Events

Arts of the Mexican Diaspora Reception and Performance

Arts of the Mexican Diaspora Reception and Performance

Join New York Folklore for Art Night in Schenectady! This event is free and open to the public. New York Folklore will host a celebration in honor of our exhibit, Arts of the Mexican Diaspora.  There will be intermittent performances of Son Jarocho by members of Pulso...

Memory Collage Workshop

Memory Collage Workshop

Artist Ruxana Saifi will lead a Memory Collage workshop at the New York Folklore Gallery. Base materials will be provided. However, participants are encouraged to bring their own memorabilia for inclusion in their collage and a photo of the memory they would like to...

July Art Night

July 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...

MVLA Latin American Festival

MVLA Latin American Festival

New York Folklore is proud to support the Mohawk Valley Latino Association's Annual Latino American Festival! Join the fun on Sunday August 24th from Noon to 7 pm at Hanna Park, Utica, NY! You can find more info at https://www.mvlautica.org/mvla-latino-festival.html...

Arts of the Mexican Diaspora

Arts of the Mexican Diaspora

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...

July 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 a craft paying homage to Mexican Corn Dolls.  Come visit!

July 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...