�� MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL presents
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MARYLAND TRADITIONS FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017, BALTIMORE
A MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN Dear Friends: Welcome to the 7th annual Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival hosted by the Maryland State Arts Council! For 16 years Maryland Traditions has been working with communities to support and celebrate living traditions—also known as folklife—through fieldwork, partnerships, grants, research, and public programs such as the annual Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival. This festival provides a great opportunity to come together and appreciate the wide range of performances and demonstrations that highlight the rich cultural traditions that are practiced from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains. Please join me in celebrating these outstanding individuals who make Maryland’s communities distinct and help form a bridge between our past and a promising future. Sincerely,
Governor
ABOUT THE MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL The Maryland State Arts Council, an agency of the Maryland Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism, Film and the Arts, is dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. The mission of the council is to encourage and invest in the advancement of the arts for the people of Maryland.
The Creative Alliance at the Patterson brings together artists and audiences from diverse backgrounds to experience and participate in the arts. It supports Baltimorearea artists, promotes the city as a center for creative production, acts as a positive force for the community, and advocates for cultural expression rooted in a sense of place.
Maryland Traditions is the folklife program
Today’s festival is produced in partnership with the National Council for the Traditional Arts. Based in Silver Spring, the NCTA is a private, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the presentation and documentation of traditional arts in the United States. Founded in 1933, it is the nation’s oldest producing and presenting organization with such a focus.
of the Maryland State Arts Council. With the support of partner organizations statewide, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts, Maryland Traditions provides sustainable infrastructure for the identification, documentation, support, and presentation of Maryland folklife.
FOLK-WHAT? We’re here today to celebrate folklife—but what does that word mean, exactly? Let’s start by saying that folklife is all around you. It’s in the music that makes your culture unique, the special dishes on your family dinner table, and the customs that mark your holidays. In a nutshell, folklife is made up of the living traditions that help to define who you are and where you’re from.
P E AC E M I SS I O N KO R E A N DA N C E G R O U P, M O N TG O M E RY CO U N T Y
Folklife can be based on ethnicity. Marylanders who come from other places bring their folklife with them, as with the Dia de los Muertos traditions of Artesanas Mexicanas or the drum beats of Peace Mission Korean Dance Group. Folklife can be based on place, as with the Appalachian old time music and maple syrup making traditions of western Maryland. Or, folklife can be based on occupation, as with the oystering, crabbing, and boatbuilding traditions of the Chesapeake Bay. Today’s festival is a celebration of folklife from across Maryland. The performers and crafters you’ll meet have been invited here because of their excellence in upholding our state’s living traditions. We are grateful to have them, just as we are fortunate to live in a state that is home to such diversity. It’s one more reason that Maryland lives up to its nickname of “America in Miniature”. Enjoy yourselves!
Chad Edward Buterbaugh Director, Maryland Traditions
Ashley Minner Contract Folklorist, Maryland Traditions
Dan Samuels Festival Manager
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Apprenticeship Award�
The roots of the Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival go back to 2006, when the recipients of the annual Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Award would gather together to perform and demonstrate. This award is still given every year to a class of folklife masters who wish to hand their living traditions down to eager apprentices. In 2011, the Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Award gathering turned into the larger festival you’re enjoying today, but the master-and-apprentice teams are still at the heart of our event. Join us in celebrating the 2016-2017 class of Apprenticeship Award recipients—and, don’t be surprised if you run into a few past recipients!
MASTER
APPRENTICE
LIVING TRADITION
Gary Bartz
Todd Marcus
Jazz
Ted Daniels
Ryan Bauer
Oyster dredge net repair
Simon Dean
Mitch Lake
Patent tonging oysters
Phil Langley
Joe Martin
First mate skills on a fishing vessel
Walt Michael
Rob Caswell
String band music for hammered dulcimer
Joung Sook Park
Simon Kim
Korean percussion on jangoo and buk drums
Xueling Qin
Sarah Xie
Beijing opera
GARY BARTZ & TODD MARCUS Baltimore City
So the story goes, when someone asked Louis Armstrong if jazz is folk music, he replied, “It ain’t for horses.” These words remind us that the roots of jazz music grow from regular folks, a sentiment with which saxophone master Gary Bartz agrees. Though he has played with luminaries like Miles Davis, he never forgets that this form of music comes from the streets. Growing up the son of a club owner in Baltimore’s Sandtown neighborhood, Bartz developed his love for music watching jazz greats as they toured through the clubs that once dotted Pennsylvania Avenue. Now splitting his time between Baltimore, California, and Ohio, he describes music as a force that never fails him, even when all else seems difficult. Bass clarinetist Todd Marcus has apprenticed to Bartz for the past year. A resident of Sandtown—as well as a principle member of the Intersections of Change community nonprofit—Marcus represents the current generation of jazz artists to emerge from Baltimore. Join the duo today as they play a few songs and talk about the triumphs and challenges of Sandtown over the years.
