Teacher Training in Folk Arts, Folklife, and Oral History for Summer 2005
Alabama
June 20-26; June 27-July 3; July 11-17; and July 18-24, Stony the Road We Trod: Using Alabama's Civil Rights Landmarks to Teach American History, Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery, Tuskegee, an NEH-funded institute led by Martha V.J. Bouyer and Ahmad Ward, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Contact Ahmad Ward, 205/328-9696, x234, award@bcri.org.
Arizona
June 22-26, Arizona Heritage Project Summer Institute, Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott. This program involves teachers and students of five high schools who explore folklife in their community, organized by the Salt River Project and The Arizona Republic in association with the American Folklife Center. Contact Dan Shilling, dan@sharlot.org, 928/445-3122, x31, http://www.azheritageproject.org.
California
July 14-16, 10th Annual LEGACY Oral History Program, San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum, led by Jeff Friedman. This workshop provides the training necessary for participants to launch their own oral history projects. While drawing on references and examples in the performing arts, the workshop will be equally appropriate for those involved in anthropology, institutional history, social history, family history, personal history, master’s or doctoral studies, or other projects. Contact Legacy@sfpalm.org, 415/255-4800, x *823, http://www.sfpalm.org/programs/legacy.Connecticut
March-July, the Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program at the Institute for Community Research, Hartford, offers four intensive Saturday workshops for multi-disciplinary participants (teachers/artists/community scholars) in identifying and highlighting cultural resources, cultural documentation and archiving, oral history collection, and development of programs and activities to bring community heritage to wider audiences. These will be followed by a hands-on session to finalize individual participant plans for their public activity (such as a neighborhood walking tour, mini-festival, etc.). Workshops will be led by folk arts specialists from throughout New England who are experienced in training, and designing public programming in community settings. Contact Lynne Williamson, lynne.williamson@icrweb.org, 860/278-2044, x251, http://www.incommunityresearch.org.
District of Columbia
July 11-16 or July 25-30, Storytelling and the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art. K–12 teachers engage in one of two sessions of a six-day seminar that integrates learning theory, curriculum content, and narrative art through exploration of the collections of the National Gallery. Contact Stephanie Wright, SM-Wright@nga.gov, 202/842 6796, http://www.nga.gov/education/teacinst.htm.
July 20-22, Learning About Immigration Through Primary Sources, Library of Congress, led by Leni Donlan. Teachers, media specialists, technology coordinators, and school librarians are invited to apply for this institute to develop awareness of LOC resources such as the American Memory collections about immigration that can be used in curriculum and to develop strategies for using primary source digital content. Contact Leni Donlan, ldon@loc.gov, 202/707-0805, web site TBA.Hawaii
July 5-August 12, Gender in the Performing Arts of Asia, University of Hawaii at Manoa, taught by Ricardo Trimillos. This graduate course is open to educators with permission and explores various cultural constructions of gender, including notions of masculinity and femininity through various genres. Contact Ricardo Trimillos, rtrimil@hawaii.edu, http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/.Illinois
July 10-15, Taking a Stand in History: Extending the Rights of Citizenship, National History Day Institute, Chicago. The institute familiarizes teachers with using primary models for active learning in the classroom. Historians will lead sessions on the latest research and scholarship on topics that deal with labor, civil rights, and gender issues. Open to teachers of U.S. or world history or social studies and librarians and media specialists for grades 6-12. Contact National History Day, University of Maryland, College Park, info@nationalhistoryday.org, 301/314-9739, http://www.nationalhistoryday.org.Kentucky
Dates TBA, Appalachian Media Institute, Appalshop, Whitesburg. This annual opportunity for young people to learn documentation media culminates in community screenings. Other workshops available for educators. Contact ami@appalshop.org, 606/633-0108, http://www.appalshop.org/ami.Louisiana
Louisiana Voices project of the Louisiana Division of the Arts hosts training throughout the year. Spring and summer events include the following: May 12, Informal Educator Workshop in New Orleans plus festival workshops in New Orleans and Natchitoches; June 6-7, Louisiana Foodways and Musical Landscape workshop, Louisiana Resource Center for Educators; June 20, Louisiana After School Conference in New Orleans; June 20-22, Florida Parishes Network Workshop, Southeastern Louisiana University; July 13-15, Northern Louisiana Network Workshop; August 9, New Orleans Foodways Workshop. Contact Eileen Dengel, edengel@att.net, or Maida Owens, mowens@crt.state.la.us, 225/342-8180, http://www.louisianavoices.org.
