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Local Learning's Spring quarterly e-bulletin highlighted stories about arts, education, and leadership at national and local levels. New resources include two texts of interest to the field and partner updates from Will to Adorn and LL @ Vermilionville illustrate the...

If attending the NAEA Convention in NYC, come to our Fellows Forum, Friday, March 3, 9-9:50 am, Hilton Hotel/Murray Hill West/2nd Floor. N'Ketiah Brakohiapa, a keeper of Ghanaian adinkra cloth making will discuss how he translates ancient adinkra symbols and stories...

Lisa Rathje and Paddy Bowman wrote a chapter on Folklore and Museum Education published in Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives, a brand new collection of "cutting-edge essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications, topical case...

Request for Journal of Folklore and Education submissions on the theme Newcomers and Belonging, reports from AFS, and announcing the Blue Ribbon designation of Folk Arts and Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS) in Philadelphia are some highlights from the fourth...

Submissions due April 15, 2017. The 2017 theme is Newcomers and Belonging. At a time of heated rhetoric about immigrants, refugees, and diversity Local Learning has chosen this theme for Volume 4 of JFE. The field of folklore offers tools, strategies, and resources to...

Find the latest bulletin HERE with news about AFS workshop, fall conferences, and announcing Volume 3 of the Journal of Folklore and Education, Intersections: Folklore and Museum Education. Sign up to receive Local Learning E-Bulletins here. Send news by emailing...

Open this post to find the AFS Education Track, including panels, workshops, and networking for the Miami meeting, our invitation to the Local Learning Happy Hour Friday from 6:30-8:00, and information about the Saturday Education Workshop from 8:30-12:30 featuring...

Paddy Bowman will be presenting the workshop: Conversing With Artifacts: Connecting With Communities at the Louisiana Association of Museums’ annual conference on September 11, 2016. This conference features the best in museum practices, communicates breaking...