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A Thibodaux artist is preserving an endangered artistic tradition her mother used to sell from a plantation.

While the Down Jersey Folklife Program can't present every ethnic community at once, it does attempt to bridge the gap between visual and performing arts, which had once been more interconnected than they now are.

This week on Inside Appalachia, we’re talking about traditional ballads -- how they tell stories and connect us to the past.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Humanities Council, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, welcomes Jennie Williams as its new State Folklorist. Jennie joined the council staff

Here's a first look at Rougarou Fest's community quilt. See it in person Tuesday. A community quilt created at the 2019 Rougarou Fest in Houma -- designed to raise awareness about Louisiana's fight to save its eroding coast -- will be unveiled Tuesday. A public viewing is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, 7910 W Park Ave. The quilt was scheduled to be unveiled in 2020, but the annual festival was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state restrictions on public gatherings that could spread the deadly virus. Festival volunteers worked throughout 2019 to d...