Maryland
June 12-July 3, A Taste of Shore Life: Foodways of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Field School for Cultural Documentation sponsored by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and Salisbury University, directed by David Taylor. Hands-on training and experience in fieldwork are suited for undergraduate and graduate students, librarians, teachers, cultural activists, museum professionals, local historians and others who are interested in documenting the cultural traditions of their communities. Contact Lora Bottinelli, Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, lmbottinelli@salisbury.edu, 410/742-4988, x111, http://www.loc.gov/folklife/fieldschool/fieldschoolhome.html.
Mississippi
June 22-23, The Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Living Memorial Civil Rights Education Summit, Neshoba County Coliseum, Philadelphia. Sponsored by the Philadelphia Coalition Civil Rights Education Committee and the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, this event brings together civil rights leaders, educators, and historians to promote civil rights education in schools. The coalition is a multiracial task force that organized efforts in 2004 to develop resolutions seeking justice for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner in Freedom Summer 1964. A National History Day project of three Chicago students also played an important role generating a congressional resolution for federal prosecutors to reopen the case, which resulted in the January 2005 indictment of the lead suspect in the murders. Contact Deborah Owens, Civilrightsedu@aol.com, 601/389-0104, http://www.olemiss.edu/winterinstitute.
July 10-16 (Session 1) or July 17-23 (Session 2), From Freedom Summer to the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, Jackson, Memphis, and the Delta, an NEH-funded institute sponsored by Jackson State University, led by Leslie McLemore. Contact Robbie Young, robbie.j.young@jsums.edu, 601/979-2136, http://home.earthlink.net/~hamer.institute.
July 18-22, Mississippi Whole Schools Institute, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, directed by Judi Holifield. This annual gathering sponsored by the Mississippi Arts Commission features many artists and arts educators and includes a folk arts strand. Contact Judi Holifield, jholifield@arts.state.ms.us, 601/359-6040, http://www.mswholeschools.org.
Montana
June 19-25, 11th Montana Heritage Project Summer Institute, West Yellowstone (the Historic Union Pacific Dining Hall and Yellowstone National Park), directed by Michael Umphrey. The institute, a blend of technical training, interaction among Heritage Project teachers, inspiration, presentations, and reflection, focuses this year on the question: What can my community learn from Yellowstone National Park? Contact Marcella Sherfy, msheryf@mt.gov, 406/444-1759, http://www.edheritage.org.Nebraska
June 8-11, Connecting to Community Through the Arts, Nebraska Arts Council Prairie Visions Arts Education Leadership Academy, University of Nebraska and Joslyn Arts Museum, Omaha, directed by Marty Skomal. Teams will work with experienced arts educators and create arts-integrated community-based lesson plans. Contact Shari Hofschire, Shari_Hofschire@unomaha.edu.New York
Dates TBA, Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY), Canton, plans a summer workshop led by Amanda Dargan, George Zavala, and Varick Chittenden. Contact Varick Chittenden, vchitten@twcny.rr.com, http://www.tauny.org.
Dates TBA, American Journey: New York City and the Nation, City University of New York, sponsored by the New York City Department of Education, City Lore, and other organizations with funding from the U.S. Department of Education. A team of historians, folklorists, and artists lead teachers grades 4-8 on an intensive learning exploration to teach history. Contact City Lore, 212/529-1955, http://www.citylore.org.North Carolina
May 9-13 (Session 1), June 6–June 10 (Session 2), or June 27–July 1 (Session 3), Literacy Through Photography, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham Public Schools Staff Development Center, led by Katie Hyde and Denise Friesen, with featured artist Wendy Ewald. Participants learn the methods that LTP uses to teach creative writing and photography in the classroom based on four core themes: self-portrait, family, community, and dreams. Intensive audio and documentary institutes are also available. Contact Katie Hyde, kahyde@duke.edu, 919/660-3683, http://cds.aas.duke.edu/courses/workshops.html.