TED DANIELS & RYAN BAUER Somerset County
There were gale force winds on Deal Island when Maryland Traditions visited Captain Ted Daniels in February. To be honest, we weren’t sure whether he would still be up for the oyster dredge net repair demonstration he had planned for us. “Come on over to the house,” he said when we called him in the morning. “We’ll see how we feel.” Not an hour later, we were standing on the deck of the skipjack Fannie L. Daugherty as Captain Ted cut the spent net from its chain bag backing and set to work replacing it while Ryan Bauer, his apprentice and stepson, looked on. Captain Ted worked without gloves. “You must be cold,” we told him. He reached out his hand for us to shake—it was as warm as if he had been standing next to a bonfire. Captain Ted is a fifth-generation skipjack captain, and the grandson of “Daddy” Art Daniels, many times the winner of the annual skipjack races hosted on Deal Island. Over the past year, he and Ryan have been working together on dredge net repair and general skipjack maintenance. Visit them today to try your hand at knot-tying, and to see the treasures they pull up from the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.
SIMON DEAN & MITCH LAKE Calvert County
The moment you start paying attention to the time is the moment it starts to drag. Oyster tonging is like that, says Captain Simon Dean of Calvert County. After a watching Captain Dean work the tongs with apprentice Mitch Lake, it becomes clear what he means. This is repetitive work. But if you relax your mind a little bit, it can become hypnotic. The tongs enter the water with a splash, and the line gives way with a long whizzz. The tongs come back to the surface and open up over the deck. Oysters are dropped on the table with a clatter, and the crew sort them from the rocks, empty shells, and bewildered crabs that got caught in the load. Then the process begins again. Give yourself over to the sounds of the work, take a deep breath of southern Maryland’s crisp winter air, and you’ll start to appreciate this traditional occupation. Captain Dean led his apprenticeship with Lake this year in the waters of the Patuxent River off of Solomons Island. Unfortunately, they couldn’t join us at the festival today, but for good reason—they’re working the water! In their place, Captain John VanAlstine of Anne Arundel County is present to talk about the maritime occupation of crabbing. Be sure to stop by and say hello.
PHIL LANGLEY & JOE MARTIN St. Mary’s County
As we drift toward the mouth of St. Jerome’s Creek, Captain Phil Langley points out a little red square sticking out of the distant waters of the Chesapeake Bay. That’s the lighthouse Point No Point, he explains. It’s what he sees every time he takes his boat, the Chesapeake Charm, from the creek to the bay. The lighthouse is unstaffed now, but it stands as a testament to the maritime occupations that have dotted the shores of St. Mary’s County for many generations. Captain Phil has seen a decrease in the schools of fish that once teemed here, but there are still enough to maintain his charter fishing business—and to interest the next generation of watermen. Joe Martin is among that number. For the past year, he has been working with Captain Phil as first mate on the Charm. The way Joe describes it, that means being responsible for everything that goes on behind the cabin of the boat—making sure she gets in and out of the bay safely, keeping the fishing lines tangle-free, and maintaining general safety and maintenance standards. Visit Joe and Captain Phil today to learn a little more about charter fishing, oystering, and working the water.
WALT MICHAEL & ROB CASWELL Carroll County
Walt Michael was so fascinated by string band music—especially the resonant hammered dulcimer—that he made it his life’s work. He spent summers in college collecting folk songs in the Appalachians of West Virginia and worked as a touring musician for two decades. Gathering skills, songs, and knowledge over the years, Walt brought his expertise back home to Maryland to found Common Ground on the Hill, a traditional arts festival and workshop series hosted annually at McDaniel College since 1994. Determined, devoted, and always jovial, Walt is a true steward of Maryland folklife. Rob Caswell grew up working in a boat shop in northern Wisconsin. There, he learned the woodworking skills that he has used in this year in his apprenticeship with Walt. Not only is he developing his talent for playing the hammered dulcimer—he’s also building one from scratch. Catch Walt and Rob in action today during their performance on the Theater Stage, and visit their display to see the progress of Rob's instrument building project.
