JON KAY Traditional Arts Indiana Mathers Museum of World Cultures Indiana University 416 N. Indiana Avenue Bloomington, IN 47408 812-855-0418 jkay@indiana.edu EDUCATION Indiana University, Bloomington (2008-2014) 2014 Ph.D. (folklore with American studies minor) Dissertation: Material Life Review: Folk Art and Aging in Indiana Western Kentucky University (1995-1997) 1997 M.A. (folk studies) Public Practice Track Indiana University, Bloomington (1990-1995) 1995 B.G.S. (general studies) PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT (Current Appointments) Director (2004-present): Traditional Arts Indiana, Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Professor of Practice (2015-present): Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. [previously, Assistant Research Scholar of Folklore (2004-2014)] Curator of Folklife and Cultural Heritage (2015-present): Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. [previously, Consulting Curator (2013-2014)] PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT (Previous Appointments) Festival Director, Park Services Specialist (2002-2004): Florida Folk Festival, Florida Park Service, White Springs, Florida. Folklorist, Park Services Specialist (1998-2002): Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center, Florida Park Service, White Springs, Florida. Folklife Education Coordinator (1997-1998): Florida Department of State (contract), White Springs, Florida.

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Folklore Fieldworker (1998): Historical Museum of South Florida (contract), Miami, Florida. Folklorist-in-Residence (1997): Kentucky Arts Council (Arts in Education Program), Cloverport Independent School System, Cloverport, Kentucky. Research Assistant (1996-1997): Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Fieldworker and Festival Presenter (1996): Kentucky Folklife Program (contract), Frankfort, Kentucky. Folklore Fieldworker (1997): Vanceburg Bicentennial Celebration (contract), Vanceburg, Kentucky. Folklorist-in-Parks (1996): Pine Mountain State Resort Park and Kentucky Arts Council (contract), Pine Mountain, Kentucky. PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS AND CATALOGUES) 2016 Folk Art and Aging: Life-Story Objects and Their Makers. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/20906 2016 Indiana Folk Arts: 200 Years of Tradition and Innovation (exhibition catalogue). Jon Kay, ed.

Bloomington: Mathers Museum of World Cultures. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/20893

PUBLICATIONS (BOOK CHAPTERS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES) in press “The Oak-Rod Basketmakers of Brown County, Indiana” In Rooted, Revised, Revisited:

Basketry in America. Kristin A. Schwain and Josephine Stealey, eds. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.

in press “Art Making and Place Making Strategies of Elders” In Sundogs and Sunflowers: Art for Life

Plans for Elders. Troyd Geist, ed. Bismarck: North Dakota Arts Council. 2016 “Life-Story Objects in Indiana” In Material Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and their Social Worlds.

Jason Baird Jackson, ed. Pp. 143-159. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/20925

2016 “Traditional Arts Indiana at Indiana University’s Mathers Museum.” Journal of Folklore

Education (3) (Special Section Public Folklore Programs and University Museums: Partnerships in Education). Lisa L. Higgins, ed. 108-112. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/20993 http://locallearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/JFEv3.pdf

2016 “The Last Basketmaker: Indiana’s Forgotten History of Oak-Rod Baskets.” International Oaks 27(1): Pp. 233-243.

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2015 “Frank M. Hohenberger” In Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Character of the Hoosier

State. Linda Gugin and Jim St. Clair, eds. Pp. 173-174. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press.

2015 “Afterward” In Parke County: Indiana's Covered Bridge Capital. Bloomington: Quarry Books/Indiana University Press.

2015 “Foxfire” In Encyclopedia of American Studies. Simon J. Bronner ed. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. http://eas-ref.press.jhu.edu/view?aid=861. (accessed October 7, 2015)

2014 “Oak-Rod Baskets in Brown County: Historic Photographs of a Craft Tradition” International

Oaks. 25(1): Pp. 85-92.

2012 “Traditional Arts Indiana: A University Based Public Folklore Program” Anthropology News 53(1): Pp. 33-34.

2012 “Introduction” In A Boy Named Zelton, Phyllis Free, ed. Pp. ii-xi. Athens, Georgia: Deeds Publishing.

2010 “A Picture of an Old Country Store: The Construction of Folklore in Everyday Life.” Museum Anthropology Review. 4(2): Pp. 144-155. http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/mar/article/view/914/1032

2009 “A Turtleback Prima: Narratives and Narrated Objects.” Midwestern Folklore. 35(1): Pp. 21-

43. 2003 Rural Folklife Days: Teachers Guide. Tallahassee: Florida Heritage Education Program.

2001 A Survey and Analysis of Regional Traditional Arts Programs and Services. Atlanta, Georgia:

Southern Arts Federation (now SouthArts). http://www.southarts.org/download/TAProgramReport.pdf

2000 “Nancy Morgan: Faces of Faith” Florida Humanities Council Forum Magazine 23(2): Pp. 14-22.

1998 “Charles Pennycuff: Oyster Skiffs” In Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary

Communities. Stephen Stuempfle, ed. P. 15. Miami: Historical Museum of South Florida.

1998 “Charles Golden: Oyster Tongs” In Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities. Stephen Stuempfle, ed. P. 16. Miami: Historical Museum of South Florida.

1998 “John Golden: Shrimp Nets” In Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities. Stephen Stuempfle, ed. P. 17. Miami: Historical Museum of South Florida.

1998 “Wayne Sherrod: Crab Traps” In Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities. Stephen Stuempfle, ed. P. 20. Miami: Historical Museum of South Florida.

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1998 “Billy David: Spurs” In Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities. Stephen Stuempfle, ed. P. 34. Miami: Historical Museum of South Florida.

1998 “Elizabeth Knight, Nancy Morgan and Betty Schneider: Quilts” In Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities. Stephen Stuempfle, ed. P. 44. Miami: Historical Museum of South Florida.

