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SUMMARY:Fairy "Tails" at Kids Arts Fest with D'Vonne Faulks & New York Folklore
DESCRIPTION:Come to Downtown Schenectady for the annual Kids Arts Festival! \nIn front of the New York Folklore Gallery\, tradition bearer D’Vonne Faulks will be teaching kids how to braid “fairy” hair\, using traditional African American hair braiding techniques and sparkly “fairy hair!” \nFriend of New York Folklore\, Anping Liu will also be demonstrating Chinese seal carving at Kids Art Festival. \nNew York Folklore program’s made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://nyfolklore.org/event/kids-arts-fest-with-nyf/
LOCATION:Downtown Schenectady\, Schenectady
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Nightmare on Jay Street
DESCRIPTION:New York Folklore is proud to be a sponsor of The Nightmare Market! \nMake your way through the Nightmare Market to New York Folklore! Henna artist Mimzy Albany Heena will be set up in front of our gallery offering a variety of henna designs for marketgoers. A small portion of each service will be donated to New York Folklore. \nThe Nightmare Market is Schenectady New York’s premier alternative night market! Our market is a celebration of all things delightfully weird and wonderfully unconventional\, spotlighting the best in local artistry\, quirky vendors\, and imaginative small businesses. Prepare to be immersed in a diverse selection of one-of-a-kind artwork\, Halloween-themed creations\, handcrafted curiosities\, oddities\, vintage wares\, and much more!
URL:https://nyfolklore.org/event/nightmare-on-jay-street/
LOCATION:Downtown Schenectady\, Schenectady
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Kids Arts Fest with New York Folklore
DESCRIPTION:Come to Downtown Schenectady for the annual Kids Arts Festival! \nThe Pan African Youth Orchestra – a New York Folklore sponsored group – will be performing in Jay Square. \nOutside New York Folklore will be a craft paying homage to Mexican Corn Dolls.  Come visit!
URL:https://nyfolklore.org/event/kids-arts-fest-with-new-york-folklore/
LOCATION:Downtown Schenectady\, Schenectady
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SUMMARY:Afghan Decorative Arts Exhibit Reception 
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this free reception with artists Latifa Ali Mohammad and Ismail Arbab.  Light refreshments will be served.\n\nAfghan Decorative Arts is  on view in the New York Folklore Gallery now through July15th.\n\nMore about the artists.\nEmbroidery is deeply rooted in Afghan culture. Delicate silk satin stitches are typically sewn on heavy silk\, wool\, or cotton. Designs are intricate and precise and are not drawn on the fabric. Instead\, designs are minutely woven in symmetrical and matched patterns. The work is extremely physical and requires great concentration and attention to detail. Latifa Ali Mohammad embroiders traditional pieces of clothing such as dresses\, tunics and chemises. She also creates decorative pieces for family\, friends and members of the community. Her pieces combine and reflect various typical Afghan embroidery techniques. Her embroidery work and dresses are displayed at weddings\, birthdays\, and celebrations as well as at other social gatherings. Latifa grew up in Kabul\, Afghanistan\, and began to learn embroidery from her mother and grandmother as a child. She remembers her mother always busy working on pieces of clothing or decorative pieces for friends and family.Ismail Arbab and his wife represent a many generational tradition of Turkmen rug weaving and jewelry making.  Rug weaving is integral to the Turkmen culture found in current-day Turkmenistan and in northern Afghanistan.  Similarly\, jewelry making and the wearing of jewelry is an important part of Turkmen expressive culture\, with jewelry providing indicators of social and economic status.  For Ismail\, rug weaving and jewelry making were a family business which formed the basis for their economic lives in Afghanistan.\nSupport for this programming is provided by Schenectady’s County Initiative Program and the New York State Council on the Arts
URL:https://nyfolklore.org/event/afghan-arts-reception/
LOCATION:Downtown Schenectady\, Schenectady
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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SUMMARY:Hattitude! The Hats of Louise Hughes Rolling
DESCRIPTION: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 collection.  Her work spans decades and illustrates the change of fashion from the 1940s to the end of the 20th century. The hats are a lesson in costume history\, artifacts of social and cultural history\, and works of art that bring aesthetic enjoyment to the viewer. \nFor 20th century African American women in the United States\, wearing a hat to church on Sunday was a cherished tradition. \nWhat is “Hattitude”?  According to Professor Mamie Hixon of the University of West Florida\, Hattitude is “a hat wearing attitude.”  “Not only are you wearing the hat with a certain kind of demeanor and personality\, but the hat itself speaks. It has a personality. That’s hattitude.” \nAccording to daughter Vicie Rolling\, “The women in the Rolling family would say “You’ve got to WEAR a hat\, you can’t let it wear you.” \nIn the 1940s\, teenage Louise and her family moved from Georgia to Trenton\, New Jersey. They were part of the Great Migration of African-Americans looking for work and opportunity that was not available to them in the South at the time. Louise became a professional seamstress. She worked in a garment factory. In the evenings\, she sewed clothes for herself and others.   Initially\, Louise made hats for her own use only. It would have been difficult for her to purchase hats ready-made in that era. Even if she were allowed into the shops that sold hats\, she would not have been allowed to touch them or try them on. Always interested in fashion\, Louise studied movies\, magazines\, and pattern books to come up with her ideas for hats. Her extensive skills allowed her to make anything that inspired her. Eventually\, her friends started asking her to make hats for them.  From this start\, a business was born.” \nThe exhibit\, originally designed and curated by Traditional Arts of Upstate New York\, will be on display through October 1\, 2023. \n 
URL:https://nyfolklore.org/event/hattitude/
LOCATION:Downtown Schenectady\, Schenectady
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Mexican Mask Making at the Kids Arts Festival
DESCRIPTION:New York Folklore is pleased to partner again with the Kids Arts Festival\, a program of Schenectady’s Downtown Arts and Entertainment District. \nThis year\, New York Folklore is sponsoring artists\, Mateo Cano and Maria Puente Flores\, who will be working with kids to create masks.  Mask making in Mexico is a folk art activity that traditionally accompanied festivals and celebrations and was well-established\, long before the colonization of Mexico.  Mateo Cano and Maria Puente Flores are dancers\, musicians\, and artists representing the Mexican state of Veracruz. \nSupport for artists’ presentations at New York Folklore are supported\, in part\, by the Schenectady County Initiative Program and the  New York State Council on the Arts.
URL:https://nyfolklore.org/event/mask-making-at-the-kids-arts-festival/
LOCATION:Downtown Schenectady\, Schenectady
CATEGORIES:Hands-on Workshops & Classes
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SUMMARY:Jordan Taylor Hill at the Spooktacular Festival
DESCRIPTION:Drumming and spoken word performance in Downtown Schenectady’s Spooktacular Festival. Support is provided by 440 State Street.
URL:https://nyfolklore.org/event/jordan-taylor-hill/
LOCATION:Downtown Schenectady\, Schenectady
CATEGORIES:Hands-on Workshops & Classes
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