JOUNG SOOK PARK & SIMON KIM Montgomery County
As we’re chatting, young Simon Kim can’t sit still. He shifts his weight, rocks back and forth, and grasps the sticks he uses to play the drums—more specifically, the jangoo, an hourglass-shaped drum often used to accompany Korean folk dance. Simon says he is already looking forward to playing in high school, college, and beyond. There is reason to be optimistic. For the past year, he has been training with Joung Sook Park, an internationally-recognized master of traditional Korean drumming and dance. In one moment, she monitors Simon as he plays the buk, a heavier and thicker drum than its jangoo cousin. In the next, she organizes an impromptu fan dance with a group of young women who have also trained with her. In these instances, Park reveals herself to be not only a master of her art but also a devoted educator. Growing up in Korea and moving to Maryland seventeen years ago, Park directs the Peace Mission Korean Dance group, in which Simon is a student. For the past year, she and Simon have been working on improving his skills on the buk and jangoo. They appear today with Peace Mission in a performance on the Theater Stage.
XUELING QIN & SARAH XIE Montgomery County
Through the intricate art of Beijing opera, the mythologies and legends of Chinese folklore live on. Stories of romance, heroism, magic, and war are dramatically represented through the vibrant costumes, striking music, and precise dances and gestures of this operatic tradition. One of the most recognizable stars of the Beijing opera is Xueling Qin, who makes her home in Montgomery County. A master of the art form’s modes of performance—singing, dancing, acting, and acrobatics—her work is a captivating reminder of the occasional grandeur of folklife, as well as the international treasures that have come to Maryland from other parts of the world. An engineer by training, Sarah Xie became interested in Beijing opera as a way to connect to her Chinese heritage. She has worked with Master Qin for the past year on sharpening her singing and dancing skills. Today’s performance will highlight her progress with the backing of an orchestra and dance troupe from the organization DC Beauty of Beijing Opera, based in Potomac.
Maryland Traditions Folk TIME 12:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 1:00 1:15 1:30
EAST AVENUE STAGE
MARQUEE LOUNGE
THEATER STAGE
2:15 2:30
(upstairs)
NOON - 12:15
Noon - 1:00
The Gospel Peacemakers
Grandmother Edna
12:15 - 12:45 Performing Arts
Center for African Cultures
Paper quilting workshop
12:15 - 1:00
all ages
DC Beauty of Bejing Opera
Besa dance lesson 1:00 - 1:45
Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition
Bluegrass
1:15 - 1:45 Performing Arts
1:15 - 2:15
Drum circle
Poetry Slam
Center for African Cultures
DewMore Baltimore
1:45 2:00
CLASSROOM
1:30 - 3:30
Artesanas Mexicanas
PiĂąata making workshop 2:00 - 2:45 International
2:00 - 2:45
all ages
Capoeira Angola Foundation
Walt Michael & Company
Brazilian dance lesson & showcase
String band
3:00 - 3:45
3:00 - 3:45
3:00 - 3:45
Shannon Dunne
Gary Bartz & Todd Marcus
Mariachi Azteca
4:00 - 4:30
4:00 - 4:45
The Gospel Peacemakers
Every Shut-Eye Ain't Sleep:
2:45 3:00 3:15
Irish dance lesson & showcase
Jazz & storytelling
3:30 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45
4:45 - 5:30
5:00
Cumbia, merengue, & salsa
Abu the Flutemaker
Stories & Songs from the African-American Tradition
Drum making workshop 8 and older
Pablo Antonio y La Firma
5:15 5:30
4:00 - 6:00
5:00 - 5:45
5:00 - 6:15
The Phil Wiggins Blues House Party
Sean & Mikey McComiskey & Matt Mulqueen
5:45 - 6:00 Native America's
5:45
Performers Round dance lesson
6:00
6:00 - 7:00
6:00 - 6:30
6:15
Baltimore Boom Bap Society
Hip-hop improv
Peace Mission Korean Dance Group
Irish session
6:30 6:45 7:00
All-Day Remember, our all-day workshops, demos, and displays feature Dia de los Muertos crafts and tradi
