ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Arhoolie News
2023 Year-End Letter
Dear Arhoolie family, As the year comes to a close, we remember our founder and inspiration, Chris Strachwitz, whom we lost on May 5 at the...
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Down Home Music: The Stories and Photographs of Chris Strachwitz
A visual storytelling celebration of American roots music in its rich variety through unseen and newly scanned photographs by the founder of the legendary Arhoolie Records....
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The Arhoolie Foundation Year-End Letter
Looking back at this last year, the Arhoolie Foundation continues the work of promoting and preserving roots-based American music. From Mississippi to Louisiana, Florida, Mexico, and...
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GRAMMY MUSEUM® GRANT SUPPORTS ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION
(JUNE, 2022) — The GRAMMY Museum® Grant Program announced $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 16 recipients in the United States to help facilitate a...
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The Backus Museum presents Tuned To The Spirit: Photographs from the Sacred Steel Community
The A.E. Backus Museum and Gallery will present Tuned to the Spirit: Photographs from the Sacred Steel Community March 11 – May 8, 2022. The Museum...
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The Ann Savoy Cajun Interviews Collection
The Arhoolie Foundation is excited to announce the newest addition to our archives, the Ann Savoy Cajun Interviews Collection.
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Announcing the Robert Stone Sacred Steel Gospel Collection
The Arhoolie Foundation is proud to announce that our archive will now be home to the Robert Stone Sacred Steel Gospel Collection.
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Arhoolie Foundation Receives NEA Grant to Increase Public Access
It’s our great honor to announce that we have received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to continue our work of creating curated...
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Arhoolie Foundation Receives Grant Award from California Humanities
We are happy to share that we have received a Humanities For All Project Grant award for Rumbo A California—An Exhibition of the Strachwitz Frontera Collection....
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A 2019 Year End Letter From Chris
December 19, 2019 Dear Friends, It has been a busy year for the Arhoolie Foundation. We head into 2020 with lots of plans to continue...
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