1998 “Ginger LaVoie: Quilts” In Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities. Stephen Stuempfle, ed. P. 46. Miami: Historical Museum of South Florida.

1998 “Henry Ohumukini: Hula Drums” In Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities. Stephen Stuempfle, ed. P. 93 Miami: Historical Museum of South Florida.

1998 “Folklife in the Classroom” In Folkwinds: A Publication of the Florida Folklore Society. P. 6.

Tampa: Florida Folklore Society.

1998 “Multicultural Education: Experience Centered Learning” In Folkwinds: A Publication of the Florida Folklore Society. Pp. 4-5. Tampa: Florida Folklore Society.

PUBLICATIONS (BOOK REVIEWS) 2010 Review of Clay Times Three: The Tale of Three Potteries, Nashville, Indiana by Kathy M. McKimmie.

Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/jfrr/article/view/2839/2715

2008 Review of Everyday Aesthetics by Yuriko Saito. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews.

http://www.indiana.edu/~jfr/review.php?id=674 2008 Review of Hungarian Folk Instruments by Robert Mandel. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews.

http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/review.php?id=1049 2007 Review of In Good Keeping: Virginia Folklife Apprenticeships by Jon Lohman. Journal of Folklore

Research Reviews. http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/review.php?id=651 2006 Review of Just Above Water: Florida Folk Art by Kristin G. Congdon and Tina Bucuvalas.

Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/jfrr/article/view/2466/2342

2006 Review of The Potter's Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Folk Pottery by Mark Hewitt and

Nancy Sweezy. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/jfrr/article/view/2516/2392

EXHIBITIONS 2016 (curator) “Indiana Folk Arts: 200 Years of Tradition and Innovation.” Traditional Arts

Indiana and Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

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2015 (curator) “Willow Work: Viki Graber Basketmaker.” Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2015 (executive curator) “Working Wood: Oak-Rod Baskets in Indiana.” Mathers Museum of

World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2014 (executive curator) “Hoosier Handmade: Indiana Traditional Arts Today.” Scholars’

Commons, Herman B. Wells Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2013 (co-curator) “Limestone Traditions: Stoneworking in South-Central Indiana.” Mathers

Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2012 (curator) “Tell People the Story: The Art of Gustav Potthoff.” Traditional Arts Indiana,

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum, Columbus, Indiana and Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville Indiana.

2010 (executive curator) “Neighbors from Burma.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana and Southport Public Library, Southport, Indiana. 2010 (executive curator) “Four Miami Women.” Traditional Arts Indiana and IU Arts Week,

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and Project School, Bloomington, Indiana. 2009 (co-curator) “Politics, Patriotism, and Paint: The Colorful Canes of John Schoolman.”

Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2009 (co-curator) “Indiana’s Traditional Arts.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana and Indiana State Fair, Nashville, Indiana. 2009 (co-curator) “Creativity, Community, and Continuity: Indiana’s Traditional Arts.” Traditional

Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and Center for Folk Traditions, Nashville, Indiana.

2008 (curator) “John Schoolman’s Christmas Canes.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana and Allen County/Fort Wayne Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana. 2006 (co-curator) “Crafting Sound: Indiana Instrument Makers.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana and John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (co-curator) “Ron Volbrecht: Master Guitar Builder.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana and John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana. 2001 (curator) “Folklife of the Upper Suwannee.” Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center, White

Springs, Florida and Florida Humanities Council, St. Petersburg, Florida. 1998 (fieldworker) “Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities.” Historical

Museum of South Florida, Miami, Florida.

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1997 (curator) “Life on the Kentucky Frontier: Interactive Exhibition.” Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

1997 (curator) “Make a Joyful Noise: Shape-note Singing and Singing Schools.” Kentucky

Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. 1997 (curator) “Roads, Rails, and Rivers: Interactive Exhibition.” Kentucky Museum, Western

Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS 2016 (curator) “Tom Wintczak: Redware Potter.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 (curator) “Portia Sperry: Abigail Doll Inventor.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 (curator) “Marie Webster: Quilter and Pattern Maker.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 (curator) “Katrina Mitten: Miami Bead Artist.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 (curator) “The Doll Making of Cathy Nagy Mowry and Kathryn Lengacher.” Traditional

Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 (curator) “Bob Taylor: Woodcarver of Memories.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 (curator) “Greg Adams: Willow Furniture Maker.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 (curator) “John Bundy: Duck Decoy Carver.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 (curator) “Bruce Hovis: Oak-Rod Basketmaker.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2015 (executive curator) “Mastering Technique: Chinami Ricketts Cotton Cloth for Kimonos.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2014 (executive curator) “Larry Haycraft’s Net Making.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2014 (executive curator) “Jim Smoak: Picking Banjo from ‘Hillbilly’ to Bluegrass.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

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2014 (executive curator) “Two Turkey Call Makers: Bill Barker and Tim Oldham, Jr.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2014 (executive curator) “The Geode Grotto: An International Tradition with a Southern Indiana

Aesthetic.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2014 (executive curator) “Growing Blue: Rowland Rickets, Indigo and Art in Process.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2013 (executive curator) “Marvin Kemper: Crafting Rifles in a Family Tradition.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2013 (executive curator) “Blacksmithing Traditions in the Indiana Stone Belt.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2013 (executive curator) “Naptown Knitters.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. 2013 (executive curator) “Amish Quilt Auction.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. 2013 (executive curator) “Sacred Chant at Saint Meinrad Archabbey: A Tradition of Sung Prayer

in Dubois County.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2012 (executive curator) “Sacred Steel: Reverend Clary Butler and the House of God Church.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2012 (executive curator) “Grease Gravy of Orange County.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2012 (executive curator) “The Pekin Fourth of July Celebration.” Traditional Arts Indiana,

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2012 (executive curator) “Mariachi Zelaya.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. 2012 (executive curator) “Manjeet Singh: Harmonium and Tabla Player.” Traditional Arts Indiana,

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2011 (executive curator) “Not Too Bad Bluegrass Band.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2011 (executive curator) “Mineko Grunow: Okinawan Dance.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2011 (executive curator) “Sung Men, Chin Weaving.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana.

