At the 2024 Ozark Folkways Fiber Fest, we spoke with craftspeople Jared Phillips, Emily Miller, Bryce Arroyos, and Lindsey Albin on the Value of Craft in Modernity.

On the evening of December 16, 2023, we gathered at Hillfolk Textile Studio + Shop’s pop-up location in Springdale, AR to discuss our regional fiber system. The panel, organized by Ozark Fibershed and moderated by Lindi and I (Abby), featured Bea Apple, Olivia Clanton, Linda Coffey, and Brandy Lee.

"I never realized how a good shearer can become a keeper of a place’s agricultural memory, and I imagine it’ll be a lifetime’s work to live into that."