Heritage Arts Services is owned and operated by Elaine Thatcher, a folklorist and historian with over twenty years of experience in cultural research, programming, and administration. She has interviewed hundreds of people in her career and can help you document your family's history or your community's cultural resources. She has worked in
government, nonprofits, and higher education and has served on the boards of
the American Folklore Society, the Folklore Society of Utah, and the Bear River
Heritage Area. A seasoned interviewer and veteran producer of public programs,
her past projects include Summerfest Arts Faire in Logan, Utah; The Mountain West Songfest & Symposium (Utah
State University, 2004-2008); The Spirit
of Place radio series (WESTAF, 1999); exhibitions of ranching gear at the
Coconino Center for the Arts (Flagstaff, Arizona) and the Western Folklife
Center (Elko, Nevada); and heritage tourism projects in Arizona and Utah. Her
publications include Cowboy Poets &
Cowboy Poetry (co-editor; University of Illinois Press, 2000), Sharing
Your Culture: A Handbook for Traditional Folk Artists Interested in Building
New Audiences (Western States Arts Federation, 1997, 1999) and an essay,
“Public Folklore in Utah,” in Folklore in
Utah: A History and Guide to Resources (David Stanley, ed., Utah State
University Press, 2004). Thatcher was the 2006
recipient of the prestigious Benjamin A. Botkin Prize given by the American
Folklore Society for outstanding contributions to the field of public sector folklore.Heritage Arts Services
644 South 500 East
River Heights, Utah 84321
Phone: 435.770.2676
Email: heritageartsservices@gmail.com
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