Ukrainian petrykivka painting, dulcimer building, nautical knot tying, folklife archive sounds, and Baltimore s ABOVE: OYSTE R SH E LL S O N TH E DOCK AT DE AL PO I NT, SOM E R SE T COUNT Y
k life Festival 2017 schedule MEDIA LAB (upstairs)
CRAFT TENT AREA
FOOD DEMO TENT
SIDEWALK
TIME 12:00
Noon - 1:00
Native Flare
American Indian beadwork workshop 14 and older
12:30 - 1:00
12:30 - 1:45
Pan de Muerto
Blessed Coffee
Artesanas Mexicanas
Ethiopian coffee ceremony
Decoy carving workshop 1:30 - 2:30
12:30 12:45 1:00
1:00 - 1:30
Daniel Baltzinger
12:15
1:15 - 1:45
1:15
German Potato Salad and Wursts Zion Church
1:30
Native Flare
1:45
American Indian beadwork workshop
2:00
2:00 - 2:30
14 and older
Smith Island Cake The Cake Lady
2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 - 4:15
3:00 - 3:30
Blessed Coffee
Daniel Baltzinger
Decoy carving workshop 3:45 - 4:00 Artesanas
Mexicanas Piñata breaking
3:30 - 4:00
Ethiopian coffee ceremony
3:00 3:15 3:30
Summer Salad Julia's Kitchen
3:45 4:00
4:15 - 4:45
4:15 - 6:15
Artesanas Mexicanas
Piñata making workshop all ages
4:30 - 5:00
Daniel Baltzinger
4:15
Kimchee Salad and Tofu Fry
4:30
Soo’s Kimchee
Decoy carving workshop
4:45 5:00
5:00 - 5:30
Jamaican Fish Fry 5:30 - 5:45 Dominican
PJ's Restaurant
barbers’ judging
5:45 - 6:15
5:30 - 6:45
5:15
Blessed Coffee
5:30
Ethiopian coffee ceremony
Fry Bread
Dosha’s Native Foods
itions, Dominican barbering (with a competitive cutting session at 4:00), oystering and crabbing skills, screen painting. To get your guide for the painted screen scavenger hunt, stop by the indoor display at 2:00!
5:45 6:00 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00
Demos Join festival favorites Artesanas Mexicanas to participate in Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) traditions like making papel picado, or cut tissue paper ornaments, creating devotional altars, and sugar skull facepainting. Be sure to go to their tent at 3:45, when they’ll host a piñata breaking contest. In the Dominican Republic, barbers create living works of art through their cuts and stylings. Many Dominican barbers have set up shop in Baltimore, and we’re glad to have three of them demonstrating for you today: Dario Corona, Richard Herrera, and Hugo Garcia. On the waters of the Chesapeake, oystering and crabbing are longstanding trades, and you can learn how to do both with Phil Langley, Joe Martin, and John VanAlstine. On the
shores of the bay, wildfowl decoy art takes skill and patience. Learn about carving, painting, and weighting decoys—including a few soapcarving lessons for beginners—with Rich Smoker, Kenny Glasgow, and Daniel Baltzinger. In Ukraine, the painting tradition of petrykivka adorns everyday objects like plates with beautiful designs. Join the Federal Cultural Foundation to see a petrykivka master at work, and to try it out yourself. Baltimore’s painted screen tradition began in 1913 with William Oktavec. His son, John Oktavec, is ready to take your order for a screen of your own! Stop by the painted screens display inside at 2:00 for details on a neighborhood scavenger hunt. The winner will get to choose the design on an Oktavec
folk art from the fossils, glass, and other treasures that have gotten caught in Capt. Ted's dredge nets.
original to display in their own front window. Welcome to Baltimore, hon! Watch Ted Daniels tie knots and weave them into nets to be fastened onto the chain bags that collect shellfish from the Chesapeake shallows. While you’re there, design your own
Maryland has employed state folklorists since 1974, but our work would be in danger of disappearing without the efforts of the Maryland Folklife Archive staff at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Visit Tom Beck, Lindsey Loeper, and Emily Somach at their listening station to hear the voices of Maryland’s folklife tradition bearers going back more than forty years.
