Events

June Art Night

June Art Night

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...

Nightmare on Jay Street

Nightmare on Jay Street

New York Folklore is proud to be a sponsor of The Nightmare Market! Make your way through the Nightmare Market to New York Folklore! The Nightmare Market is Schenectady New York’s premier alternative night market! Our market is a celebration of all things delightfully...

Kids Arts Fest with New York Folklore

Kids Arts Fest with New York Folklore

Come to Downtown Schenectady for the annual Kids Arts Festival! The Pan African Youth Orchestra - a New York Folklore sponsored group - will be performing in Jay Square. Outside New York Folklore will be Mexican weaving.  Come visit!

June Art Night

Works by Ruxana Saifi

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...

April Art Night

April Art Night

Join New York Folklore for Art Night in Schenectady! This event is free and open to the public. New York Folklore will host Oksana Zakhariia, who will demonstrate pysanky eggs, often called "Ukrainian Easter Eggs," pysanky is a tradition practiced across Eastern...

Arab American Heritage Month Celebration

Arab American Heritage Month Celebration

Food, Music, and Art in honor of Arab American Heritage Month. Program curated by Nada Odeh with Artwork by Nada Odeh. A program in collaboration with the Buffalo History Museum, Arabesques, Access WNY, and CHCB Community Health Center, with support from the National...

Culture, Community and the Classroom on Long Island

Culture, Community and the Classroom on Long Island

Join us for CCC 2025 on Long Island! in partnership with Long Island Traditions and hosted by Suffolk County BOCES Monday, August 18, 2025 and Tuesday, August 19, 2025 9:00 pm – 3:00 pm Suffolk County, NY Open to all educators Click Here for Updates and Information...

March Art Night

March Art Night

Join New York Folklore for Art Night in Schenectady! This event is free and open to the public. New York Folklore will host the Aung Family in our gallery. Pinya and Ehsue Aung, along with their children Wae Nin, Myint, and Sunin will give intermittent performances of...

Arab American Heritage Month Concert

Arab American Heritage Month Concert

New York Folklore presents a multi-part showcase of New York’s diverse folk music traditions. Use the code "Folklore" for free tickets! Purchase tickets here. The concert will feature a short bilingual presentation by New York Folklore Fieldworker Nada Odeh, about...

Nightmare on Jay Street

Nightmare on Jay

New York Folklore is proud to be a sponsor of The Nightmare Market!  This event was postponed from May 17th to  May 24th due to dangerous weather. Make your way through the Nightmare Market to New York Folklore! Henna artist Raneela Khan will be set up in front of our...

Gallery Re-Opening Celebration at Art Night Schenectady

Gallery Re-Opening Celebration at Art Night Schenectady

New York Folklore is excited to welcome the public, artists, partners, and members back into the gallery and shop after an exciting month of renovations! Please join us to view Young Traditions, a new exhibit placing the spotlight on the young people keeping their...

NY/NJ 2025 Folk Arts Roundtable

NY/NJ 2025 Folk Arts Roundtable

SAVE THE DATE! The 2025 Folk Arts Roundtable will take place in Schenectady, NY from May 5-7,2025. This convening is by application only.  Please contact us to find out how you can participate. More details to come!