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2011 (executive curator) “Dr. Djo bi Simon Irie: Ivorian Drummer.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2010 (executive curator) “Milan Opacich: Tamburitza Maker and National Heritage Fellow.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2010 (executive curator) “Sisters of the Cloth: ‘Each One Teach One’.” Traditional Arts Indiana,

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2010 (executive curator) “Viki Graber: Willow Basket Weaver.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2010 (executive curator) “‘Mom, You Got Pudding?’ - Judy Shaw: Persimmon Pudding.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2010 (executive curator) “Uncle Otis’ Jam Session.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. 2009 (executive curator) “Geoff, Chris, and Phoebe Davis: Ukulele Family.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2009 (executive curator) “Anthony Redfeather Nava: Native American Cultural Artist.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2009 (executive curator) “Bill Bailey: Making Music from Everyday Objects.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2009 (executive curator) “Ain Haas: Artist and Educator of Baltic Music Traditions.” Traditional

Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2009 (executive curator) “Clay City Pottery: Shaping a Historic Family Pottery Business.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2008 (executive curator) “Celebrating Sukkoth: Building a Jewish Holiday.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2008 (executive curator) “Dani Tippmann: Miami Herbalist.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2007 (executive curator) “Prince Julius Adeniyi: Master Drummer and Mentor.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2007 (executive curator) “The Art of Words: James Yang and His Chinese Calligraphy.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2007 (executive curator) “‘We Teach Them Life’: Iuri Santos and North Star Capoeria.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

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2007 (executive curator) “Music for Old Time’s Sake: Harold Klosterkemper.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2007 (executive curator) Roy Spight: Making Drums, Building Community.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2007 (executive curator) “Traditional Arts Indiana: Tradition in Our Lives and Communities.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (executive curator) “Jim Cooper: Hoop Net Maker: The Art of Building Nets.” Traditional

Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (executive curator) “Mary Borgman: Master Candy Maker: A Commitment to Excellence.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (executive curator) “Joe Rice: St. Clair Glass Tradition: Family Traditions Carried Forward.”

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (executive curator) “Indiana Instrument Builders: Images from Across the State.” Traditional

Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (executive curator) “Indiana Quilters: Vitality in Indiana Quiltmaking.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (executive curator) “Cascarones and Pysanky: Diverse Easter Egg Customs.” Traditional

Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (executive curator) “Piecemakers: Indiana State Fair Master Quilters.” Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (executive curator) “Bohall Family Baskets: Lost Legacy of White Oak Basketry.” Traditional

Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2006 (executive curator) “Dee Nierman: Rag Rug Weaver.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. DOCUMENTARIES 2016 (producer) “Folk Art Summit 2016.” Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

https://youtu.be/uqJiBAs7k4Y 2015 (director, producer, and videographer) Willow Work: Viki Graber, Basketmaker. Mathers

Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/Vanb96Fz6Po

2015 (director and producer) Mauri Williamson, Founder of Pioneer Village, Marion County. Indiana

State Fair and Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

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https://youtu.be/zDMOz2EvitA 2014 (producer) Mary Alice Collins, Baker, Hancock County. Indiana State Fair and Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2013 (producer) Mary Schwartz, Needlepoint Artist, Marion County. Indiana State Fair and Traditional

Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://vimeo.com/170566783 2013 (director, producer, and videographer) Making an Oak Box with Randall O’Donnell. Chipstone

Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. http://youtu.be/dcI4J3zcQGQ 2012 (director and producer) Blessing Family: Dairy Farmers, Allen County. Indiana State Fair and

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. http://vimeo.com/45422352.

2011 (producer) Wayne and Helen Drake: Hog Breeders, Wayne County. Indiana State Fair and

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2011 (director and producer) Dee Neirman: Rag Rug Weaver. Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. http://youtu.be/vd43O9qUcWs 2010 (director, producer, and videographer) Harold Stark: Steam Engineer and Repairman, Marion

County. Indiana State Fair and Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. http://youtu.be/LPTBP6vdMtc.

2009 (director and producer) Tuttle Orchards: Apple Growers, Hancock County. Indiana State Fair and

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://archive.org/details/IndianaStateFairMastersTuttleOrchard

2008 (director and producer) Noble Melton: Fiddler, Marion County. Indiana State Fair and

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/fy2WZvRODBk

2008 (director and producer) Gerry and Ralph Dunkin: Miniature Donkey Breeders, Hendricks County.

Indiana State Fair and Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS79HDPyvFc

2008 (producer) Jerry Wallin: Wood Working. Indiana Artisans and Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/WwSmgYtz0JI 2008 (producer) Joseph Rice: House of Glass. Indiana Artisans and Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/nGVqs6KTqD0 2008 (producer) Alan Patrick: Oil Paintings. Indiana Artisans and Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/2JWx45xK-ow 2008 (producer) Jay and Lyn Ocken: Ocken Bit Spur. Indiana Artisans and Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/HVehtifHmfY

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2008 (producer) Sisters of St. Benedict Simply Divine: A Monastery Bakery. Indiana Artisans and Indiana

Arts Commission, Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/i-SwqZ3t0ZA 2008 (producer) Jake Webster: Wood and Stone Sculptures. Indiana Artisans and Indiana Arts

