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Call and Response
by Greg Willett In a small Catholic church in Pleven, Bulgaria, the congregation sat in silence. The Reverend Almeta Ingram-Miller and her gospel group, The Legendary Ingramettes, were told it …
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Closed: Transitions-The Columbia Pike Documentary Project
This exhibit is temporarily closed and the opening reception is being rescheduled. The Columbia Pike Documentary Project will be exhibiting new work at the Founders Gallery of George Mason University’s …
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Printmaking in the Torres Strait Islands with Brian Robinson
Join renowned Australian Indigenous artist Brian Robinson as he discusses and demonstrates his own practice of printmaking and the tradition of 2d works on paper in the Torres Strait Islands off the …
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Canceled: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges
This event, along with the rest of the 2020 Virginia Festival of the Book has been canceled.
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Canceled: More Lasting Than Bronze
Word and Art as Grassroots Monuments Attend this round table talk to hear Paul Farber (Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia), conceptual visual artist Veronica Jackson, and Robert Schultz (War …
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Closed: Real Folk
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is temporarily closed to the public from Monday, March 16, 2020, through Monday, March 30, 2020. Since 2002, the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program at …
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Canceled: Exploring the Wilds: The Violin in Early America
This event has been canceled. See the Frontier Culture Museum‘s website for more information. In an era before recordings, live music was prevalent, and the violin was king. The same …
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Visionaries
View original artworks by students ages 14-18 who, led by JMU Art Professor Susan Zurbrigg, participated in a summer 2019 workshop on racial healing and transformation. In 2019, the Northeast …
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Frank Newsome’s Gone Away with a Friend
The Virginia Folklife Program at Virginia Humanities announces the rerelease of National Heritage Fellow Reverend Frank Newsome’s album Gone Away with a Friend on Free Dirt Records on June 29, …
