Stouten, Molly

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An artist, art educator, and musician, Molly Stouten was born in Buffalo, N.Y. She received a BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology School for American Craftsmen in 1975, teaching certification from Nazareth College of Rochester, and an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1996. Since 1985, Stouten has taught art to all grade levels in New Hampshire, Vermont, and North Carolina. A singer and multi-instrumentalist, she began playing traditional Appalachian string band music in 1972 and was a founding member of the Thompkins County Horse Flies string band. She has also been a member of the Swamp Root string band of Rochester, N.Y., and the Hushpuppies in North Carolina. In 1992, Stouten traveled to the Cumberland Plateau region of Tennessee and Kentucky for musical research. She relocated to Greensboro, N.C., in 1997. She teaches art at the Canterbury School, Wake Forest University, and Guilford College.

From the guide to the Molly Stouten Collection (#20260), 1991-1995, (Southern Folklife Collection)

Molly Stouten, artist, art educator, and musician, of Greensboro, N.C.

From the description of Molly Stouten collection, 1991-1995. WorldCat record id: 46916629

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creatorOf Stouten, Molly. Molly Stouten collection, 1991-1995. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Molly Stouten Collection (#20260), 1991-1995 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
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associatedWith Acuff, Charlie, 1919- person
associatedWith Anderson, Virgil, 1902- person
associatedWith Bobby Fulcher person
associatedWith Charlie Acuff person
associatedWith Clyde Davenport person
associatedWith Clyde Troxell person
associatedWith Davenport, Clyde, 1921- person
associatedWith Doss, John. person
associatedWith Doss, Merta. person
associatedWith Iva Stephens person
associatedWith John Doss person
associatedWith Kirk Sutphin person
associatedWith Merta Doss person
associatedWith Ralph Troxell person
associatedWith Troxell, Clyde, 1911- person
associatedWith Troxell, Ralph. person
associatedWith Virgil Anderson person
associatedWith Winningham, Nancy Hicks. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Cumberland Mountains
Fentress County (Tenn.)
Monticello (Ky.)
Jamestown (Tenn.)
Kentucky
Tennessee
Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject
Musicians
Fiddling
Folk music
Folk singers
Folk songs
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Person

Active 1991

Active 1995

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