Commission, Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/9GEMeJPoXI4 2008 (producer) Hoover's Candy and Eatery. Indiana Artisans and Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/n7C1mIOOaNA 2008 (producer) Lisa Sparks: Lisa's Pie Shop. Indiana Artisans and Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/Vjr8zq0w-DA 2008 (producer) Mild to Wild Pepper and Herb Company. Indiana Artisans and Indiana Arts

Commission, Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/Buu6ctZmkjI 2008 (producer) Huber's Starlight Distillery, Orchard and Winery. Indiana Artisans and Indiana Arts

Commission, Indianapolis, Indiana. http://youtu.be/HTeVfVbmzNs 2007 (director and producer) Ehsan Kousari: an Iranian Santour. Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/o7XtfT13YHs 2007 (director and producer) Bruce Taggart: Instrument Builder and Repairman. Traditional Arts

Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/y8l0-kF_ohA 2007 (director and producer) M. and David Roach: Ocarina Makers. Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/kj0A9saQMNk 2007 (director and producer) David Straubinger: Flute Maker. Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2007 (director and producer) Kurt Simmerman: Dulcimer Maker. Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/iiqhwgPpiI8 2007 (director and producer) Pat O’Riordan: Pennywhistle Maker. Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/4dL6DkDoplQ 2007 (director and producer) Building a Prima with Milan. Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana

University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/47Uo7nvudds 2007 (director and producer) Making a Volbrecht: The Building of a Ron Volbrecht Guitar. Traditional

Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/PVGAzfdzeTo 2007 (director and producer) Donna Jo Copeland: Spinner and Weaver, Morgan County. Indiana State

Fair and Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

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2006 (director and producer) Bill Harshbarger: Sheep Shearer and Sharpener, Clay County. Indiana State Fair and Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/gEkEAQeMOvY

2006 (director and producer) Jack Rodibaugh: Breeding Stock Swine, Jasper County. Indiana State Fair

and Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/jKXaj4BxkQ0

2005 (director and producer) The Huber Family: Winemakers, Clark County. Indiana State Fair and

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/jAcX4S6GmZM

2005 (director and producer) The Piecemakers: Quilters, Vanderburgh County. Indiana State Fair and

Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://youtu.be/KxGQLSQP-G8

AUDIO RECORDINGS AND ARCHIVE PROJECTS 2008 Indiana Musical Instrument Makers and their Craft: Field Interviews and Demonstrations. EVIA Digital

Archive, Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University. www.eviada.org/collection.cfm?ma=7&ctid=37

2000 (director and producer) Zelton Conner: An Okefenokee Swamp Storyteller (Recording). Folkston,

Georgia. 1999 (director and producer) Stephen Foster Memorial Carillon: Way Down Upon the Suwannee River

(Recording). Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center, White Springs, Florida. PODCASTS, WEBINARS AND INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS (host) Indiana Folk Arts Podcast: A Periodic Podcast of Traditional Arts Indiana. Mathers Museum of

World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. (2015) http://www.traditionalartsindiana.org/category/projects-programs/folk-arts-podcast/

2016 “BFA06: The Beauty of Folk Arts Instrument Makers Bruce Taggart and Clint Bear

(January 14) 2016 “BFA05: The Beauty of Folk Arts with Potter Tom Wintczak” (December 12) 2016 “BFA04: The Beauty of Folk Arts with Instrument Makers Bill Berg and Tony Artis

(December 9) 2016 “BFA03: The Beauty of Folk Arts with Bowl Hewer Keith Ruble and Weaver Dee

Nierman (December 7)

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2016 “BFA02: The Beauty of Folk Arts with Carol Powers and Jan Boettcher (November 22)

2016 “BFA01: The Beauty of Folk Arts with Netmaker Larry Haycraft.” (November 15)

(guest host) Conversations on Culture: A Periodic Podcast of the Mathers Museum. Mathers Museum of

World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. (2015) http://www.mathers.indiana.edu/conversations.html

2016 “Episode 04: Saddler Taylor, McKissick Museum.” (January 05) 2016 “Episode 03: Nicholas R. Bell, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian.” (January 01) 2015 “Episode 02: Teresa Hollingsworth and Katy Malone, SouthArts.” (December 20) 2015 “Episode 01: Candace Greene, Smithsonian Natural History Museum.” (December

11) (host and producer) Artisans Ancestors Podcast. Independent Podcast Project. (2010-2014) http://www.artisanancestors.com/category/podcasts/

2014 “Episode 40: Yuchi Folklore with Jason Baird Jackson.” (January 10) 2013 “Episode 39: Reviving American Basketry.” (October 29) 2013 “Episode 38: The Chesapeake House with Carl Lounsbury.” (August 30) 2013 “Episode 37: American Quilts in China.” (April 8) 2013 “Episode 36: Researching Navajo Basketry with Carol Edison.” (March 5, 2013) 2013 “Episode 34: Cannon County Baskets a Tennessee Tradition.” ( February 18) 2013 “Episode 33: Carolina Gravestones with Daniel Patterson.” (February 11) 2013 “Episode 32: South Carolina’s Digital Traditions.” (February 6) 2012 “Episode 31: The Colorful Canes of John Schoolman.” (December 18) 2012 “Episode 29: The Manifold Meaning of Things.” (September 29) 2012 “Episode 28: Folk Art Curator Carrie Hertz.” (September 21) 2012 “Episode 27: Historic Photographs and Material Culture.” (September 13) 2012 “Episode 26: Summer Institute of Museum Anthropology.” (September 1)

