#TraditionsTuesday: David Butcher A museum curator, historian, and storyteller, David Butcher is the founder of the Tablertown: People of Color Museum and a recent recipient of the Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship from the National Association of Black Storytellers. December 6, 2022 For the Public, Spotlight #TraditionsTuesday, Athens County, Central Appalachia Living Traditions, David Butcher, Mid Atlantic Arts, Museum, South Arts, Stewart, Tablertown Read More »
Athens Mandolin Maker Don MacRostie Awarded 2022 Ohio Heritage Fellowship Don MacRostie, internationally known and respected as one of the top mandolin builders in the country, has been awarded the 2022 Ohio Heritage Fellowship Award for Material Culture from the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). August 23, 2022 For the Public, News Association of String Instrument Artisans, Athens, Athens County, Don MacRostie, Folk and Traditional Arts, Guild of American Luthiers, Instrument Maker, Mandolin, Mandolin Maker, Material Culture, Media Release, Nelsonville Music Festival, Ohio Heritage Fellowship, Ohio University, Stewart-MacDonald Manufacturing Company Read More »
#TraditionsTuesday: John Stathopoulos Today’s #TraditionsTuesday artist is John Stathopoulos—known to their friends as Jone— who practices traditional broom making in Athens, Ohio. July 19, 2022 For the Public, Spotlight Athens County, Broom Making, Carpentry, John Stathopoulos, Traditions Tuesday, Woordworking Read More »
ArtsChat Ohio: OAC/AIR Institute Partnership ArtsChat Ohio is an audio blog bringing you the latest news and updates from Ohio Arts Council staff members. In this episode, OAC Riffe Gallery Director Cat Sheridan is joined by Beth Flowers and Emily Prince of the AIR Institute, an organization providing rural and under-resourced communities with programming that inspires new connections and ignites the creative economy. Cat, Beth, and Emily talk about AIR Institute programming and promote an OAC webinar about future opportunities to get involved. September 20, 2021 ArtsChat Ohio AIR Institute, AIR Shift, ArtsChat Ohio, Athens County, Beth Flowers, Cat Sheridan, Emily Prince, Evolve, Ohio, Ohio Arts Council, Training Read More »
Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour Honored as Fellow by Academy of American Poets Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour is among 23 state and city poets laureate selected as 2021 Poets Laureate Fellows by the Academy of American Poets. She will receive $50,000 in support of an Appalachian poetry anthology. June 3, 2021 artists, For the Public, News, Public Academy of American Poets, Appalachia, Athens County, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Ohio, Poet Laureate, Poetry Read More »
Athens Musician, Composer, and Professor Paschal Yao Younge Awarded 2020 Ohio Heritage Fellowship Dr. Paschal Yao Younge, a master artist specializing in African Traditional Musical Arts, has been awarded the 2020 Ohio Heritage Fellowship Award for Performing Arts from the Ohio Arts Council. August 12, 2020 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, News, Public African Traditional Musical Arts, Athens, Athens County, dance, Dr. Paschal Yao Younge, drum, music, Ohio, Ohio Heritage Fellowship, percusssion, Performing Arts, research Read More »