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Vivian Williams, fiddler, composer, recording artist, and writer, died on January 6, 2023 at the age of 84. She had been suffering with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), aka Lou Gehrig’s disease. Beginning as early as 1962, Vivian Williams, working with her late
Crystal Good (culture worker, artist, advocate, publisher, and entrepreneur) received the 2022 Women's and Independent Folklorists' Sections Annual Meeting Award.
Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler (graduate student of Folklore, UNC-Chapel Hill; writer, reproductive justice worker, freelance folklorist) received the 2022 Women's and Independent Folklorists' Sections Annual Meeting Award.
Karen Collins (African American Miniature Museum) received the 2022 John Wesley Work III award.
Birgit Hannele Wilson, wife of folklorist William A (Bert) Wilson, died January 11, 2023.
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Registration is now open for the 2023 Folklife in the South gathering. Submission for proposals are open through February 15, 2023.
The International Storytelling Center (ISC) is looking for dynamic Director of Development to join their team, to champion their fundraising efforts, support their trajectory as an organization and be part of a growing team.
The 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference, "Radical Listening — Story Work for a Just Future" will be co-hosted by a US regional partnership including the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Montgomery College, the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Educational Technology, and StoryCenter, the internationally acclaimed non-profit digital storytelling organization. The call for proposals has been extended, with a final submission deadline of January 27, 2023.
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