This 5th annual institute occurs in conjunction with the 2nd Festival of Iowa Folklife. Teachers study cultural groups of the state and folklife resources such as publications, exhibits, and traveling trunks and conduct fieldwork with festival artists. This institute is part of the NEH-funded Local Learning project of City Lore and the National Network for Folk Arts in Education. Educators mine Louisiana's rich traditional culture as a source for community-based research. Nationally recognized faculty, folklorists, and Louisiana folk artists will demonstrate the myriad ways folklife can be used in education.
Teachers conduct fieldwork and create an accompanying portfolio.
This institute is open to Louisiana K-12 and higher education teachers and is based on lessons from the extensive online Louisiana Voices educator's guide at . Participants will remain in electronic collaboration. Creating Exciting Curriculum From Where You Are, Cleveland , MS, Mississippi Arts Commission, directed by Jann Ferris. The 3rd annual Mississippi Whole Schools Institute for uses place as text to prepare participants to use any community as curriculum when they return home. Tracks include theater, music, visual art, folk arts, the Mississippi Delta.