Clark has taken an
active role in ensuring that her craft, as well as
its historical context, is not forgotten. She has
demonstrated spinning and weaving at the Festival
of American Folklife in Washington D. C., at the Louisiana
World Exposition, and at many other fairs and festivals
throughout Louisiana such as Festival Acadiens, the
Louisiana Folklife Festival, the Jazz and Heritage
Festival and many others. Through these events and
through the Louisiana Folklife Apprenticeship Program
[http://www.louisianafolklife.org/], a strand of our
past, which has had utilitarian, artistic, and social
threads, is being preserved.
Clark was awarded
a NEA National Heritage Fellowship in 1997.
