Name: Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program @ 40 Lecture Series with Missouri's First State Folklorist
Start: 2025-09-21T14:00:00-05:00
Location: The Shoe Tree Listening Room at Arrow Art Annex

Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program @ 40 Lecture Series with Missouri's First State Folklorist

Thanks to a MO Humanities grant, Missouri Folk Arts is excited to welcome Barry Bergey, Missouri's first State Folklorist, back to the Show Me State to talk about early days of the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.
Join us at one of the most fun and cozy folk venues in the state--the Shoe Tree Listening Room 1342 St.Louis Street, Springfield, Mo. at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 21, 2025.
Admission is free, but seating is limited to 50 FCFS. Parking is across the street, with accessible parking in the back.

Barry Bergan, who hails from New Haven, Mo., will give a presentation titled "Show Me Missouri Apprenticeships."
After co-founding and -coordinating events and fieldwork with the non-profit Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts, Bergey joined the Cultural Heritage Center team at the University of Missouri. He then headed to the National Endowment for the Arts, where he worked in the Folk & Traditional Arts office for 29 years until he retired.
Photo credit: Barry Bergey
Photo Description: The Graves Family Band performs on November 16, 1984. From left to right: William "Bill" Graves with Mrs. Doris Graves, daughter Vivian Owens, and son Donald Graves all sing while Bill plays the "walking cane" dulcimer accompanied by Vivian and Don on guitars.