No Matter Eastern or Western: Abstract Expressionism of Lunar Five Elements This exhibit by Xiaoping Xu is based around a large-scale fusion painting representing the five lunar elements; wood, fire, earth, metal and water. The piece brings together Western Abstract...
Join New York Folklore for Art Night in Schenectady! This event is free and open to the public. New York Folklore will host Ruxana Saifi, who will lead folks in a short art making activity which makes use of recycled materials! Works by Ruxana Saifi is on view in the...
This exhibit represents many of the artists whom New York Folklore works with. New York State is home to diverse populations of the Mexican Diaspora. Featured artists will include: Aurelia Fernández Marure, Isabel Velasco, Luz Ruiz, Caleb Lopez, Diana Fuentes, Susana...
Join New York Folklore for Art Night in Schenectady! This event is free and open to the public. New York Folklore will host Ruxana Saifi, who will lead folks in a short art making activity which makes use of recycled materials! Works by Ruxana Saifi is on view in the...
Ruxana Saifi calls herself an 'Artist by Nature', she works mostly with recycled material to create art. She was born and raised in Hyderabad, India and came to Albany, New York as a newly married young adult in the mid-eighties and enrolled in SUNY Albany to pursue...
When we consider the folk arts that infuse our lives, images of community elders, wizened in years are often conjured. Every master tradition bearer, was once a young and passionate novice. The essence of folk arts is the transmission of expressive culture between...
As part of Downtown Schenectady's Art Night for November, New York Folklore will host a live painting demonstration by Zhong Hua Lu. His current exhibit, Yellow Mountain Journey, depicts the region of China through the medium of Chinese brush painting. We invite you...
As part of Downtown Schenectady's Art Night for October, New York Folklore will hold an opening reception for "Yellow Mountain Journey," a study of Zhong Hua Lu's journey in the Yellow Mountain region of China through the medium of Chinese brush painting. We invite...
Zhong-Hua Lu is a recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. This grant funded the creation of a 1000-foot scroll based on the artist's trip to the Yellow Mountains (Huang Shan) of Anhui Province in China. You can read more...
In 2024, New York Folklore will celebrate its 80th Anniversary. We invite you to view our fall exhibit which will celebrate the past, present, and future of our organization. This exhibit is in conjunction with out 80th Birthday Bash which take place September 21st at...
This exhibit will feature a selection of Sacred Dream Circles and other pieces such as drums and rattles by artist Zelda Hotaling. The Sacred Dream Project was conceived in 2012 when the artist received a vision from The Creator that guided her to create the Sacred...
Join 2024 NYSCA Grantee, Raè Frasier on Friday, May 3rd from 7 pm to 11pm, for the 3rd Art Money Annual Birthday Art Exhibit. The 3rd annual Art Money exhibit will be a combination of art and life celebration. There will be a multitude of uniques and never before...
Papercut art is found in cultures around the world. Well known art forms include Papel Picado from Mexico, Wycinanki from Poland and Wayang Kulit from Indonesia, which uses papercut figures to create puppet shows. The earliest historical record of papercut art comes...
Mexican cartonería is an artform that expresses human imagination, emotion, and tradition using the simple materials of paper and paste to create a diverse array of subjects such as piñatas, dolls, Day of the Dead skeletons, and fantastical animals called alebrijes....
Curated by Louise Hughes Rolling's daughter, Vicie A. Rolling and folklorist, Jill Breit, “Hattitude! The Hats of Louise Hughes Rolling,” honors the work and life of African-American milliner Louise Hughes Rolling with a display of more than forty hats from her...