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2011 “Episode 25: The Promise of Oral History.” (July 6) 2011 “Episode 24: Resurrecting Voices or Finding Forgotten Recordings.” (June 16) 2011 “Episode 23: The African Diaspora and an American Pottery Tradition.” (June 10) 2011 “Episode 22: Why the Creative Commons with Jason Baird Jackson.” (May 25) 2011 “Episode 21: National Heritage Fellow Milan Opacich.” (May 10) 2011 “Episode 20: Connecticut Needlework.” (May 6) 2011 “Episode 19: Old Gravestones and New Technology.” (April 25) 2011 “Episode 18: The Artisan of Ipswich.” (April 22) 2011 “Episode 17: The Case of the Photo Detective with Maureen Taylor.” (April 8) 2011 “Episode 16: Found Images and Research Methods with Rich Remsberg.” (April 1) 2011 “Episode 15: Computational Folkloristics.” (March 25) 2011 “Episode 14: Catawba Pottery in South Carolina - Part 3.” (March 22) 2011 “Episode 13: Catawba Pottery in South Carolina - Part 2.” (March 14) 2011 “Episode 12: Catawba Pottery in South Carolina - Part 1.” (February 25) 2011 “Episode 11: Searching for a Slave Potter. (February 21) 2011 “Episode 10: Genealogical Next Steps with Curt Witcher.” (January 26) 2011 “Episode 09: Brandt Zipp’s Search for Forgotten African American Potters.”

(January 21) 2011 “Episode 08: The Quilts of Prince Edward Island.” (January 18) 2010 “Episode 07: Laurel Horton’s Textile Research.” (December 6) 2010 “Episode 06: The Tennessee Sampler Survey.” (November 24) 2010 “Episode 05: The Saddle Tree Museum.” (November 22) 2010 “Episode 04: Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions.” (October 8) 2010 “Episode 03: Alabama Folk Pottery with Joey Brackner.” (September 17)

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2010 “Episode 02: Researching Harmonist Pottery.” (August 20) 2010 “Episode 01: In the Beginning.” (July 25)

(host and producer) Traditional Arts Indiana Webinar Series. Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2015 “Methods for Presenting Traditions.” (February 11) 2015 “Memory, Art, and Aging.” (March 11) 2015 “An Apprenticeship Model (with Lisa Higgins).” (February 25)

2014 “Art and Aging.” (May 12) https://youtu.be/TB48Si8JTPM 2014 “Presenting Traditions (with Brent Björkman).” (April 29)

https://youtu.be/aFExPueWTQM 2014 “What are the Traditional Arts?” (April 24) https://youtu.be/RVFUzvdRGo4 2012 “To Be Or Not To Be … Online.” (December 4)

http://connect.iu.edu/p5uwrraa9ed/ 2012 “WordPress for Artists.” (June 14) http://connect.iu.edu/p5s2oj7ng9j/ 2012 “Benefits of TAI’s Exhibit Network.” (February 28)

http://breeze.iu.edu/p166k9ljc94/

2012 “A Performer’s Toolkit.” (January 26) http://breeze.iu.edu/p2jt3d4ppff/ (host and producer) Second Servings Podcast. Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana. http://www.traditionalartsindiana.org/secondservings

2012 “Episode 10: Persimmon Pudding.” (February 29) 2012 “Episode 09: Diners and Community Institutions.” (February 2) 2012 “Episode 08: Meat of the Matter.” (January 17) 2011 “Episode 07: Food Trucks.” (December 13) 2011 “Episode 06: Canned Heat.” (December 5) 2011 “Episode 05: Familiar Foods in a Foreign Land.” (December 1) 2011 “Episode 04: Morel Mushrooms.” (October 28)

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2011 “Episode 03: Hoosier Homebrew.” (October 6) 2011 “Episode 02: Turtle Soup.” (September 30) 2011 “Episode 01: Breaded Pork Tenderloin.” (September 1)

(host and producer) “Fieldwork Guide: Video Tutorials for Beginning Fieldworkers.” Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2010 “Fieldwork Guide: Preparing for an Interview.” https://youtu.be/HUR0pZWzJqQ 2010 “Fieldwork Guide: Structuring interview questions.”

https://youtu.be/OI98Ri4Fa74 2010 “Fieldwork Guide: Getting Interesting Answers.” https://youtu.be/TLJxWq8cgRo 2010 “Fieldwork Guide: Mics, cameras & tripods: oh gear!”

https://youtu.be/HS5Md-c5bv4 PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED) 2016 “Engaging State Arts Agencies in Creative Aging. Panel presentation at the 2016

LeadingAge Annual Meeting & EXPO, Indianapolis, Indiana. 2016 “Memory Painting Reconsidered: Life Stories, Art, and Aging.” Paper presented at the

American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida. 2016 “Folk Arts, Aging, Health and Wellness: Uniquely Structured for Impact.” Panel presentation at the

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2016 “Folk Art and Creative Aging.” Presentation given at Indiana University’s Mini University,

Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 “Gustave Potthoff’s Creative Aging Practice.” Public lecture at the Meadowood Retirement

Community, as part of the Bloomington Creative Aging Festival, Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 “John Wooden’s Legacy.” Moderator for official Indiana Bicentennial Legacy program about

the folklore and history of coach John Wooden. Art Sanctuary, Martinsville, Indiana. 2015 “The Last Basketmaker: Indiana Oak-Rod Baskets and Their Makers.” Lecture presented at

the International Oaks Society Conference, Chicago, Illinois. http://youtu.be/bUvsl-GAn0A

2015 “Life-Story Objects: Folk Art and Aging in Indiana.” Paper presented at the American

Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California.

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2015 “Effective Measures for Live Cultural Programming.” Workshop co-presented with Betty Belanus (Smithsonian Institution) at the Visitor Studies Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.

