Born: 12/21/1948   Passaic
Parents: Charles Allaire and Minnie Jule Dewhurst
Spouse: Marsha Louise MacDowell
Children: Marit Charlene Dewhurst
Address(es):
Permanent :
Director, Michigan State University Museum
East Lansing , MI 48824-1045
USA
Contact Information:
Phone : (517) 355-2370
Website : http://museum.msu.edu/?q=node/144
Website : http://www.english.msu.edu/people/faculty/kurt-dewhurst/
Email : [email protected]

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	?Ike ulana lau hala : the vitality and vibrancy of lau hala weaving traditions in Hawai?i - edited by Lia O'Neill M.A. Keawe, Marsha MacDowell, and C. Kurt Dewhurst.	Non Fiction	Adult	Honolulu, Hawai?i : Hawai?inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge : University of Hawai?i Press	2014
	MSU campus-- buildings, places, spaces : architecture and the campus park of Michigan State University - co-author: Linda O. Stanford	Michigan	Adult	East Lansing : Michigan State University Press	2002
	To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions - edited by Marsha L. MacDowell and C. Kurt Dewhurst.	Non Fiction	Adult	Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press	1999
	Michigan Folklife Reader	Non Fiction , Folklore	Adult	East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press	1988
	Grand Ledge folk pottery : traditions at work	Non Fiction	Adult	Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press	1986
	Michigan Hmong Arts : textiles in transition - edited by C. Kurt Dewhurst and Marsha MacDowell.	Non Fiction	Adult	East Lansing, Mich. : Folk Arts Division, Michigan State University Museum	1984
	The Folk Pottery-making Tradition of Grand Ledge, Michigan : a material folk culture study	Non Fiction	Adult	UMI Press	1983
	Religious Folk Art in America:Reflections of Faith - co-authors: Betty MacDowell, Marsha MacDowell.	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : E.P. Dutton in association with the Museum of American Folk Art	1983
	Artists in Aprons: Folk Art by American Women - co-authors: Betty MacDowell, Marsha MacDowell.	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : E.P. Dutton	1979
	Rainbows in the Sky: The Folk Arts of Michigan in the 20th Century - with Marsha MacDowell Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Kresge Art Gallery, Michigan State University, October 29 - December 17, 1978.	Non Fiction	Adult	East Lansing, Mich. : Kresge art gallery, Michigan State University	1977
	Michigan Folk Art: Its Beginnings to 1941 : Kresge Art Gallery, Michigan State University, East Lansing, August 29-October 10, 1976 - catalog: catalog, Marsha MacDowell, C. Kurt Dewhurst	Non Fiction	Adult	Michigan State University Museum	1976

What is the aim or goal of your writing: Passionate commitment to the power of arts and culture to enrich the lives of all...and a belief that all communities have a cultural traditon worth recognizing and celebrating.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Other - Curator

Name	Date
Américo Paredes prize by the American Folklore Society for excellence in integrating scholarship with engagement with communities	2004
Distinguished Service to the Humanities Award	1993
Fulbright Grant to work in Thailand with the National Culture Commission of Thailand	1992

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