2024 Traditional Arts SCP & GPS



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9/26/2022 1:00:00 PM

2024 Traditional Arts SCP & GPS

2024


Teri Abstein

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  • County: Nassau County

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County: Nassau

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  • PhD, Folklore & Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (1992)
  • Florida State Folklorist/Folklife Program Administrator (1976-1989)
  • Traditional and Folk Arts Director, Southern Arts Federation (1989-1999)
  • Director, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (1999-2012) Retired.
  • Board member, Florida Humanities (2016 - present)
  • Member, Florida Folklife Council (2013 - present)
  • Board member, National Council for the Traditional Arts, Washington, DC (1998 - present)
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  • Former Manager, Alabama State Council on the Arts' Folklife Program
  • Former Director, Alabama Center for Traditional Culture
  • Manages an apprenticeship grants program supporting master folk artists who are teaching students their art forms
  • Author of Alabama Folk Pottery (2006) published by the University of Alabama Press
  • Host of the Alabama Public Television series Journey Proud
  • M.A., Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin; B.A., Anthropology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

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  • Folklife Director at the North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Previously, Program Associate, Music Maker Relief Foundation
  • Co-author of the book “Hanging Tree Guitars” with artist Freeman Vines
  • M.A., Folklore, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and B.A., Anthropology, Vassar College
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  • Regents Professor of English and Director, Folklore Curriculum, Georgia State University
  • Fellow, American Folklore Society
  • Curator and Board of Trustees, Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia at Sautee Nacoochee
  • Curator, Folklife Gallery, Atlanta History Center
  • Author of 6 folklore books (U. of GA Press, Indiana U. Press, U. Press of MS)
  • Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania
  • County: Miami-Dade County

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County: MiamiDade

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  • Professor of English and Humanities, Barry University and Interdisciplinary artists classical soprano, Scottish & Irish traditional singer
  • Founder/Director folk arts education program, Carnival Arts; staff writer/editor Miami New Times, LOFT magazine, Artburstmiami.com and contributor Opera News, the Miami Herald, and WLRN radio
  • Chair, Florida Folklife Council
  • Co-editor Everynight Life: Culture and Dance in Latin/o America (Duke University Press)
  • Ph.D., English, Duke University; B.A., English, University of Michigan; B.M., Vocal Performance, Barry University
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  • Director of the Virginia Folklife Program at Virginia Humanities (state humanities council) as of March 2022
  • BA in art history (UC Berkeley), MA in folklore (UNC Chapel Hill)
  • Past board member for Durham Cultural Advisory Board, Mill Stage at Golden Belt Arts, the Scrap Exchange, North Carolina Folklife Institute
  • 13+ years of experience in strategic communications and audience engagement for cultural organizations, including The Textile Museum, the Center for the Study of the American South, Southern Foodways Alliance, Duke University, and more