Description

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    This delightful book, amply illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, captures the significant role such traditional arts as basketmaking, needlework, and decoy carving continue to play in the daily life of many Wisconsinites. Several chapters by folklorists provide a context for understanding the ways folk artists use their work to connect the past and present, express ethnic identity, celebrate community, and live creatively off the land.
    This book is a companion to an exhibit that appeared at the Cedarburg Cultural Center (Dec. ’97–Feb. ’98), the Neville Public Museum in Green Bay (March–May ’98), the State Historical Museum in Madison (June–Oct. ’98), and the Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Claire (Nov.–Feb. ’99).

Distributed for the Cedarburg Cultural Center.

About the Author

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Robert T. Teske is executive director of the Cedarburg Cultural Center. The Center’s book, Cedarburg, 1946–1964, received a local history award of merit from the Wisconsin Historical Society.  He received his B.A. in folklore from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.