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Craftsmen Prepare For Texas Folklife Festival
Over 42 sculptors painters and craftsmen from Texas will showcase folk arts at the Texas Folklife Festival September 6 to 9. UTSA hosts the event highlighting foods music dances and crafts from 26 ethnic groups with live demonstrations by artists including R C Wong Sonita Straus Harry Schneider and more. Participants will demonstrate techniques from tinwork doll making bread art twining and batik while visitors view art up close and gain insights into traditional crafts. A final note adds a travel tip about Oistins Barbados with a dawn fishing trip offer for visitors.
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Texas
University of Texas At San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
O. T. Baker
R. C. Wong
Austin
Sonita Straus
Melvin
Harry M. Schneider
San Antonio
Whittlin
Joe McMordie
Howard E. Hilliard