June 13-24, Cherokee Language Immersion Seminar, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, repeat session planned for July TBA, directed by Bo Taylor and Cherokee elders. This course teaches conversational Cherokee language using the Rassius method developed at Darmouth and the TPR method developed at Berkeley. This total immersion course will teach adults to speak Cherokee, using these methods as well as field trips. Contact Bo Taylor, botaylor@cherokeemuseum.org, 828/497-3481, http://www.cherokeemuseum.org and www.cherokeeheritagetrails.org.
June 17-July 2, 7th Annual Cherokee History and Culture Institute, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, directed by Barbara Duncan and Cherokee artists and presenters. This institute combines classroom learning with experiences in the Cherokee community to provide accurate information about the Cherokee (and other American Indians), resources, and connections with Cherokee people. Readings are from a variety of disciplines: archaeology, anthropology, history, folklore, and cultural geography. Includes interviews, field trips, and experiences on the Qualla Boundary. Contact Barbara Duncan, bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org, 828/497-3481, http://www.cherokeemuseum.org and http://www.cherokeeheritagetrails.org.
June 16-21 (Session 1), June 23-28 (Session 2), or July 7-12 (Session 3), Crafting Freedom, funded by NEH and sponsored by the Thomas Day Education Project and North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, directed by Laurel Sneed and Charles Sneed. Over 150 educators from around the country can attend one of three five-day sessions. This intensive hands-on opportunity to study African American history and culture through primary sources and historical sites relates to two 19th century artisans. Thomas Day was a celebrated free Black cabinetmaker who had the largest furniture shop in North Carolina in 1850. Elizabeth Keckly was a dressmaker, confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, and author of an important slave narrative and best seller, Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. Contact Gillian Sneed, tdek04@aol.com, 919/405-2326, or toll-free 877/438- 1599, http://www.thomasday.net.North Dakota
June 25-28, Northern Lights: Folklore and Folk Art in North Dakota and Iceland, Icelandic Emigration Center, Hofsós, Iceland, directed by Troyd Geist. North Dakota and Iceland share folk traditions often defined by a deep relationship to starkly beautiful landscapes, severe weather, animals important to farming or ranching, and historical immigration. This course is open to the public, university students, and teachers in both countries. Nationally known folk artists and scholars from both North Dakota and Iceland will interact with class participants. Contact Troyd Geist of the North Dakota Arts Council, tgeist@state.nd.us.Ohio
June 7-9, Ohio Oral History Institute, Kenyon College, Gambier, directed by Frank Dunkle. The Ohio Humanities Council offers this annual opportunity to learn all stages of oral history through hands-on activities. Sessions will also be available on videotaping interviews and fundraising. Contact Frank Dunkle, frankd@ohiohumanities.org, 800/293-9774, http://www.ohiohumanities.org.Oregon
June 20-26, Writing Culture Summer Institute, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, directed by Joanne Mulcahy. Join folklorists and other cultural workers as well as fiction and nonfiction writers, poets, journalists, teachers, and students share stories and histories, collaborate in forming key questions, and shape a new field of inquiry and creative expression. Faculty include Wang Ping (poetry), Ruben Martinez (nonfiction), Marilyn Bowering (fiction), and, of special interest to folklorists, a workshop with Paul Stoller, Weaving the World: Memoir and Ethnography. For logistics and details, contact Patty Brooks at pbrooks@lclark.edu, 503/768-6161. For information on faculty, workshops, and credit, contact Joanne Mulcahy, mulcahy@lclark.edu, or visit http://www.education.lclark.edu/dept/wculture.
July 17-22, the Oregon Folklife Program provides a strand on folk arts and community documentation strategies at the Oregon Arts Institute, Western Oregon University, Monmouth. The institute provides experiences in music, dance, theatre, and visual arts with hands-on learning that facilitates teaching in and through the arts to support all academic content areas for elementary classroom teachers and pre-service teachers. Contact Carol Spellman, carols@ohs.org, 503/306-5292, http://www.ohs.org/education/folklife.Pennsylvania
July 5-August 10, Writing and Culture, Place Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, taught by Miriam Camitta. This course looks at writing as several variable, multiple, diverse, and changing practices contingent upon specific cultural and social contexts. We want to understand what writing means to the individual, to his or her community, and to larger social entities. The approach and readings draw on the theory and methods of anthropology, folklore, sociolinguistics, and the new literacy studies. Contact Miriam Camitta, mpcamitta@aol.com.
