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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Lora Bottinelli
Description: Executive Director of the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) Lora Bottinelli joins me to talk about the central place of traditional art and traditional artists in the American experience. The many cultures and traditions that shape us a people are a strength that we can lean on as we get to the other side of the pandemic. This is a bedrock belief of the NCTA--the nation’s oldest producing and presenting organization focused on folk and traditional arts. As Lora notes, the grassroots nature of traditional arts—so deeply rooted in community— “can prove to be a powerful for...