Authors and Illustrators Database

C. Kurt Dewhurst

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]

Writings

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

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Education (M.Ed.), Counseling South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 1974

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Director Center for Great Lakes Culture 2000
Director Michigan State University Museum East Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1982
Acting director Kresge Art Museum 1979
Curator of Folk Arts Michigan State University Museum East Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1977

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