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Alvarez, Juan S.
Avery, Julie A.
Berryman, Val Roy
Dewhurst, C. Kurt
Gottfried, Michael D.
Kozma, LuAnne
Lovis, William A.
Lundrigan, Barbara
MacDowell, Marsha
O'Gorman, Jodie A.
Rasmussen, Pamela C.
Swanson, Lynne
Worrall, Mary
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C. Kurt Dewhurst, Ph.D.
 Director of Arts and Cultural Initiatives, and Senior Fellow for University Outreach & Engagement
Curator of Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Co-Director, Great Lakes Folk Festival
Professor, Department of English
Research Interests/Experience
C. Kurt Dewhurst, Ph.D., was a founder of the Folk Arts Division at the museum. In addition to his administrative duties, he coordinates a variety of folklife research, collection development, and outreach & engagement programs. He is one of the founding directors of the Festival of Michigan Folklife, a coordinator for the National Folk Festival (when it was in East Lansing), and co-Director of the Great Lakes Folk Festival. His research interests include cultural change and continuity in folk arts, material culture, ethnicity, and occupational folk culture. Other areas of research include museum studies theory and practice and national and international cultural heritage policy. His research is shaped by a commitment to undertaking research projects in collaboration with representatives of the underserved communities and cultural groups, and responding to social/community needs. He teaches courses in folklife, material folk culture, and museum studies—including an annual MSU Study Abroad Program on expressive arts, cultural heritage and museum studies in South Africa. He serves as Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and President-Elect of the American Folklore Society. He is a past President of the Fund for Folk Culture, past President of the Michigan Museums Association, past President of the Fund for Folk Culture past Chair and Council Member of the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs and past Vice Chair and Council Member of the Michigan Humanities Council. In addition, he serves as President of the Board of the Fund for Folk Culture Foundation, is Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and is a member of the Board of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Selected Publications
- Dewhurst, C. Kurt, Marsha MacDowell, and Yvonne Lockwood (eds.). Michiganders: Michigan Folk Traditions. East Lansing, Michigan State University Press, forthcoming/2010.
- Dewhurst, C. Kurt, Marsha MacDowell, and Kate Wells, Siyazama: Traditional Arts, AIDS, and Education in South Africa, Johannesburg: David Kruts Publishers in cooperation with the Durban University of Technology. forthcoming/2010.
- Dewhurst, C. Kurt and Marsha MacDowell, Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions. forthcoming/2011.
- Dewhurst, C. Kurt, Marsha MacDowell, Narissa Ramdhani, and Diana N’Diaye, “Cultural Heritage of the New South Africa,” forthcoming/2011.
- Dewhurst, C. Kurt. The MSU Campus: A Guidebook to Buildings, Spaces, and Places . East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. forthcoming/2011.
- Dewhurst, C. Kurt, Marsha MacDowell, and Narissa Ramdhani, “Lessons Lived and Learned in Developing and Managing a Bi-National Cultural Heritage Sector Project in South Africa,” Museum Anthropology Review. Vol. 2, No. 1. 2008.
- Dewhurst, C. Kurt and Marsha MacDowell. "Gathering and Interpreting Tradition in Museums," Journal of Museum Education, special issue, Vol. 24, No. 3, (Fall) 1999.
- Dewhurst, C. Kurt. and Marsha MacDowell. To Honor and Comfort: American Indian Quiltmaking Traditions. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press. 1997.
- "Lessons Learned and Lived in Developing and Managing a Bi-National Cultural Heritage Sector Project in South Africa." Museum Anthropology Review, 2007
- "Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions." 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution.
- MSU Campus: Buildings, Spaces, and Places(Linda O. Stanford, co-author). East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2002.
- To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions (Marsha L. MacDowell, co-author). Santa Fe, New Mexico: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1997.
- Religious Folk Art in America: Reflections of Faith (Betty MacDowell and Marsha L. MacDowell, co-authors). New York: E.P. Dutton, 1983.
- Michigan Folklife Reader (Yvonne Lockwood, co-editor), East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 1987.
(See Community of Science http://www.lib.msu.edu/dbases/cos.html resources for more information.)
Selected Exhibitions
- "Native Quilt Traditions of the Southwest." Institute of American Indian Arts Museum. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2000.
- "Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions" program at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2006.
- "Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions" preview exhibit, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
- "Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions," MSU Museum, National Touring exhibit (in development)
- "Dear Mr. Mandela/Dear Mrs. Parks" Exhibit, (collaborative with the MSU Museum and Nelson Mandela Museum, Mthathatata, South Africa, 2008..
- "To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions" (a collaborative project between the National Museum of the American Indian and Michigan State University Museum), National Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York, October 16, 1997 - January 4, 1998; Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, Michigan. National venues: Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts; Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio; Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana; Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, Washington; Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.
- "Caught on the Fly: Fly Fishing Traditions in Michigan," MSU Museum
Selected Honors
- French-American Foundation Arts Administrators Exchange Program in France, 2000
- Cultural Heritage Training program in South Africa, program coordinator, 2000-present
- Salzburg Seminar Series on Community and Culture, Salzburg, Austria
- Distinguished Service to the Humanities Award, 1998
- Fulbright Grant to work in Thailand with the National Culture Commission of Thailand, 1992
- Michigan Humanities Council and the American Association of State and Local History Award, 1992
- Award, and a Crystal Award for exemplary community service by the City of East Lansing.
- Américo Paredes Award, American Folklore Society, 2004
- Michigan Humanities Council, Best Project in 30 Year History of the MHC for the Museum's Folklife Festivals, 2005
Degrees
Ph.D., English/American Studies, Michigan State University, 1983
M.A., Michigan State University, 1973
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