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Tim Frandy named Guest Editor of 2018 JFE special issue on environment, folklore, and education
We are pleased to announce that Tim Frandy will be Guest Editor of the 2018 Environmental Humanities edition of the Journal of Folklore and Education, "Common Ground: People and Our Places." As a JFE author, professor of folklore, and researcher of folklore and...
What does belonging look like for your learners?
This question opened our September News Bulletin as we announced publication of Volume 4 of the Journal of Folklore and Education: Newcomers and Belonging. Also included in this bulletin, find full information about the upcoming Arts Education Workshop and other...
AFS Folklore and Education Track
Use this page to create your personal education track through the AFS meeting in Buffalo Oct 17-20. See also the webpage for our Buffalo Professional Development series for artists and educators that will culminate at the 2018 Buffalo AFS meeting on October 20, 2018....
Program Inspired by Journal of Folklore and Education special issue
Dress to Express: Youth Outreach Every summer, students from rural counties surrounding Western Kentucky University are offered a five-week summer program on the campus in Bowling Green. The program is for participants in TRIO Upward Bound (UB). Upward Bound prepares...
Minneapolis Arts Education Workshop: Focus on the Artist
Minnesota artists, educators, and attendees of the the American Folklore Society meeting are invited to a hands-on professional development opportunity to deepen artists' teaching strategies on Saturday, October 21, 2017. Participants will focus on the relationship of...
Journal of Folklore and Education “Newcomers and Belonging” now available
Local Learning announces the publication of Volume 4 of the Journal of Folklore and Education, a special issue that highlights how educators in K-12, college, museum, and community settings are working positively and successfully with refugees and immigrants across...
Local Learning Happy Hour
Twenty-five years ago Paddy Bowman and a thoughtful crew of folklorists created a task force that has grown into Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education. Please join our fête of Paddy—who is also celebrating a special birthday this year! This...
Local Learning announces Executive Director
Please join the board of Local Learning in welcoming Lisa Rathje as the new Executive Director of Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education. She will direct the administration and programs of Local Learning to meet its strategic plan and ensure...
Teacher Training in Folk Arts, Folklife, and Oral History–Summer 2017
2017 summer training opportunities for educators in folk arts, folklife, and oral history are now available. Many are open to educators nationwide; others are for local participants. We include some NEH workshops below, and find more at...
Join the Conversation!
It is of vital importance for folklorists and educators of all types to come together in this political and social environment to discuss one of the cornerstones of civil society—education. Local Learning will be at the Future of American Folkloristics May 18-20 at...
Arts, Education, and Leadership
Local Learning's Spring quarterly e-bulletin highlighted stories about arts, education, and leadership at national and local levels. New resources include two texts of interest to the field and partner updates from Will to Adorn and LL @ Vermilionville illustrate the...
Local Learning supports AFS statement on Immigration Executive Order
Below we share the full text of the American Folklore Society statement issued February 1, 2017 in support of that statement. Local Learning understands the field of folklore offers tools, strategies, and resources important to the topic of Newcomers and Belonging....
See Local Learning at NAEA
If attending the NAEA Convention in NYC, come to our Fellows Forum, Friday, March 3, 9-9:50 am, Hilton Hotel/Murray Hill West/2nd Floor. N'Ketiah Brakohiapa, a keeper of Ghanaian adinkra cloth making will discuss how he translates ancient adinkra symbols and stories...
Folklife and Museums now available
Lisa Rathje and Paddy Bowman wrote a chapter on Folklore and Museum Education published in Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives, a brand new collection of "cutting-edge essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications, topical case...
2016 Fourth Quarter News
Request for Journal of Folklore and Education submissions on the theme Newcomers and Belonging, reports from AFS, and announcing the Blue Ribbon designation of Folk Arts and Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS) in Philadelphia are some highlights from the fourth...