Grantee tags folk songs

Song Quilts: A Celebration of Stitch and Song

Eliza Hardy Jones

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

The Song Quilts project is a visual interpretation of folk songs from the American South and the Russian Arctic. Each quilt is an exact “color transcription” of songs recorded during interviews with women across Russia and the US. Read More

Paul Robeson Through His Words and Music

East Lynne Theater Company

Year Grant Awarded: 2008

PAUL ROBESON THROUGH HIS WORDS AND MUSIC is an interweaving of two dozen songs that were sung by Robeson, with a narrative of his life as an actor, singer, activist, and humanitarian. Length:45-80 minutes. minutes. Performed by Derrick McQueen. Read More