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The Mission of New York Folklore is to encourage and amplify the diverse folk cultural expressions of New York and of all its residents through education, support, and outreach.
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Labor of Mourning :Â September 7th-September 11th
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Naming the Lost Memorials invites your participation in a
Labor of Mourning
September 7th-September 11th
A nationwide week of memorial-making to name, remember, and honor
nearly  200, 000 essential Americans lost to Covid-19…
Join Us!    For more information and to sign up, visit the website:
www.namingthelost.com/memorials
New York Folklore will be hosting a memorial outside of our offices on 129 Jay Street, Schenectady.
Please come and add your remembrances!
Mark Swanberry – Inspiration in Nature
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When: Opens Sunday, January 26, 2020Â through September, 2020.
Where:Â New York Folklore Shop & Gallery, 129 Jay Street, Schenectady NY
A great portrait of artist, Mark Swanberry, in his studio in West Fulton. If you want to see more of Mark's work, his show continues in New York Folklore's Gallery through September 2020. Come see it!
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This past Wednesday (9/16/2020), New York Folklore was featured on AHA! A House for Arts, the public television arts program for the Capital Region. You can view this day's show here: www.wmht.org/aha/
WMHT | AHA! A House for Arts Showcase
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AHA! features the stories of artists, makers, and creative institutions right here in our backyard and across the country.New York Folklore has a "Naming the Lost" memorial at 129 Jay Street, Schenectady. We have made lots of room so if you are in the neighborhood and want to honor a loved one, please come and add a name. #namingthelostmemorials #NamingTheLost
Ellen McHale So very excellent and thanks for giving people a way to participate locally in Schenectady, NY. I love that it's so visible and that you took the care to make a very beautiful sign. Also thanks for Blogpost. Can you share the link here? That would be great--kt
Today's New York Folklore blogpost is about the national initiative of memorials in honor of those who have died from COVID-19, guest authored by Kay Turner. You can read about the initiative here: nyfolklore.org/a-labor-of-mourning-september-7-11-2020/
#NamingTheLost
#namingthelostmemorials
A Labor of Mourning: September 7 - 11, 2020 | New York Folklore
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Starting on Monday, September 7 and running through Friday, September 11, people throughout the country will create grassroots memorials dedicated to naming the lost who have died from Covid-19. In ho...