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VIRTUAL BOOKS
Cultural Conservation
Through Apprenticeship: A Review of the Louisiana Folklife Apprenticeship
Program
by Sheri Dunbar and Maida
Owens
The original version was
published by the Louisiana Folklife Program, Division of the
Arts in 1993. Limited copies are available upon request.
This publication features
some of Louisiana's greatest treasures, folk artists keeping
their traditions alive so that all may benefit from living in
a healthy, creative environment. With the support of a Folklife
Apprenticeship grant from the Division of the Arts, they have
passed on to apprentices invaluable skills and knowledge about
their culture.
This project is a fine example
of the collaboration and cooperation among Louisiana cultural
specialists. The project was conceived by Bob Gates, the former
director of the Louisiana Folklife Program and implemented by
Maida Owens, the current director. Anthropologist Sheri Dunbar
drew upon the expertise of many people and the apprenticeship
grant applications to write the artist profiles. Audio tapes
of site visit interviews are archived at the Louisiana State
University Hill Memorial Library's Special Collections.
Table of Contents(click to expand or collapse)
Profiles of Masters and Apprentices
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