Folk

Jack Travis reports on the sounds of the Arkansas Folklife Festival, from a Northwest Arkansas string band to a table run by the Oxford American.

Nashville, Arkansas bladesmith Jerry Fisk, a National Living Treasure, shares stories behind his knives made from historic materials at the Arkansas Folklife Festival in North Little Rock.

Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts connects master artists and apprentices across the state, funding training in crafts from banjo playing to glass beadmaking.

Healthy Flavors Arkansas and its partner farms are working to get fresh, local produce and farm-to-table lessons into school cafeterias across the state.

River Lovenstein continues his grandparents' hand-tied broom making tradition in Stone County, harvesting sassafras handles and broomcorn sweeps at Grassy Creek Brooms near Mountain View.

Historian Jared Phillips talks with Ozarks at Large about painters, basket weavers, musicians and a new Ozark Studies minor at the University of Arkansas.

Jared Phillips shares Ozark love charms, apple seed predictions and songs from the Ozark Folk Song Collection ahead of Valentine’s Day.

Ozarks historian Jared Phillips joins Ozarks at Large to share New Year’s folklore, from weather signs and household customs to traditions rooted in survival, community and care passed down through generations.

The Fayetteville Folk School is back in the Walker-Stone House after a brief closure, with Ozark Folkways taking over administration and community support, helping secure a new lease.

Justin Minor, cultural anthropologist, describes both where Ozarks folk magic practices come from as well as what makes them unique.