Grisham Middle School 2014-15

Series produced by Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife

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Stories by youth producers at Grisham Middle School during the 2014-15 school year.

Stories by youth producers at Grisham Middle School during the 2014-15 school year. For this project in collaboration with "Stories from Deep in the Heart," students documented a wide range of folklife traditions, such as Norwegian and German family recipes in the U.S., the lives of community musicians and poets, and the artisan soap-making process.

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“Stories from Deep in the Heart” is supported in part through grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art; the Shield-Ayres Foundation; the Still Water Foundation; Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Arts; and the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division. Hide full description

Stories by youth producers at Grisham Middle School during the 2014-15 school year. For this project in collaboration with "Stories from Deep in the Heart," students documented a wide range of folklife traditions, such as Norwegian and German family recipes in the U.S., the lives of community musicians and poets, and the artisan soap-making process.For more information, please visit:www.texasfolklife.org/storiesfromdeepintheheart.htmlStories Summer Institute 2015:www.texasfolklife.org/event/ssi2015“Stories from Deep in the Heart” is supported in part through grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art; the Shield-Ayres Foundation; the Still Water Foundation; Humanities Texas,... Show full description


11 Pieces

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Youth producers from Grisham Middle School visit Naegelin's Bakery in New Braunfels, Texas, the oldest German bakery in the state.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:08
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A wild guinea fowl appears at Grisham Middle School, becoming an unofficial second mascot for the school.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 02:06
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Students at Grisham Middle School interview Poet Laureate Jan Seale.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:47
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Students at Grisham Middle School walk through the process of cooking one of "Mawmaw's" favorites - a cherry cream cheese pie.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:27
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A family in Texas deals with, and raises, all sorts of reptilian creatures. Produced by students at Grisham Middle School for Stories from Deep in ...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Students at Grisham Middle School discover the soap-making process, and learn what "volcanoing" is, with artisan soap-makers in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:12
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Students at Grisham Middle School in Austin, Texas lead the listener through the process of making Lefse, a Norwegian dish that came to Texas by wa...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
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Youth producers at Grisham Middle School in Austin, Texas, learn about one of the city's most well-liked Indian restaurants.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 02:48
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Students from Grisham Middle School interview Gilbert Elorreaga, the trumpeter for Grupo Fantasma, about his career and personal life.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:08
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Amanda Johnston is a school secretary, but during her free time, she invents new forms of poetry, drawing inspiration from her life's stories. Yout...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:46
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Students at Grisham Middle School document their experience trying to capture their surprise resident guinea fowl.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:54