Missouri Folk Arts Program

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The Missouri Folk Arts Program will feature two styles of music with deep historical roots in Missouri and the South. Van Colbert is an Ozarks claw hammer style banjo player from Willow Springs who will perform with members of his family and his apprentice. Stephen Miller, from Paris, Mo., will bring the sounds of the Southern Gospel quartet with his group Praises to Him. His apprentice will join the group for this performance.

Missouri traditional crafters will include Alan McMichael who makes northern plains tribal breastplates and has two apprentices; and Mexican-American airbrush and tattoo artist David Morales, from the barrios of Laredo, Texas, who also paints murals and low rider cars.