New York Folklore Adds New Board Members
The membership of New York Folklore elected new representatives to its board of directors during its annual meeting on April 4, 2024. Now in its 80th year, New York Folklore has met annually to elect board members and officers, and to support the business of the New...
Indian Classical and Folklife Traditions in the Schenectady School District
On any week in the 2023-2024 academic year, one can encounter a New York Folklore-sponsored folk arts program within any of the nineteen schools which make up the Schenectady School District. Through grants from the Our Town program of the National Endowment for the...
New York Folklore’s Year in Review
As we close out our 79th year, we at New York Folklore give thanks for all of our supporters who have made our programming initiatives possible with your donations and partnerships. We strive to work with, and in support for, New York's diverse communities, and we...
80 Years of Folk Arts and Cultural Equity
2024 will mark eighty years since the founding of the New York Folklore Society! Throughout our history, we have championed cultural equity at all levels: local grassroots initiatives, regional conferences, state advocacy, and national presentations. Every year we...
New York Folklore helps secure over $400,000 for folk arts
Artists and organizations in New York State will receive a combined total of over $400,000 in grants thanks to direct assistance from New York Folklore. These funds that directly support artists and specific cultural traditions, come from twenty successful...
Guest Editors Announced for Special Issues of “Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore”
New York Folklore is pleased to announce that two upcoming issues of Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore, will be provided through the work of guest editors. These issues will reflect the scholarly endeavors and current research of two of folklore's most...
Position Open: Guest Editor for Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore
New York Folklore seeks a Guest Editor for the Spring/Summer 2024 and/or Fall/Winter 2024 volume of its signature publication, Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore. Published twice yearly (Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter), Voices is a peer-reviewed scholarly...
A Pan African Youth Orchestra for New York’s Capital Region
A new musical venture for the Capital District has begun, with support from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Schenectady County Initiative Program (CIP). This innovative musical project is the creation of a Pan-African Orchestra, modeled after a...
The 38th Annual Folk Arts Roundtable
At New York Folklore's 38th annual New York Folklore Arts Roundtable, we were joined, for the first time ever, by our neighbors from New Jersey! Our expanded group convened in the Bear Mountain State Park, Tompkins Cove, NY. The only thing more impressive than the...
The Celebration of Pinkster in New York State
Written by guest author, Chief Baba Neil Clarke The Pinkster Festival is a very important 350-year-old, but little known, Africanized celebration which took place annually in the Hudson River Valley region, including the N.Y.C. area for almost two hundred years. ...
Arab American Heritage Month
This blog post is courtesy of New York Folklore Board Member and Arab Artist, Nada Odeh. Learn more about Nada and her work on her website https://www.nadaodeh.com. Arabic Heritage Month One of the things that I like to celebrate as an Arab is Arabic calligraphy,...
An Interview with Luthier Stephen Iachetta
Last month Staff Folklorist Anne Rappaport Berliner Interviewed Luthier Stephen Iachetta of Shaker Violin Repair. Check out an excerpt of their interview! ARB: How did you get into playing and making? SI: In third grade I started playing, at the age of 7. A...