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Local Learning News Q3 2022
Fall Announcements from Local Learning, including upcoming engagements in Oklahoma at the American Folklore Society conference. Find the full E-Bulletin here. Want to receive the E-Bulletin to your email? Sign up to receive updates to your inbox here.
Vermont Farming and Foodways – Teaching with Primary Sources PD Registration Open
Vermont Farming and Foodways is a free workshop that introduces educators to the use of oral history and ethnographic materials in K-12 learning. It will happen in-person in St. Albans, Vermont. This new project offers primary source sets and learning activities for...
Local Learning News Quarter One 2022
Announcing new resources, summer workshops, and more! Read all our news from the March 2022 Quarterly E-bulletin here. A preview of the opening letter: Ensembles and Individuals--Folk Arts Can Connect Us All This past weekend I had the opportunity to play music with...
Inquiry, Creativity, & Story – Teaching With Primary Sources PD Registration Open
Attention Tulsa teachers! Registration now Open for a Teaching with Primary Sources Professional Development Workshop. Discover how historical inquiry and contemporary stories meet to create our shared culture in this interactive 4-day in-person workshop. Led by...
2021 Annual Report Published
2021 was an important year of growth and investment in our programs, publications, and network. Read our Annual Report to learn more!
2021 4th Quarter News
Read our final news bulletin of the year to see our end-of-year list of accomplishments and hear exciting news for 2022! Looking into a New Year As I work with the Board and Staff of Local Learning to close the 2021 year and look forward to the new year (see our big...
Halle Butvin elected to Local Learning Board of Directors
The Local Learning Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Halle Butvin was elected to the Board at the Fourth Quarter meeting, held December 14th for her first, three-year term. Halle Butvin is director of special projects at the Smithsonian Center for...
Local Learning receives multi-year funding from NYSCA
Local Learning receives a multi-year grant award totaling $148,500 ($49,500/year) from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Following New York State’s $105 million investment in the arts for...
Taylor Dooley Burden is new JFE Reviews Editor
Taylor Dooley Burden is the new Journal of Folklore and Education Reviews Editor. If you have a text, website, film, or resource that you would like to be considered for review in the Journal of Folklore and Education you may reach her at...
2021 NY Showcase
Culture, Community, and the Classroom Showcase: A New York Folklore and Education Network Event November 20, 2021 | 10:00 am-Noon | FREE to attend Roberson Museum and Science Center | 30 Front St, Binghamton, NY You are invited to a special event at the Roberson...
Big updates and good news from Local Learning
A season of change and opportunities These past 20 months have created many posts, newsletters, and updates from all sectors of life that are reflecting upon the disruptions and change evident all around us. My note from Local Learning follows this genre of narrative,...
Local Learning Report for AFS
As the national arts service organization for folk arts, we share to the field our activities. Given the hybrid nature of the meeting of the American Folklore Society, we are sharing in this news post the full report. Resources New Look. Expanded Search Capabilities....
Local Learning at the American Folklore Society meeting
Join Local Learning in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at the annual American Folklore Society (AFS) meeting. All events for the AFS meeting require conference credentials except for the Local Learning workshop which you may attend FREE. Local Learning Workshop Saturday...
Announcing the Journal of Folklore and Education’s New Website
We've moved! All issues of the Journal of Folklore and Education now live on a dedicated site at JFEpublications.org. Users may search keywords, subject areas, and themes and find citations for each article, making JFE an even more important resource. As the...
Mira Johnson to become the New York Folklore in Education Network Coordinator
Local Learning and New York Folklore are pleased to welcome Mira Johnson to the role of New York State Folklore in Education Network Coordinator. With a doctorate in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning from Penn State University and an M.A. in folklore from the...