Rebecca Fenton

Co-Curator, Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Rebecca Fenton is a co-curator of United Arab Emirates: Living Landscape | Living Memory at the 2022 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. She holds a PhD in art history from Indiana University and joined the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in 2017. 

Living Heritage: Passing on Traditions, Exploring the UAE’s Cultural Traditions at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

On Friday June 24, AGSIW, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, DC hosted a discussion featuring three culture bearers from the UAE.