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IX.
Residencies
A. Skills
Building
These residency programs are designed to develop
skills in the following areas. Residencies must be between three and eight
hours long and must be conducted in one day.
Creative Writing
By Twyla Hansen or William A. Clemente
These programs are designed for school groups.
These programs help foster creativity in children and how to channel that
into writing.
Storytelling
By Ricardo Garcia or Marla Matkin
These programs teach participants the lost art
of storytelling. They also convey an interesting way to approach history
and folklore. They are designed for both children and adults.
Family History
By Susanne George Bloomfield, Deb Carpenter
and Lyn Messersmith
These programs will teach participants about
compiling family history and applying the family history story structure
to life.
Nebraska Folklife and Folk Arts
By Gwen Meister
These programs teach participants the rich cultural heritage of Nebraska’s
folklife and folk arts. Participants will identify their own folk traditions and
learn how to recognize the traditions of other cultural groups.
Folk
Traditions Through Music
Designed for
school groups, these programs give students hands-on experience with the
harmonica and teach how music reflects cultural traditions and conveys them
from one generation to the next.
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