MMWC September, Continued
Its September and I am wondering why some of my friends are not on the email list for the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. Its easy and free,…
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Really Really Getting Up to Speed for Tomorrow, Fall
This week the Mathers Museum of World Cultures has been part of a larger Indiana University effort to get the word out about an interlocking set of events…
Get Oriented to Themester 2016: Beauty
Reviewing the Mathers Museum of World Cultures events and exhibitions pages is probably the only way to get a full sense of all that we are doing for…
Siyazama: Traditional Arts, Education, and AIDS in South Africa
Get all the details by checking out the new press release announcing the Mathers Museum of World Cultures’ programs and activities in support of the exhibition Siyazama: Traditional…
Material Vernaculars: Institutional Role, Review, Authors, and Genres
The new Material Vernaculars series is co-published by the Mathers Museum of World Cultures with a huge amount of heavy lifting from our partner, the Indiana University Press.…
Plethora of Patrons and Programs Prompts Parking Progress
(Sorry about that headline. I could not control myself.) This fall there will be an extraordinary number of programs at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. We hope…
Improving Access to Scholarship: Material Vernaculars as Milestone and Experiment
First the take away, then the story. While produced in very nice and reasonably priced hardback, paperback, and ebook editions, works in the new Material Vernaculars series are…
Material Vernaculars Series Launches with Jon Kay’s Folk Art and Aging
This fall I will be talking a lot about the new book series that the Indiana University Press and the Mathers Museum of World Cultures are jointly publishing.…
An Interview with Curator and American Music Specialist Levon Williams
Levon Williams will return to Indiana University in the fall of 2016 to pursue a MA degree in Non-Profit Management in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.…
An Interview with Dorothy J. Berry, Metadata Specialist and Project Manager for Umbra, an Initiative of the Givens Collection of African American Literature, University of Minnesota Libraries
While a graduate student at Indiana University, Dorothy J. Berry concurrently earned an MA degree in ethnomusicology from the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and a MLS degree…
An Interview with Hannah Davis, Regional Folklife Survey and Program Development Consultant for the New York Folklore Society and the New York State Council on the Arts
Hannah Davis earned her MA in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University and a BA in Folklore and Ethnomusicology from Indiana University. While at Indiana, she served for…
An Interview with Sterling Jenson of the March Field Air Museum
Sterling Jenson is the Collections Manager at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California. He earned a B.A. degree in folklore and an M.A. degree in arts…
An Interview with Dr. Lori Hall-Araujo, Curator and Assistant Professor at Stephens College
In fall 2016, Lori Hall-Araujo will begin a position as Assistant Professor and Curator in the School of Design and the Costume Museum at Stephens College in Columbia,…
Open Access Book: Indiana Folk Arts
This year is a big year for the Mathers Museum of World Cultures in a number of respects. Two of these weave together. Its the state bicentennial for…
Basketmaker Viki Graber on The Weekly Special
Last year, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures presented the exhibition Willow Work: Viki Graber, Basketmaker to great success. Happily we are staying connected with Viki in many…
June Events and Exhibitions, Including Arts in the Park at McCormick’s Creek
Check out some MMWC events and exhibitions this month. In particular, this Saturday (June 11, 2016) a great group of artists will join the Traditional Arts Indiana team…
May at the MMWC
It has been a whirlwind of activity at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures this semester. The spring semester is ending and many students are leaving campus, but…
Indiana Folk Arts: 200 Years of Tradition and Innovation
Please come out to the Mathers Museum of World Cultures this Sunday afternoon to celebrate the vernacular arts of Indiana and to help launch our state bicentennial exhibition.…
Funding for Collections Research at Indiana University
This wonderful program of the Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study provides support for researchers–including community-based scholars–to study collections held at Indiana Unive…
Active Collections: A Brown Bag Talk with Rainey Tisdale
Filed under: History, Material Culture, Mathers Museum, Museum Anthropology
Active Collections: A Brown Bag Talk with Rainey Tisdale
Filed under: History, Material Culture, Mathers Museum, Museum Anthropology
Good News Roundup
There is way too much stuff going on in my life and work these days. Most of it is really good stuff, but it is hard to keep…