The next installment of the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Community Scholars Training Program – a free training opportunity for Arkansans interested in finding, documenting and presenting community culture, folklife and traditional arts – begins Feb. 13….Continue Reading Spring 2025 Community Scholars Training Program to Be Held in Dardanelle
Celebrate Black History Month with book displays and Special Collections materials. …Continue Reading Celebrate Black History Month with the Libraries!
Eight mentor artists have been selected for the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts statewide apprenticeship program, which funds teams of mentor artists and apprentices committed to sustaining their artistic traditions and cultural heritage….Continue Reading AFTA Awards Eight Mentor-Apprentice Teams for 2024-25 Apprenticeship Program
The next installation of the Arkansas Folklife Web Series is set for 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13. Host Lauren Willette will interview cast metal artist Michael Louis LeBlanc….Continue Reading Artist Micheal LeBlanc Next Guest of Arkansas Folklife Web Series
The University of Arkansas Libraries were saddened to learn of her passing on October 19, 2024. Anyone interested in learning more about her extraordinary life is encouraged to view the Thelma Mothershed Wair Papers (MC 1868), which Thelma donated to our Special Collections Division on May 17, 2010….Continue Reading Libraries Honor the Life of Thelma Mothershed Wair
The materials, which can be accessed free of charge by users worldwide, comprise 170 photos, legal documents, poetry and handwritten first-hand accounts of flooding and its effects in our state….Continue Reading Libraries Publish New Digital Collection: Flooding and Flood Control in Arkansas