C LO C K W I S E F R O M T O P L E F T: PA P E L P I C A D O W I T H A R T E S A N A S M E X I C A N A S (BA LT I M O R E C I T Y ), W I L D FO W L D E COY A R T W I T H R I C H S M O K E R (S O M E R S E T CO U N T Y ), A N D A N A R T I S T AT WO R K W I T H T H E PA I N T E D S C R E E N S O C I E T Y O F B A LT I M O R E .
Workshops In West African cultures, a besa is a twostep dance that accompanies traditional drumming. The Performing Arts Center for African Cultures is here today to teach you how to join in. If the crowd is big enough, it might turn into what Kwame and Josephine Ansah-Brew jokingly refer to as a “mob” besa—the more, the merrier! Originally a form of combat, the traditional dance of capoeira has grown into one of Brazil’s most internationally recognizable forms of folklife. Learn a few basic capoeira steps with the International Capoeira Angola Foundation, and stick around to see the masters in action.
The term sean nos is Irish Gaelic for “old style,” and master dancer Shannon Dunne is with us today to share the basics of sean nos dance with those who would like to learn. Accompanied by musicians Sean and Mikey McComiskey and Matt Mulqueen, her lesson will conclude with an expert dance demonstration and miniconcert. American Indians across the continent share the tradition of the round dance, a simple, participatory movement accompanied by drumming and vocals and often performed by a wide circle of dancers. Today, Native America’s Performers will lead the festival crowd in an evening round dance as a call for peace, unity, and community. The rhythms of West African drumming have a strong presence in Maryland thanks in part to the efforts of master drummer Kwame Ansah-Brew of the Performing Arts Center for African Cultures. Join Kwame for a drum circle to test out your skills on two types of West African drums—the djembe and the kpanlogo. In Mexico, the piñata is a familiar sight at birthdays and on holidays. In Maryland, Artesanas Mexicanas have been so successful in teaching the art of piñatamaking that it’s becoming a tradition of its own in southeast Baltimore. All ages are invited to join them upstairs to learn how to make a piñata. Also, be sure to join them outside at 3:45 to break one!
FO U R FO R M S O F B A LT I M O R E FO L K L I F E , C LO C K W I S E F R O M B O T T O M L E F T: B R A Z I L I A N C A P O E I R A W I T H T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L C A P O E I R A A N G O L A FO U N DAT I O N (P H O T O BY A I D E N U N), PA P E R Q U I LT I N G W I T H G R A N D M O T H E R E D N A (M A RY L A N D T R A D I T I O N S P H O T O), D R U M M A K I N G W I T H A B U T H E F LU T E M A K E R (CO U R T E S Y P H O T O), A N D T H E S AC R E D S O U N D S O F T H E G O S P E L P E AC E M A K E R S (CO U R T E S Y P H O T O).
Grandmother Edna can tell a story with her words, but she can also do it through her memory quilts. Her all-ages session will teach you how to make paper memory quilts based on Baltimore’s cultural connections to the Chesapeake Bay. Later, Abu the Flutemaker will teach a drum-making class for ages 8 and older. Join him to learn about using recycled materials to make music. Painstaking, intricate, and beautiful, American Indian beadwork is a tradition of the Lumbee communities of Baltimore and North Carolina, as well as many indigenous groups across the country. Today’s Native Flare workshops will focus on Lumbee beadwork. Ages 14 and up are invited to join Christine Duckworth for an introduction to this art form.
In addition to featured performances by our apprenticeship teams in jazz, string band music for hammered dulcimer, Korean drumming, and Beijing opera, some of Maryland’s finest representatives of musical folklife are here to share their traditions today. The Gospel Peacemakers are more than a musical group: they’re a family expressing their faith through the sounds of AfricanAmerican gospel. Join them for a noon invocation of today’s festival, and hear them later as they perform a full set of sacred sounds. Hear the hard-driving rhythms of southern Maryland bluegrass with Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition. Bandleader Armsworthy
L E F T T O R I G H T: JAY A R M S WO R T H Y & E A S T E R N T R A D I T I O N O F S T. M A RY ' S CO U N T Y A N D PA B LO A N T O N I O Y L A F I R M A O F T H E D M V. CO U R T E S Y P H O T O S .
