Folklore Blogs
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What can we do to stop the theft of historic art pieces?
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Following the recent theft of an iconic Amelia Earhart statue in Harbour
Grace, I did a quick Google search on stolen bronze art pieces. The results
are...
6 days ago
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Submit Your Proposal to a March 2026 Symposium on Cultural Heritage and
COVID-19, hosted by American Folklife Center
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On March 12 and 13, 2026, the American Folklife Center at the Library of
Congress will host a symposium titled, “From Lived Experience to Public
Memory: Co...
6 days ago
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AWSF 2025 Update
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The Association of Western States Folklorists (AWSF) is an informal group
of public folklorists and culture workers in the Western U.S., which also
welcome...
3 months ago
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Keeping Track of Writing Projects -- end of 2024
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An update to keep track of my writing projects has become an annual event.
Since my last update, on Dec. 16, 2023, which writing projects have
progressed...
4 months ago
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Reflections on the Past Year in VAF
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*VAF Initiatives 2013-2014 *(adapted from annual banquet comments)
by Chris Wilson, VAF President
Cocktails on the schooner Meerwald at the end of the Bay...
10 years ago
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Congratuations to Professor Erika Brady
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Erika Brady, Professor of Folk Studies at Western Kentucky University, was
awarded the 2011 Kentucky Governor's Awards in the Arts-Media Recipient.
Congra...
13 years ago
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Folkstreams Tribute and Introduction to Catching the Music
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The following is the text of a speech given by Peggy Bulger before the
March 11, 2007 AFI Folkstreams event and concert for Catching the Music.
Good aftern...
18 years ago
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Batgirl Fan Art
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File under fan fiction. Link
Thanks again to the lovely folks at Boing Boing.
19 years ago
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