2015 “Memory Painting and Death Camps.” Paper presented at the Mathers Museum of World

Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2015 “Public Folklore Roundtable.” Panel presentation co-presented with Stephen Stempfle and

Rebecca Dirksen at the Indiana University/Ohio State University Student Folklore Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2015 “Gustave Baumann’s Brown County.” Lecture presented to the Brown County Historical

Society, Nashville, Indiana. 2015 “Placemaking: Research at the Intersection of Person and Place.” Paper presented at the

National Center for Creative Aging’s Leadership Exchange and Conference on Creative Aging, Washington, DC.

2014 “Quarreling with Modernity: Gustave Baumann’s Brown County Prints.” Paper presented at

the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. https://youtu.be/_fQWsVUJ7KM

2014 “Memory Arts and Aging: Life Lessons for Seniors.” Lecture presented at the Evansville

Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibit “Through the Eye of the Needle,” Evansville, Indiana.

2013 “Slat-Back Chairs in Kentucky and Indiana.” Lecture presented at the Mathers Museum of

World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2013 “No Place Like Home: How to Identify, Document, and Promote Local Cultural

Resources.” Lecture presented at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation’s Arts and Economic Development Conference, Delphi, Indiana.

2013 “Folk Art and Successful Aging.” Lecture presented at the Bloomington Creative Aging

Festival, Bloomington, Indiana. 2013 “Folk Art and Aging in Indiana.” Lecture presented at the Mill Race Center in Columbus,

Indiana. 2013 “Gravestones in Southern Indiana.” Lecture presented at the Mathers Museum of World

Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. http://youtu.be/bUvsl-GAn0A 2013 “The Walking Sticks of John Schoolman: Creating a Space for Social Interaction.” Paper

presented at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island. http://youtu.be/MPYvdDKzVGI

2012 “Vernacular Architecture Workshop.” Workshop presented with Thomas Carter on the

vernacular architecture of Franklin County, Indiana. Cornelius O’Brien Lecture Series

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Concerning Historic Preservation, National Council on Public History, Indianapolis, Indiana.

2012 “Public Folklore, Public Universities, and Public Service." Lecture presented at the

Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Colloquium Series, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

2011 “Oral History and Digital Tools.” Lecture presented at the Institute for Digital Arts and

Humanities, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 2010 “In Search of Chester Cross: A Narrative in Tombstone Authorship.” Paper presented at the

Indiana Association of Grave Stone Studies Meeting, Fort Wayne, Indiana. 2010 “Creative Cartography and a Brown County Tourist Map.” Paper presented at the Hoosier

Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Terre Haute, Indiana. 2009 “A Picture of an Old Country Store: The Construction of Folklore in Everyday Life.” Paper

presented at the Hoosier Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, Indiana. 2009 “The Alvis Partin Farm: Memories of a Farm in Eastern Bell County, Kentucky.” Paper

presented at the Pioneer America Society Annual Meeting, Pipestem, West Virginia. 2009 “Hoosier Mingei: Making Rugs for the ‘Japanese Ladies’.” Paper presented at the American

Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Boise, Idaho. 2008 “A Turtleback Prima: Narratives and Narrated Objects.” Paper presented at the American

Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky. 2007 “Indiana Instrument Makers.” Paper presented at the American Folklore Society Annual

Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2005 “Folklife-in-Parks Initiatives.” Panel co-presented at the National Association of State Park

Directors with Jens Lund and Bobby Fulcher, Puget Sound, Washington. 2003 “Traditional Baskets in Florida.” Conference organized at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture

Center, White Springs, Florida. 2003 “Presenting Gospel Music.” Panel presentation at the SouthArts Performing Arts Exchange,

Charlotte, North Carolina. 2003 “Folklife and Ecotourism II.” Paper presented at the Travel South Conference, Baton

Rouge, Louisiana. 2003 “Folklife and Parks: Models for Conserving Local Life.” Workshop presented at the Florida

State Park Manager Meeting, Gainesville, Florida. 2003 “Cost Effective Heritage Programming.” Lecture presented at the Southeastern State Park

Programs Seminar, Cordele, Georgia.

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2001 “Folklife, Parks, and Ecotourism.” Lecture presented at the National Recreation and Park

Association Conference, Daytona Beach, Florida. 2002 “Roots of American Music.” Lecture presented as part of the Florida Humanities Council’s

Speaker’s Bureau, St. Petersburg, Florida. 2001 “Increase Revenue through Programming.” Presentation given at the Florida State Parks’

Annual Park Manager’s Meeting, Gainesville, Florida. 2001 “Folklife of the Suwannee.” Paper presented at the Four Rivers, Two States, One Basin: A

Research Symposium for the Suwannee Basin, Live Oak, Florida. 2001 “Folklife and the Environment.” Paper presented at the Florida Folklore Society Annual

Meeting, Gainesville, Florida. 2000 “Presenting Traditional Artists: Techniques and Critiques.” Presentation given for the

Missouri Arts Council, St. Louis, Missouri. 2000 “Presenting Traditional Artists: Techniques and Critiques.” Presentation given for

Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson, Mississippi. 2000 “‘You don’t kill the hog till the water gets hot’: Verbal Art and Checkers in North Florida.”

