The Art Moot is essentially a Show and Tell for for artisans. Attendees are welcome to share in progress work, completed projects, or ask for advise on planned activities.
This class covers a selection of ballads from the University of California-Santa Barabara’s English Broadside Ballad Archives. As part of the review we perform an analysis of their tale types and variants. Discussions will include murder ballads and folklore influence. This class has not been recorded but a research guide is available.
This class is an introduction to finding performance materials through your local library and online archival sources. Preference will be given to free or low cost options.
Documentation is always the ideal but what if you don’t have access to that perfect article? This class will show you free or low cost ways to ethically source your sources. Content covered will include how to use your public library for research, how to utilize JSTOR’s Free Account options, and synthesize your sources.
This class discusses the importance of the development of stoneware in the 14th-16th centuries and its influence on domestic life. With the introduction of sturdy ceramics to the general population via emerging potteries, food preservation, storage, trade, and decor were permanently altered.