Empowered Minds: Music From the Mountains

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Empowered Minds, Classes & Workshops

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Adults
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Anthropologist and folklorist Dr. Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth discusses his book, Finding the Singing Spruce, a 2023 Weatherford Award Finalist for nonfiction. His work explores how the craft of musical instrument making helps reconnect people to place and reenchant work in Appalachia.

Dr. Waugh-Quasebarth is Director and Curator of the Gordon Art Galleries at Old Dominion University. He has taught and conducted research in Anthropology and Folklore Studies through his work with the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Cultural History Program, the University of Kentucky Department of Anthropology and Appalachian Center, and Ohio State University Department of Comparative Studies and Center for Folklore Studies. He earned a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Kentucky.

This free, virtual program is part of our lifelong learning series Empowered Minds. The focus of this signature service is healthy aging and enrichment for the retirement-age citizens of Licking County. All adults are welcome. Empowered Minds is supported by a sustaining gift from Robert Trimble Jr., a lifelong learner and, in part, by the Licking County Senior Levy. Donations are appreciated.