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Publications

from MUSEUM magazine, a bi-annual publication

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Meet the People, Know the Program	Handed Down: Twenty Year of Missouri's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
Creative Opportunities for Missouri’s Traditional Artists	Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Partnership for the Missouri Folk Arts Program (web)
The Work of Art (Art of Luthiers)	A Storyteller's Story: Gladys A. Coggswell
Art in the Basement: Mandingo Gara from Sierra Leone	Missouri Folk Arts Residency project
Carnival: from Colombia to West Plains, Missouri

A Sampling of Folklife and Cultural Tourism Projects in the United States

Over thirty cultural professionals with experience in and knowledge of folklife and cultural tourism projects were interviewed for the December 2000 report, which includes seventeen case studies in the following areas: guided tours; audiotape driving tours; self-guided trails, tours and directories; destinations and events; tourism-industry initiated projects; crafts; and tourism as part of larger initiatives.

Missouri Masters and Their Traditional Arts Essays

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"Buildin' Boats, Giggin' and Foolin' Around is All Fun:" Traditional Material Culture of the Ozark Waterways featuring Johnboat Builder Cecil Murray and Gigmaker Paul Martin	The Ozark Johnboat: Its History, Form and Functions
Halau Hula O Missouri: Hawaiian Hula and Lei-making in Missouri	Polkas, Fastnacht and Kloppelei: Contemporary German Folk Arts in Missouri
"A Handful of Dinky": African American Storytelling in Missouri featuring Master Storyteller Gladys A. Coggswell	"¡Qué Viva el Westside!" Mexican Traditional Arts in Kansas City, Missouri featuring Beto López and Mariachi México
"How I Got Over": African-American Gospel Music in the Missouri Bootheel featuring soloist Mildred Whitehorn	"You'll Never Get Ireland in American": Irish Traditional Music and Dance in St. Louis, Missouri

MFAP Support

The Missouri Folk Arts Program receives support from the Missouri Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the University of Missouri, and the MU Museum of Art and Archaeology.