Folk Arts
Description
Folk Arts is a statewide 4-H project. It features curriculum that
will guide you through the project. For a copy contact your County
4-H Office or order online at Extension
Publications. For additional curriculum possibilities, explore the National Directory of 4-H Materials and do a key word search for Folk Arts.
Folk Arts
What you can do in this project: explore traditional folk arts; learn more from your family and community; learn storytelling; decorate eggs and make baskets.
Grades: 5-12
Folk Arts Leader
Resources: NCR534, Folk Arts Leader Guide
4H500, I'm a 4-H Project Leader. Now What Do I Do?
Events
Want to learn more about Folk Arts? Try the links below.
Folk Art Project Training
Many counties hold local training for members and leaders in
their favorite project areas, including folk arts. Watch your county
4-H Family newsletter or contact your county Extension office for
details.
Wisconsin 4-H and Youth Conference
If you’re in grades 8-10, check out the next Wisconsin
4-H and Youth Conference, scheduled each June at the UW-Madison
campus. The conference offers educational seminars in most areas
of 4-H. Contact your county Extension office for details. If you
are in grades 9-12, apply for the conference Art
Team. This team of youth and advisors works with a professional
artist on the design of a large public art piece and plans the conference
Art Exhibit.
Wisconsin 4-H ArtBeat!
Created for 4-H members in grades 3-5 and their parents and leaders, 4-H Artbeat! is the introductory program for Wisconsin 4-H Arts and Communication! Scheduled in March each year, at our State 4-H Camp, Upham Woods, the weekend will feature a look at a variety of arts projects including music, drama, visual arts, arts and crafts, juggling and more! Also on the program will be a special "suprise" performance by one of Wisconsin 4-H's most acclaimed performers!
Wisconsin 4-H Arts Camp
If you are in grades 6-8, sign up for the Visual Arts Track
at the next 4-H Arts Camp. Youth in grades 9-10 who are experienced
in the visual arts project can serve as instructors and counselors
at this camp, scheduled each October at the Upham Woods Environmental
Education Center, Wisconsin Dells.
Wisconsin 4-H Arts Leadership
Lab
If you are a new or emerging youth or adult visual arts leader,
sign up for the Visual Arts Track at the next 4-H Arts Leadership
Lab, scheduled each fall.
Wisconsin
State Fair Activity Stations
Each Activity Station features fun, hands-on activities on Visual
Arts, Sewing, Woodworking, Agriculture and other topics. Coordinators
need youth to help staff the stations and teach young fairgoers.
Look for latest information under Wisconsin State Fair Youth Expo.
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Related Links
There’s so much more to learn in the 4-H Folk Arts Project.
Just follow these links!
About.com:
Folk Art
How to collect and make different types of folk art, including
quilting, sculpture and rosemaling.
American Folklife Center
Features selected collections from the Library of Congress Archive
of Folk Culture as well as online exhibitions on various topics.
Collection materials include photographs, manuscripts, and audio-
and video-recordings.
Great
Web Sites for Kids
List produced by the Association for Library Service to Children.
Categories include the Arts.
Museum of American Folk Art
Web site features examples and other information on what is
folk art. The American Folk Art Museum, 45 W. 53 rd St., New York,
NY, 10019, is dedicated to exploring the diversity of American culture
as expressed through folk art. Founded in 1961, the museum has an
outstanding permanent collection, lectures and workshops, the Folk
Art Explorers tour program, the Folk Art Institute, and an award
winning quarterly magazine, Folk Art.
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County 4-H Project Resources
This web site provides links for many arts and communications
projects including links for fun project ideas on folk arts.
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Project Support
For more information on 4-H Folk Arts Project, contact the following:
Cooperative Extension
Media Collection
This lending library features several folk arts-related resources.
Check out "The Wisconsin Gardener" video series that features folk
art items that you can make from materials in your garden.
UW-Extension County 4-H
Offices
This is your link to a list of Wisconsin County Extension Offices.
Select the county of your choice.
UW-Extension
State Specialist: Tim Talen
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