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A young weaver at a loom learning from an elder, who is seated next to the loom.

First Community Collections Grant Project Goes Online! Traditional Weaving in Micronesia

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

American Folklife Center's (AFC) Nancy Groce announces a new AFC archival collection, the Warp and Weft of Yap’s Outer Islands: Backstrap Weaving in Micronesia, as supported through the AFC's Community Collections Grant program of the Library of Congress Of the People: Widening the Path initiative.

A photo of a Chaldean wedding party outside with people clapping for the groom.

Community Collections Grant Spotlight: Chaldeans: Portrait of an Evolving Community

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

Folklife Specialist Meg Nicholas interviews Alex Lumelsky, COO and Creative Director for the Chaldean News, about the 2024 Community Collections Grant (CCG) Project, Chaldeans: Portrait of an Evolving Community. The American Folklife Center CCG program is part of the Library of Congress Of the People: Widening the Path initiative.

An outdoor photo of a stilt walker dressed in blue on the street with trees and a blue sky in the background interacting with participants of the Goombay Festival in Miami

Catching-up with Community Collections Grant Recipients: Documenting Goombay and Little Bahamas of Coconut Grove, Miami

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

This is a guest post by Aarti Mehta-Kroll, co-leader of the 2024 American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant project, Documenting Goombay and Little Bahamas of Coconut Grove. This post is part of the Library of Congress Of the People blog series featuring awardees of the American Folklife Center’s Community Collections Grants program.

Jourdan Brunson and Tameshia Rudd-Ridge, founders of kinkofa, researching at Dallas Municipal Archives for the 'If Tenth Street Could Talk' project.

Catching up with Community Collections Grant Recipients: If Tenth Street Could Talk with Tameshia Rudd-Ridge and Jourdan Brunson

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

This post is an interview with Tameshia Rudd-Ridge and Jourdan Brunson of the Dallas, Texas Community Collections Grant project, If Tenth Street Could Talk, as part of the Library's Of the People blog series featuring awardees of the American Folklife Center’s Community Collections Grant program.