This Artist-Focused Culture, Community, and the Classroom special workshop (June 22) prepares folk and traditional artists to bring their artforms into k-12 educational spaces. Artists will develop or refine artist statements and portraits that introduce audiences to...
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Arts Education Roundtable for Folk and Traditional Artists
In collaboration with Local Learning: the National Network for Folk Arts Education, New York Folklore is offering a Arts Education Roundtable for Folk and traditional artists. By invitation only, this two day Roundtable will provide opportunities for networking,...
40th New York State Folk Arts Roundtable
New York Folklore provides an annual professional development meeting for community folk arts practitioners to share best practices for working within and in partnership with communities. By invitation only, please contact New York Folklore if you are interested in...
New York Folklore’s Critical Folklife Forum: Stewardship, Collections, and Communities
Join us for this informative webinar to explore thorny issues around collections, archives, and the stewardship of folklife materials. What are the best practices for ethnographers and folklorists who are working in partnership with communities? What is shared...
New York Folklore’s Critical Folklife Forum: Who Owns What?: Licensing, Intellectual Property, Work for Hire, and the Law
Join us for this informative webinar to learn about legal issues around intellectual property rights for the folk and traditional artist or cultural worker. How does one protect artists’ rights when recording live music? Who owns the rights to ethnographic...
2022 Folk Arts Graduate Internship Program Announced
Applications are now being accepted for this paid opportunity, supported through the Internship program of New York Folklore and the New York State Council on the Arts. The Folklore Graduate Student Folk Arts Internship provides opportunities for graduate students in...
NYSCA New York State Folk Arts Roundtable in Utica
This year’s NYSCA New York State Folk Arts Roundtable took place in Utica from April 3-5. The NYSCA New York State Folk Arts Roundtable is a professional development meeting and convening that draws the state’s folklorists and traditional arts professionals for three...