Mariela Freire

August 5, 2026

Apprenticeship Program Updates

Apprenticeship Program Updates By Jeannelle Ramirez, Ph.D. Program Director On July 29, we held our annual Virtual Apprenticeship Showcase! Five…

Posted By: Mariela Freire

July 30, 2026

Songs That Made Texas Home for South Asians

Songs That Made Texas Home for South Asians by Sonny K. Mehta, Texas Folklife Community Folklife Fellow One afternoon, I…

Posted By: Mariela Freire

A brightly colored painting of a curandera performing a healing in a bedroom. A woman in a red floral dress leans over a person lying in bed with a cloth on their forehead, sweeping a green palm frond across the turquoise bedspread. A boy in a horse-print shirt watches from the foot of the bed, resting his chin on his hands beside a red apple. Incense smoke rises from a blue can on the floor. The room holds an image of the Virgen de Guadalupe, a lit candle, family portraits on the wall, a sewing machine, and a window looking out onto green leaves.

July 23, 2026

Reconnecting Through Curanderismo: Exploring Healing Traditions in South Texas

Reconnecting Through Curanderismo: Exploring Healing Traditions in South Texas by Oddett Garza, Texas Folklife Community Folklife Fellow Banner photo credit:…

Posted By: Mariela Freire

July 16, 2026

Yiddish Life through Song: When Memory Becomes Performance

Yiddish Life through Song: When Memory Becomes Performance by Samantha Goldberg Blackthorn, Texas Folklife Community Folklife Fellow The Project and…

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Hands shaping a lavender tissue paper flower at a workshop table scattered with colored paper, scissors, and partly finished blossoms.

July 9, 2026

Flor y Palma: Traditions of la primavera in South Tejas

Flor y Palma: Traditions of la primavera in South Tejas by Beto De León, Texas Folklife Community Folklife Fellow Flor…

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Apprenticeship Program Updates

Songs That Made Texas Home for South Asians

Reconnecting Through Curanderismo: Exploring Healing Traditions in South Texas

Yiddish Life through Song: When Memory Becomes Performance

Flor y Palma: Traditions of la primavera in South Tejas

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