The Arts Workshop of Rural America : : A Study of the Rural Arts Program of the Agricultural Extension Service / / Marjorie Patten.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Patten, Marjorie,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1937]; ©1937
• Year of Publication: 1937
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Explains the cultural contributions of the Rural Arts Program of the Agricultural Extension Service. Includes the story of the rise of a host of home-spun leisure-time activities among farm people during the early 20th century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword / De S. Brunner, Edmund -- Contents -- I. Introducing the Farmers' Leisure-Time Program -- II. How the Program Grew -- III. Patterns of Work -- IV. The Part That Drama Plays -- V. Drama Festivals in Wisconsin -- VI. The Little Country Theatre in North Dakota -- VII. Informal Drama in Community Planning in Ohio and New York -- VIII. The Making of Native Folk Drama in North Carolina -- IX. An Integrated Arts Program in the University of Colorado -- X. Corn, Hogs, and Opera in Iowa -- XI. The Part That Music Plays -- XII. A Leadership Training Center at Jackson's Mill, West Virginia -- XIII. An Experiment in Regional Planning at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia -- XIV. The Little Stringed People Play Their Parts -- XV. Farmers Write Their Own Plays -- XVI. The Importance of Folk Events -- XVII. Hobbies -- XVIII. Arts and Crafts -- XIX. Art Exhibits in Rural Galleries -- XX. Radio Has Its Place in the Program -- XXI. Some of the Problems -- XXII. Conclusion