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

Texas Folklife worked with Patton Elementary School in Austin during the Spring 2020 semester. Six students and parents submitted surveys for their traditions to be recorded and shared.

These stories were created during workshops for veterans, military service members, and their families during summer 2019. The workshops were part of the Creative Forces NEA grant.

Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition is comprised of audio stories produced by Travis High School Youth during our 2011 Residency in Ms. Athey's Class. We dug into our Stories Vault-meaning our hard drives- and found some amazing stories that we've missed, or that we haven't shared before. Hope you enjoy!

Finished audio pieces from Texas Folklife's 2013 "Stories Summer Institute". Local Austin, TX area teachers and students learned about the art of radio with nationally-acclaimed radio producer María Martin

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Stories on Tumblr
Stories on Soundcloud

This summer high school students and middle school or high school teachers and administrators participatd in Texas Folklife's 2015 “Stories from Deep in the Heart" Summer Institute, a 5-day intensive fellowship in audio documentary production with professional producers, journalists and cultural workers. Participants were guided through production of short audio documentaries on themes related to folklife----family and community traditions.