Dates and locations TBA, An Introduction to American Culture, a bridge certification class for special ed and ESL teachers at multiple Independent Units. Contact Linda Deafenbaugh, lindadeafenbaugh@yahoo.com.Utah
July 17-August 6, Traditions Run Through It: Environment and Recreation in Provo Canyon, sponsored by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and Brigham Young University, Provo, directed by David Taylor. AFC’s 9th annual field school provides hands-on training in the documentation of local culture, preservation of documentary materials, and public presentation of cultural heritage. Participants will examine the culture and traditions surrounding use of Provo Canyon and explore the relationship of environment and tradition. The field school is for adults who have a strong interest in cultural documentation but little or no previous training or experience in this area. Preference will be given to those, like teachers, who are in a position to use newly learned skills upon returning to their communities. Contact Kristi Bell, kristi_bell@byu.edu, 801/422-6041, http://www.loc.gov/folklife/fieldschool/fieldschoolhome.html.Vermont
July 11-15, Discovering Community: Students, Digital Media, and Place-Based Learning, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, led by Gregory Sharrow, Paddy Bowman, and Carolyn Shapiro. This institute offers educators the opportunity to explore the power of field research as a means to facilitate student engagement with their home communities. Over the course of an intensive, week-long program, participants will work with cultural researchers, documentary media specialists, artists, and fellow educators in a learning environment that models an ethnographic approach to community inquiry. The institute brings together place as the context, sustainability as the goal, and service learning as the strategy. Contact Gregory Sharrow, gsharrow@vermontfolklifecenter.org, 802/388-4964, http://www.discoveringcommunity.org.Virginia
June 6-July 15, Roots: African Dimensions of the Early History and Cultures of the Americas, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville, an NEH-funded institute led by Joe Miller. Contact Carrie Janney, 434/924-6395, cej4b@virginia.edu.
June 27-July 1, Fayette Area Historical Initiative Summer Institute, Martinsville, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Participants will explore African American history and culture of the region through the lenses of oral history and folklife. Contact Christina Draper, 434/924-3296, csd4n@cms.mail.virginia.edu.
July 5-29, Slavery, Literacy, and Freedom: African American Literature, Culture and Folklore, George Mason University, Fairfax, an NEH-funded institute led by Marilyn Mobley McKenzie and Winifred Keaney. Contact Marilyn Mobley McKenzie, 703/993-8770, mmckenzi@gmu.edu.Washington
May 27-30, Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, includes dance and music workshops useful to educators and hands-on activities for young people. Residencies and workshops also occur throughout the school year. Contact education@nwfolklife.org, 206/684-7281, http://www.nwfolklife.org.West Virginia
Augusta Heritage Center, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins. Dozens of opportunities to learn fieldwork, music, dance, and crafts include a Family Week when participants may bring their families to enjoy classes and activities. Folklife and ethnomusicology workshops will be included as well. Contact augusta@augustaheritage.com, 304/637-1350, http://www.augustaheritage.com.Wisconsin
May 20-21, The Hmong: From Laos to Wisconsin, 12th Teachers Workshop on Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. A unique opportunity for teachers to learn more about the Hmong, the largest and most recent Southeast Asian population to enter Wisconsin, through lectures, panels, performance, with strategies for curriculum development in a two-day workshop led by outstanding faculty, guests from the Southeast Asian community and other teaching professionals. Contact Peggy Choy, pachoy@wisc.edu, 608/263-1755, http://www.wisc.edu/ctrseasia.
June 17-18, Ethnography and Culture Work with Elementary Students, a strand of the 24th annual Wisconsin Reading Research Symposium, Madison, led by Anne Pryor. Contact jkatzmar@uwsp.edu, 715/346-3292, http://facstaff.uww.edu/zbikowsj/SympFlyer05.pdf.
July 12-14, 2nd Annual Teachers of Local Culture Institute, Rhinelander, led by Anne Pryor, Kristin Larsen, Ruth Olson, Mark Wagler. Join a growing statewide network supported by the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Culture and Wisconsin Arts Board to explore community-based teaching through hands-on activities and field trips. Contact Anne Pryor, anne.pryor@arts.state.wi.us, 608/266-8106, http://csumc.wisc.edu/WTLC. Also see http://arts.state.wi.us/static/folkartsed/opportunities.htm.
