An exhibition of quilts and stretched works exploring the star, a perennial motif within American patchwork. Learn more about Victoria and her work at her website: https://victoriavanderlaan.com/Â An opening reception will be held on April 17th during Schenectady Art...
Miwa Ginen- Nou se Lwa, an exhibit by Aisha Jean-Charles, is a series of devotional altar pieces that hold and radiate the presence of the Lwa, powerful Haitian spirits. This folk art form serves not just as decoration but as energetic vessels that ground ceremonies,...
From the New York Folklore Archives! Farm and Field features photographs taken by Benjamin Halpern from 2010 to 2013. The photographs depict the footprint of agriculture upon the Catskill's landscape. Benjamin Halpern is a professional photographer who grew up in...
Join New York Folklore during Art Night Schenectady to celebrate the opening of No Matter Eastern or Western: Abstract Expressionism of Lunar Five Elements by Xiaoping Xu. An opening reception will be held on November 21st at Schenectady Art Night from 5pm to 8:30pm....
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 Â when the artist received a vision from The Creator that guided her to create the Sacred...