Paper presented at the Florida Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. 1999 “Folklife and Parks: Models for Conserving Local Life.” Workshop presented at the

Southeastern Park Programs Seminar, St. Augustine, Florida. 1999 “Exploring Folklife in Your Community.” Workshop conducted at the Museum of Science

and History, Jacksonville, Florida. 1999 “Folklife and Ecotourism.” Paper presented at the National Watchable Wildlife Conference,

Port Charlotte, Florida. 1999 “Early Florida Folklorists: Sarah Gertrude Knott and the First Florida Folk Festival.” Paper

presented at the Florida Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Tallahassee, Florida. 1998-2000 “Rural Folklife Days: Teacher In-service.” Led workshops at Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center, White Springs, Florida. 1998 “Our Town: Using Your Community in Cultural Interpretation.” Paper presented at the

Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites’ Annual Interpreters Meeting, Mitchell, Indiana. 1998 “Can We Talk: Oral History and Parks.” Paper presented at the Indiana State Museum and

Historic Sites’ Annual Interpreters Meeting, Mitchell, Indiana. 1997 “Presenting Traditional Artists.” Co-presented workshop with Bob Gates and Larry

Morrissey at the Kentucky Arts Council Conference, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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1996 “Kentucky’s Folklorist-in-Parks Program.” Program co-presented with Bob Gates and Larry

Morrissey at the Southeastern State Parks Program Seminar, Frankfort, Kentucky. 1995 “From Headstones to Stone Head: A Tour of Pre-Civil War Cemeteries.” Tour led for the

Brown County Life Long Learning Center, Nashville, Indiana. 1995 “Folk Music in the Classroom.” Presentation given at the Indiana Music Educators

Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1994 “Will Vawter: The Life and Art of a Brown County Artist.” Presentation given at the Brown

County Art Guild, Nashville, Indiana. PUBLIC PROGRAMS (SELECTED) 2016 “Beauty of Indiana Folk Art Residencies.” Series of 16 artist residencies for Indiana

University’s Themester, Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 “Indiana Folk Arts.” Folklife Area at the Hoosier Homecoming Bicentennial Celebration.

Indiana State House, Indianapolis, Indiana. 2016 “Memory and Creativity: A Conversation with Elder Folk Artists.” Narrative stage for

Bloomington Creative Aging Festival, Bloomington, Indiana. 2016 “Folk Art Summit.” Coordinated workshop for folk artists from around the state. Mathers

Museum of World Cultures, Bloomington, Indiana. 2004-2016 “Indiana State Fair Masters Program.” Coordinated selection and presentation of

award for the Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, Indiana. 2012-2015 “Hoosier Outdoor Experience.” Coordinated folklife area for the Indiana

Department of Natural Resources, Fort Harrison State Park, Lawrence, Indiana. 2015-2016 “Lotus in the Park.” Coordinated folklife area and narrative stage for Lotus Festival,

Bloomington, Indiana. 2015 “Traditional Arts Today.” Coordinated traditional arts demonstrations at Spring Mill State

Park, Mitchell, Indiana. 2015 “Chautauqua.” Coordinated folklife area at Shades State Park, Rockville, Indiana. 2013-2015 “Arts in the Park.” Coordinated craft demonstrations at McCormicks Creek State

Park, Spencer, Indiana. 2004-2015 “Indiana State Fair Fiddle Contest.” Coordinated contest for Indiana State Fair,

Indianapolis, Indiana.

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2013-2015 “Limestone Weekend.” Presented limestone carvers at Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, Indiana

2012 “Indiana University: Campus and Community.” Presented artists at the Smithsonian Folklife

Festival, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 2011 “Midwest Folklife Festival.” Presented artists from Indiana at multistate festival, Dodgeville,

Wisconsin. 2010 “Homegrown Concert Series with the Not Too Bad Bluegrass Band.” Presented artists at the

Library of Congress and Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington, DC. http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M4421

2007-2010 “Indiana Festival.” Coordinated folklife area at Conner Prairie, Fishers, Indiana. 2008 “Building Bluegrass.” Presented instrument makers and bluegrass music concert at the

Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, Indianapolis, Indiana. 2006 “October Fest.” Coordinated folklife area for community festival, Marion, Indiana. 2004-2006 “Fair on the Square.” Coordinated folklife area for festival, Bloomington, Indiana. 2002-2004 “Florida Folk Festival.” Directed state folk festival, White Springs, Florida. 2000-2004 “Elderhostel.” Led lifelong-learning classes at the Montgomery Center on traditional

music of Florida, Keystone Heights, Florida. 2000-2003 “Rural Folklife Days.” Coordinated folklife demonstrations, Stephen Foster Folk

Culture Center, White Springs, Florida. 1998-2003 “Elderhostel.” Led lifelong-learning classes on Florida Folklife at the Stephen Foster

Folk Culture Center, White Springs, Florida. 1997-2002 “Craft Square.” Coordinated daily craft demonstrations, Stephen Foster Folk Culture

Center, White Springs, Florida. 1998-1999 “Rural Folklife Days.” Assisted with folklife demonstrations, Florida Folklife

Program, Florida Department of State, White Springs, Florida. 1997-2001 “Kentucky Folklife Festival.” Presented artists at folklife festival and hosted narrative stage, Kentucky Folklife Program, Frankfort, Kentucky. 1995 “Whittlers Weekend.” Coordinated woodcarving event at Pine Mountain State Resort Park,

Pineville, Kentucky. 1995 “Pine Mountain Folklife Series.” Coordinated music programs and craft demonstrations at

Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Pineville, Kentucky.

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COURSES Undergraduate: Indiana Folklore Indiana University: 2007-2011,

2013-2016 Beauty of Indiana Folk Art Indiana University: 2016

(Themester Course) Work as Art: Occupational Folklore in the

United States http://inside.indiana.edu/features/videos/2016-01-20-work-is-art-course.shtml

Indiana University: 2015 (Themester Course)

Graduate: Laboratory in Public Folklore

Indiana University: 2016

Public Practice in Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Indiana University: 2015, 2017

Professional Training:

Performing Arts Toolbox: SouthArts’ Professional Development for Performing Artists

Minnesota Arts Board: 2002 (Minneapolis, MN) Performing Arts Exchange: 2002 (Louisville, KY) Mississippi Arts Commission: 2002 (Jackson, MS) Kentucky Arts Council: 2001 (Frankfort, KY)

Florida Folklife: Rural Roots and Living Traditions

Florida Humanities Council’s Center for Teachers: 2002, 2001 (St. Petersburg, FL)

