Smithsonian Folklife Competition in D.C. will highlight Ozarks area

Jackie Clarkson

Held yearly on the Nationwide Mall in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian Folklife Competition will focus their 2023 programming on the Ozarks area, which constitutes elements of Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma.

Beginning tomorrow, “The Ozarks: Faces and Aspects of a Area” runs from June 29 to July 4 and July 6 to July 9, and can contain “large-scale murals and a custom-built mountain bike path, music jam periods and performances, dance and craft workshops, meals and plant instructional demonstrations and curated discussions,” in accordance with a press launch from the Arkansas Division of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. There isn’t any value of admission for the pageant, which is open to the general public.

An astonishing variety of educated and proficient Arkansans will probably be current to share their experience, together with:

Music, Dance and Leisure

• Brockwell Gospel Music College – Loyanna M. Everett, form note-singer; Beverly A. Meinzer, shape-note singer; Natalie M. Stephens, shape-note singer; and Justin Wilson, shape-note singer
• The Ozark Highballers – Clarke Buehling, banjoist; Aviva Pilgrim, guitarist and luthier; Roy Pilgrim, fiddler; and Seth Shumate, harmonica participant
• Sylamore Particular – Edward Turner Atwell, guitarist; Crystal Eager McCool, bassist; LillyAnne McCool, banjoist; Mary Parker, fiddler; Gordon Parker, mandolinist and jig dancer
• Kalyn Fay Barnoski, guitarist and Cherokee weaver
• Matt Magerkurth, cellist
• Pam Setser, mountain dulcimer participant and guitarist

Particular Visitor Musicians

• MARK Concord
• Unhappy Daddy
• Willi Carlisle, singer and poet
• Melissa Carper, multi-instrumentalist and singer
• Pura Coco, singer
• DJ Raquel, DJ
• Grace Stormont, singer and multi-instrumentalist

Foodways and Plant Information

• Susan Belsinger, herbalist and meals author
• Josh Jansen, butcher
• Nick Nichols, distiller
• Matthew Sloan, distiller
• Pat Johnson, cultural middle chief
• Emily Lawson, chef
• Shoua Vue, chef and herbalist
• Maria Cristina Moroles, curandera practitioner
• Artemis Diaz, curandera apprentice
• Rafael Rίos, chef
• Román Rίos, chef
• Phyllis Speer, chef and hunter
• Tina Marie Wilcox, herbalist and gardener

Crafts

• Cory Perry, textile set up artist
• Jacob Archer, textile set up artist assistant
• Alan “Poisonous” Rodriguez, muralist
• Kayleigh “ktana” Tolman, muralist
• Olivia Trimble, signal painter and muralist
• Jennifer Northorp, signal painter assistant
• Kholoud Sawaf, filmmaker

Marshallese Artisans

• Clara Beasa, weaver
• Tie Matthew, weaver
• Lilen Gushi, weaver assistant and dancer
• Miriam Pedro, weaver assistant and dancer
• Shemi Sham, weaver assistant and dancer
• Liton Beasa, canoe builder
• Troy Boaz, canoe builder assistant and dancer
• Tirja Bokna, canoe builder assistant and dancer
• Witner John, canoe builder assistant and dancer
• Wilifred Lawin, canoe builder assistant
• Abraham Moore, canoe builder assistant
• Litha Ralpho, coordinator
• Lewisa Lawin, presenter and dancer

Presenters

• Simone Cottrell
• Rachel Reynolds
• Virginia Siegel
• Lauren Adams Willette

For a full schedule of the festivities, head here.

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