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Spring 2018 Quarterly Newsletter
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Thursday, May 17th - Support the OFN for #DucksGive!
We at Oregon Folklife Network attribute Oregon’s cultural vitality to a collective heritage as diverse in color as our Painted Hills. As a supporter, you help OFN preserve and celebrate Oregon's traditional arts.
Oregon's traditions range from Coos traditional basket weaving, central Oregon horse training, and Basque sheepherding to Astoria's FisherPoets Gathering, Portland's African American gospel singing and Persian storytelling, Hood River's mariachi bands, and Wasco beadwork. Our oldest and newest Oregonians turn ordinary practices into cultural treasures.
Please support OFN's efforts to continue our dynamic statewide programming. Your gift of any amount enables OFN to
Join us for #DucksGive—a campus wide campaign that allows you to target your donation to your favorite cause. All day on Thursday, May 17th the Oregon Folklife Network will be working hard to earn or renew your support. Your tax-deductible gift to the Oregon Folklife Network Fund results in an Oregon state tax credit when you make a matching donation to the Oregon Cultural Trust; Donate. Match. Get the whole match back.
When you donate during #DucksGive you'll be joining thousands of other Oregonians in a celebration of University of Oregon programs that make a difference. We hope you’ll be a part of our efforts to nurture Oregon’s diverse cultural heritage.
Thanks so much for your support!
Riki Saltzman, Executive Director
Oregon Folklife Network
http://ofn.uoregon.edu
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 The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Oregon Folklife Network funding to conduct folklife field surveys and documentation of traditions in the Willamette Valley.
We are pleased to announce that folklorists Amy Howard, Alina Mansfield, and Thomas Richardson will be conducting this fieldwork with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and in the counties of Polk and Benton as well as the portions of Marion, Linn, and Lane counties in the Willamette Valley.
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Watch TAAP Master Artist Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim (2012, 2014, 2017) discuss Palestinian embroidery and how traditional designs are passed along to younger generations.
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Folklife Updates in the West
The Oregon Folklife Network is one of many organizations supporting traditional culture in the Pacific Northwest. It was a busy winter for many of OFN's folklife partners in the region. From festivals dedicated to occupational traditions to former OFN staff in new positions and new folk and traditional arts programs, there's plenty of news and events from around the west!
If you like what OFN is doing, make sure to check out and follow these other great organizations. We all work to support traditional culture; be on the lookout for upcoming events and projects!
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Todd Frusetta Obituary
The OFN was saddened to learn that Todd Frusetta, a saddlemaker and leather carver from Heppner, OR featured on our Culture Keepers Roster, passed away in 2016. You can read his obituary here.
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Roster Artist Feature: Marjan Anvari
Jennie Flinspach
Explore the beauty of tazhib, a traditional Persian form of gold illumination with Marjan Anvari. Anvari is an expert of tazhib and one of our TAAP master artists.
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