Traditional arts
Food and drink
idea
La cucina povera delivers the fare we need to sustain us now
La cucina povera made do with whatever was available in nonna’s kitchen garden, and remains the perfect fare for our times
by Louise Fabiani
Music
idea
Bob Dylan turned American folk traditions into modern prophecy
Bob Dylan’s ‘A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall’ is the first truly modernist folk song: it reworks tradition into a prophetic warning
by Timothy Hampton
Sacred places
film
Explore the rugged beauty of Nine Mile Canyon, the world’s longest art gallery
Directed by Dane Christensen
Philosophy of art
idea
Archaeology excavates the layers of meaning we leave behind
Archaeologists make sense of the past by thinking about the intentional and the natural meanings of what they uncover
by Marilynn Johnson
Learning and education
idea
Handcraft lessons belong in a radical school curriculum
Handcraft lessons in school can stitch empathy, sustainability and resilience to the shared knowledge of communal heritage
by Hinda Mandell
Music
film
Witness the cool musical game played by Inuit women for centuries
Directed by Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland
Traditional arts
film
A trip to Gee’s Bend, Alabama, where masterpieces hang from clotheslines
Directed by Maris Curran