Performances
is a beloved performer on the bluegrass circuit, and we’re happy to make him welcome for his first performance at our festival. Sharing a danceable revue of cumbia, salsa, and merengue are Pablo Antonio y La Firma, festival favorites who will demonstrate some of the many traditions of Latin American dance music with an 11-piece band including brass, keys, congas, and tambora drums. The Baltimore Boom Bap Society is a true city original. Founded by Wendel Patrick and Erik Spangler as a hiphop improv project, Boom Bap has now hosted 57 sessions on their home stage
at Baltimore's Windup Space. Their work encompasses all styles of music but is always rooted in hip-hop traditions like freestyling, beatboxing, and the city’s own Bmore club sound. Give them a warm welcome on the outdoor stage for their first appearance at our festival. The title of the session by storyteller Mama
Linda Goss says it all. “Every Shut-Eye Ain’t Sleep: Stories and Songs from the AfricanAmerican Tradition” will feature storytelling, call-and-response, songs, and drumming from Janice Curtis Greene, Diane
Macklin, David Fakunle, and Mama Linda herself.
the blues. A master of the Piedmont blues harmonica, he has traveled the world as a touring musician, met and worked with legendary performers, and passed his folklife knowledge on to apprentices like Junious Brickhouse, who joins him onstage today. Their set brings it all together with the Phil Wiggins Blues House Party, which will feature Phil on harmonica, Rick Franklin on guitar, Marcus Moore on fiddle, and buck dancing by Junious. The Baltimore City Youth Poetry Team was hit at the festival last year when they presented their poetry slam to a packed room. Show them your support again this
year as they bring their energy back to Highlandtown on behalf of DewMore Baltimore, an organization using the arts as a community outreach tool. The Irish session is a musical mainstay of social life in Ireland, where people gather to play and share traditional tunes on an informal basis. Join brothers Sean and Mikey McComiskey, along with Matt Mulqueen, as they host a session that is certain to sweeten the afternoon air. Design by Evins Design, Baltimore
Phil Wiggins is a walking encyclopedia of
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Foodways Like the word folklife, the word “foodways” can seem unfamiliar. However, it just refers to the living culinary traditions that help to define culture. Foodways from across Maryland are represented today. Eat your fill of soul food from Julia’s Kitchen, Native American food from Dosha’s Native Foods, Nepali food from Nepal House,
Folklife partners
and much more. With a full stomach, visit our foodways tent, where food writer Mary Zajac will host a series of demonstrations by several of Maryland's traditional cooks. Last but certainly not least, be sure to visit festival favorites Tebabu Assefa and Sara Mussie of Blessed Coffee at their tent. Their popular Ethiopian coffee ceremonies will be running throughout the day.
Maryland Traditions is a statewide partnership of folklorists and folklife specialists. Headquartered in Baltimore, the program derives its strength from the work of six key partners in identifying, documenting, supporting, and presenting Maryland folklife: maritime culture advocacy through Coastal Heritage Alliance (St. Michaels), Appalachian folklife research and programming through Frostburg State University, excellent traditional arts programming through the National Council for the Traditional Arts (Silver Spring), American studies research and education through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, decoy art and maritime culture expertise through the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art (Salisbury), and community folklife research and programming through the Sandy Spring Museum.
Photography Each year, photographer Edwin Remsberg breathes stunning life into our Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Award recipients by visually documenting their work. Edwin has stood side-byside with Maryland Traditions folklorists at studios, workshops, homes, farms, and shorelines across Maryland. His work with the 2016-2017 class of apprenticeships is on display in the main gallery. Stop in to admire it—and say hello yourself, as Edwin will be roving the festival today with his colleague Lena McBean.
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Supported by Maryland Traditions as part of our folklife partnership infrastructure, an upcoming event at Sandy Spring Museum is the Sandy Spring Folklife Festival, hosted Saturday, June 24, from noon to 4 p.m. This celebration of local traditions will feature live music, dance, crafts, conversations, and food. More than a dozen different cultural traditions will be shared in a familyfriendly, participatory festival highlighting the diverse and rich heritage of Montgomery County. For more: www.sandyspringmuseum.org/folklife.
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Maryland Traditions is the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council and part of the Maryland Department of Commerce. Contact us at www.msac.org/programs/folk-traditional-arts or by using the information below. Maryland State Arts Council 175 West Ostend Street, Suite E Baltimore, Maryland 21230 410-767-6555 msac@msac.org Larry Hogan Governor
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