Conference organizers:
Erica Haskell
Maureen Loughran
Advisor:
Jeff Todd Titon
Thanks To:
The Lectureship Committee at Brown University, The Center for Race and Ethnicity at Brown University, The Third World Center at Brown University, The Brown University Graduate School, The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, The Rhode Island Foundation, The Society for Ethnomusicology, Brown University Department of Music, The National Endowment for the Arts – Folk and Traditional Arts, and Brown University Hillel.
Special thanks to all conference participants, The Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, Kathleen Nelson, Francoise Wigget, Karen Newman, Winnie Lambrecht, Jennifer Turner, Mary Rego, Julie Hunter, Birgit Berg, Kera Washington, Paul Chaikin, Caitlin Glass, Alan Williams, Marc Perlman, Shelia Hogg, Sara Archambault, Claude Elliot, Mark Puryear, Todd Winkler, Cheryl Moreau, and Lynn Pittmann.
Photos:
Winnie Lambrecht, Rhode Island State Folklorist, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts. All photos represent 2002 Folk Arts Apprenticeships in Rhode Island.
Pictured in banner, left to right:
Marcela Garces, Colombian dance apprentice, Providence, RI
S. Omodunbi, Yoruban dance master, Providence, RI
Toua Thao, Hmong master "geej" player, Providence, RI
Tony Acosta, master Dominican accordionist, Providence, RI