants Management, Lawrence Hall Youth Services, Chicago, Illinois; Grants Officer, America’s Families United, Washington, D.C.; Researcher, Nuestra Musica: Latino Chicago, Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Founder, Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts
B.A., Theater and BA, Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago; M.S., Community Psychology, Springfield College; 18 Ph.D. courses, Performance Studies, Northwestern University

Bio

Instructor of Ethnomusicology, College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Former Specialized Teaching Faculty, College of Music, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Ethnomusicologist whose research focuses on issues of commodification and change in Morocco’s sacred music scenes, American popular music, and old time music
Articles in Ethnomusicology Forum, The Journal for North African Studies, The International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, and the Yale Journal for Music and Religion (forthcoming)
Ph.D., University of Florida

County: Polk

Bio

Consultant / Folklorist, Plant City, Florida
Formerly Curator of Education and Programs, Polk County History Center
Formerly the Folklorist and Director of Programs at Tuckerton Seaport
Worked with the Maryland Traditions team as the Folklorist for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and as a member of the Breene M. Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies
Served on the Board of Directors for the ‘Stories of the Bay’ Heritage Area and is currently working to revitalize Plant City Main Street
M.A., Folk Studies and Historic Preservation, Western Kentucky University; B.G.S., focus on Historical Archaeology, Virginia Commonwealth University

County: PalmBeach

Bio

Affiliate Professor, Storytelling Studies, Florida Atlantic University
Performance storyteller with experience working in 10 states and six countries
Segment producer, co-host, The Public Storyteller, WLRN public radio
Founding editor of international academic journal Storytelling, Self, Society (2004-present) currently published by Wayne State University Press
Author of Florida Lore (2017) published by the History Press
Author of The Great American Story (2010) published by Lambert Academic Publishing
Ph.D., Comparative Studies, Florida Atlantic University; M.F.A., Creative Writing, Florida International University; B.A., Literature/Writing, Columbia University

Bio

Manager, Alabama State Council on the Arts' Folklife Program
Director, Alabama Center for Traditional Culture
Manages an apprenticeship grants program supporting master folk artists who are teaching students their art forms
Author of Alabama Folk Pottery (2006) published by the University of Alabama Press
Host of the Alabama Public Television series Journey Proud
M.A., Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin; B.A., Anthropology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Bio

Director, Folk and Traditional Arts Program, Mississippi Arts Commission; manages Folk Art Grants Program, Folk Art Apprenticeship Program, Folk Artist Fellowship Program and Film and Media Arts Grants Program
Managing Editor, Mississippi Folklife Online Journal

M.A., French and Francophone Studies, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; M.A. Folklore, Indiana University; B.A., French, University of Louisiana, Lafayette