ERIC Number: ED391753
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 124
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Marketing Folk Art.
Stevens, Phillips, Jr., Ed.
New York Folklore, v12 n1-2 Win-Spr 1986
"Marketing Folk Art" is a special section (pages 43-89) of this serial issue addressing the folklorists' role in developing marketing strategies to improve the lot of folk artists and protect their traditional forms of expression from commercial exploitation. The following six articles, introduced by Rosemary Joyce, focus on these topics: (1) "The Marketing of Objects in the Folk Art Style" (C. Kurt Dewhurst; Marsha MacDowell); (2) "Traditions for Sale: Marketing Mechanisms for Baltimore's Screen Art, 1913-1983" (Elaine Eff); (3) "Who Will Market the Folk Arts?" (Egle Victoria Zygas); (4) "'Crafts Assistance Programs' and Traditional Crafts" (Robert T. Teske); (5) "Commentary" (Geraldine N. Johnson; John Michael Vlach); and (6) "Mitigating Marketing: A Window of Opportunity for Applied Folklorists" (Alf Walle). (MM)
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Art, Art Education, Community Resources, Cultural Maintenance, Folk Culture, Handicrafts, Marketing, Strategic Planning
New York Folklore Society, P.O. Box 130, Newfield, NY 14867 ($10).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Students; Community; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: New York Folklore Society, Buffalo.
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