C.A.R.T.S.

NEW ENGLAND

Portuguese boat builder and draftsman Jose Mello from Rhode Island displays his scale model of a tuna fishing boat. Rhode Island is known as the "ocean state."

Photo by Winifred Lambrecht

Connecticut Commission on the Arts [http://www.ctarts.org] can identify resources and folk artists for residencies and initiated the HOT School project connecting communities, artists, and schools.

Institute for Community Research [http://www.incommunityresearch.org/programs/chap.htm] fosters research through collaborative partnerships and includes youth action research and teacher training. Contact Lynne Williamson, 2 Hartford Square West, Suite 100, Hartford, CT 06106, 860/278-2044, info@icrweb.org.

Massachusetts Cultural Council [http://www.massculturalcouncil.org] has two folklorists on staff who can offer resources and training for teachers and artists. Contact Maggie Holzberg, Folk Arts & Heritage Manager, or David Marshall, Arts in Education Manager, 10 St. James Ave., 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02116, 617/727-3668, maggie.holtzberg@art.state.ma.us or David.Marshall@art.state.ma.us.

Cape Verde Home Page [http://www.umassd.edu/specialprograms/caboverde/] connects the worldwide Cape Verdean community.

Center for Life Studies supports and archives oral life histories, Contact Robert Atkinson, University of Southern Maine, 400 Bailey Hall, Gorham, ME 04038, 207/780-5078, atkinson@usm.maine.edu.

Maine Folklife Center [http://www.umaine.edu/folklife] is one of the nation's leading collections of oral histories, traditional music, and photographs of northeastern North America. Find online exhibits and order the curriculum guide, Hot Biscuits and Shanty Boys, $19.95 plus tax. Contact 5773 South Stevens Hall, Orono, ME 04469, 207/581-1891, folklife@maine.edu.

MaineCulture.org [http://www.MaineCulture.org] is the gateway site tying together local cultural directories for various regions in Maine.

Maine Arts Commission [www.MaineArts.com] encourages and stimulates public interest and participation in the cultural heritage and cultural programs of Maine.

Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum [http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mbp/museum/index.html] Web site describes the museum and displays woodcarving and logging photos. Working in the Woods, by Peggy Yocom and Kathleen Mundell, is a booklet for the classroom and general readers and details lives of 20 Mainers who earn their living in the state's forests, $3 + $2 shipping fee. Contact Rangeley Logging Museum, Box 154, Rangeley, ME 04970.

Joseph Cormier, Cape Breton Violinist, Waltham, MA
1984 NEA National Heritage Fellow
Photo by Alan Govenar

NH

Traditional Arts Program of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts [http://www.state.nh.us/nharts/artsandartists/index.html] works with a network of teachers, Celebrate New Hampshire [http://www.celebratenh.org] around the state and has a roster of folk artists for school residencies. Contact Lynn Martin Graton, 603/271-2789, lmartin@nharts.state.nh.us.

Folk Arts Program of the Rhode Island Arts Council [http://www.risca.state.ri.us] has education kits and links to teacher training and folk artists. Contact Winnie Lambrecht, 83 Park St., 6th Floor, Providence, RI 02903, 401/222-6996, winnie@risca.state.ri.us.

What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? [http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html] is an excellent archive of Rhode Island women's stories and a model for student projects.

Camsco Music [http://www.camsco.com] distributes folk music by mail, Box 160, East Montpelier, VT 05651, 800-548-3655.

Vermont Folklife Center [http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/] has rotating exhibits, award-winning radio shows, and engaging teacher materials such as videos, publications, and a good guide for studying the state, Many Cultures, One People, by Gregory Sharrow. Contact Box 442, Painter House, Middlebury, VT 05753, 802/388-4964, vfc@sover.net.