Winifred Lambrecht
American
BiographySouthern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program co-founder and Project Partner Winifred Lambrecht received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California (Berkeley). She trained as a documentary film maker in the late 1970s and has produced a number of films. From 1982 to 2008, she was founder and Director of the Folk/Traditional Arts Program at the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA). During her tenure at RISCA she curated the 1989 Festival of American Folklife at the Smithsonian, initiated the Folk Arts Apprenticeship and Folk Arts Fellowship Programs, organized a series called "The State and Future of Folk Arts in Southern New England,” and developed activities such as the Folk Arts section of the Providence Waterfront Festival and the Latin American Film Festival. Winnie’s collaborations include work in education with the Connecticut Commission on the Arts; video productions with the Institute for Community Research, the Vermont Folklife Center, the New England Foundation on the Arts, and many community groups; and curatorial services for the Centre Franco-Americain in Manchester, New Hampshire. Along with project partners from New England and New York, Winnie organized a major cultural exchange program with Quebec as part of the province’s 400th anniversary in 2008. She is a part-time faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design, currently teaching courses in non-western art and "Community-based Arts: Providence, the Global Village." She is the Rhode Island partner for the Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, providing fieldwork and advice based on her in-depth knowledge of Rhode Island folk artists.
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Cape Verdean, 1924 - 2005