GRANTS RECEIVED 2004-2016 “Traditional Arts Indiana Partnership Grant.” Indiana Arts Commission. (principal

investigator) 2016 “Beauty of Indiana Folk Arts Residency and Podcast.” 2016 Themester Co-Curricular Grant,

College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University. (principal investigator) 2015 “Indiana Folk Arts: 200 Years of Tradition and Innovation.” National Endowment for the

Arts. (principal investigator) 2015 “The Art of Limestone Work.” 2015 Themester Co-Curricular Grant, College of Arts and

Sciences, Indiana University. (principal investigator)

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2015 (with Jason Baird Jackson) “@Work with Basketry on a Changing Planet.” 2015 Themester Co-Curricular Events Programming Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University. (co-principal investigator)

2015 (with Jason Baird Jackson) “@Work with Basketry on a Changing Planet.” 2015 Themester

Co-Curricular Exhibition Programming Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University. (co-principal investigator)

2014 Capacity Building Program; Indiana Arts Commission. (principal investigator) 2013 “Traditional Arts in Contemporary Indiana Communities.” National Endowment for the

Arts. (principal investigator) 2012 “Traditional Musical Artist Webinar Series.” Indiana Arts Commission. (principal

investigator) 2012 “African American Quilting in Fort Wayne, Indiana.” Mary Turner Wright Folklore Award,

Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. (principal investigator)

2012 “Musical Diversity in the Hoosier State: Public Awareness and Engagement.” National

Endowment for the Arts. (principal investigator) 2011 “Contemporary Folk Traditions Traveling Exhibition II.” National Endowment for the

Arts. (principal investigator) 2010 “Second Servings: Enhanced Podcast about Indiana Foodways.” Indiana Humanities

Council. (principal investigator) 2009 “Contemporary Folk Traditions: Traveling Exhibition I.” National Endowment for the Arts.

(principal investigator) 2007 “Folk Arts Outreach Project.” National Endowment for the Arts. (principal investigator) 2006 “Traditional Arts of Indiana Small Businesses.” National Endowment for the Arts. (principal

investigator) 2006 “Folk Arts Surveys of Dearborn, Franklin, Jackson, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley, and Switzerland

counties.” Eli Lilly Foundation, Indianapolis and Indiana University. (principal investigator) 2006 “I-69 Heritage Corridor Online Tour. National Endowment for the Arts. (principal

investigator) 2006 “Statewide Traditional Resources and Training.” National Endowment for the Arts.

(principal investigator) 2005 “Indiana Instrument Makers Project.” National Endowment for the Arts. (principal

investigator)

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2005 “Indiana Master-Apprenticeship Program” National Endowment for the Arts. (principal

investigator) 2003 “Storytellers of the Upper Suwannee River Valley.” Florida Humanities Council Fellowship.

(principal investigator) 2002 “Traditional Baskets in Florida.” National Endowment for the Arts. (principal investigator) 1997 “Folklorist-in-Residence.” Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, Kentucky. Grant Review Panels 2017 National Endowment for the Arts 2015 National Endowment for the Humanities 2005-2010 Indiana Arts Commission 2007 National Endowment for the Arts 2002 Kentucky Folklife Program 2000 Florida Folklife Program 1999 Mississippi Arts Commission Special Service and Honors 2016 Folk Arts Peer Group Meeting (committee). National Assembly of State Arts Agencies,

Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2016 Indiana Arts Commission Strategic Planning Committee. Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. 2014 Folk Arts Peer Group Meeting (co-chair). National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, New

Orleans, Louisiana. 2013 Governor’s Arts Award for Traditional Arts Indiana. Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. 2013 “Ranger Lore” (with Brent Björkman), Archie Green Fellowship. American Folklife Center,

Library of Congress, Washington, DC. 2012 Indiana Arts Commission Strategic Planning Committee. Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. 2009 Warren Roberts Graduate Student Paper Prize Pioneer America Society (Now the

International Society for Landscape, Place and Material Culture). 2010- 2014 Hoosier Folklore Society President

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2008-2010 Hoosier Folklore Society Vice-President

2007 Indiana Arts Commission Strategic Planning Committee. Indiana Arts Commission,

Indianapolis, Indiana. 2001-2003 Florida Folklore Society President 2001 Division of Recreation and Park’s Public Service Award. Florida Park Service, Tallahassee,

Florida. 2000 Joe Kenner: Interpreter of the Year. Florida Park Service, Tallahassee, Florida. BROADCAST INTERVIEWS 2016 “Memory in My Hands: Folk Art and Aging” on Interchange. WFHB Community

Radio. Doug Storm, host. http://wfhb.org/news/interchange-memory-in-my-hands-folk-art-and-aging/

2015 “Southern Indiana’s Lost Craft” on Earth Eats. WFIU Public Radio, Indiana University.

Annie Corrigan, host. http://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/oak-rod-basket-making-southern-indianas-lost-craft/

2015 “Passing Down the Past” on Kids Count Radio. The Indiana Youth Institute. http://s3.amazonaws.com/iyi-website/radio-shows/August-16-2015-Radio-Shows-Passing-

Down-the-Past.mp3?mtime=20151109090034 2013 “Telling the Story” on Interchange. WFHB Community Radio. Alycin Bektesh, host. http://wfhb.org/news/interchange-leigh-bush-and-jon-kay-telling-the-story/ PROJECT WEBSITES Folk Art and Aging (2016) www.folkartandaging.com Artisan Ancestors (2011) www.artisanancestors.com Folk Traditions of Indiana (2006) www.folktraditions.com Traditional Arts Indiana (2011) www.traditionalartsindiana.org Crafting Sound (2008) http://www.indiana.edu/~tradarts/craftingsound/