This project fosters the sharing of traditional (folk) artistic skills through the apprenticeship learning model of regular, intensive, one-on-one teaching by a master artist from either RI, MA, or CT with apprentices from one of the other states, as a way of knitting together members of the same community or group across state lines. Teaching and learning traditional arts help to sustain cultural expressions that are central to a community, while also strengthening festivals, arts activities, and events of which the master and apprentice artists will perform or demonstrate their results of cooperative learning to public audiences. The Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program at the Connecticut Historical Society manages the program in collaboration with the Folk Arts Program at the Massachusetts Cultural Council, with independent Folklorist Winifred Lambrecht. Primary funding for the program comes from the National Endowment for the Arts. Master Artisan from Massachusetts: Mr. Carlos Santiago Apprentices from Rhode Island: Amanda deGrace and Kelly Garatt Past apprentices Olga Silva, Alicia Preza, Yidell Rivera and Lydia Perez Classes Tuesday and Wednesday @ 3:00pm 1005 Main St. Suite 2228 Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860

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