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Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United
States
Folklife Programming in Public Agencies and Organizations
The following is a list of organizations and institutions that have an
ongoing programmatic commitment to folklife study, conservation, and presentation,
demonstrated either through their own activities or through grant support.
Many programs are funded by the National Endowment
for the Arts and a number of them provide grant assistance for educational
research, apprenticeships, and presentation programs.
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Alabama
Center for Traditional Culture
Address:
310 North Hull Street
Montgomery, AL 36104 USA
Phone: 205-264-0400
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: alabama folklore folklife public
Alabama
Folklife Association
Address:
Alabama
Center for Traditional Culture
310 North Hull Street
Montgomery, AL 36104 USA
Phone: 334-242-4076, ext. 234
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: alabama folklore folklife public
Alaska State Council on
the Arts
Address:
411 West 4th Avenue, Suite 1E
Anchorage, AK 99501 USA
Phone: 907-279-1558
Comments: folk cultural program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: alaska folklore folklife public
Sealaska Heritage Institute
Address:
One Sealaska Plaza, Suite 301
Juneau, Alaska 99801 USA
Phone: 907-463-4844
Comments: Organization founded for the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people of Southeast Alaska.
Keywords: alaska folklore folklife language alaskan
native american indian public agency
Totem Heritage
Center
Address:
629 Dock Street
Ketchikan, AK 99901 USA
Phone: 907-225-5900
Comments: Museum. Preserves and protects totem poles. Preserves and promotes the traditional arts and crafts of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures
Keywords: alaska folklore folklife language alaskan
native american indian public
Historic Preservation Office American Samoa Government
Address:
Pago Pago, AS 96799 USA
Phone: 684-633-2384
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: samoa samoan culture folklore folklife public
The American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture and the Humanities (ASCACH)
Address:
P.O.Box 1540
Pago Pago, AS 96799 USA
Phone: 684-633-4347
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: samoa samoan culture arts public
The American Samoa Humanities Council
Address:
Amerika Samoa Humanities Council
P.O. Box 5800, Pago Pago, AS 96799 USA
Phone: 684-633-4870/4871
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: samoa samoan culture arts public
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Address:
417 West Roosevelt Street
Phoenix, AZ 85003 USA
Phone: 602-255-5882
Email: info@ArizonaArts.org
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: arizona culture arts native american indian hispanic public
The Southwest Center
Address:
1052 North Highland Avenue
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA
Phone: 520-621-2484
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: arizona culture arts native american indian hispanic public
Coconino Center for the Arts
Address:
Flagstaff Cultural Partners
2300 North Fort Valley Road
Flagstaff, AZ 86002 USA
Phone: 928-779-2300
Comments:
Keywords: arizona culture arts native american indian hispanic public
Arkansas Arts Council
Address:
1500 Tower Building
323 Center Street
Little Rock, AR 72201 USA
Phone: 1-501-324-9766
Email: info@arkansasarts.com
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: arkansas
ozarks arts culture public
Delta Studies Center
Address:
Box 245
State University, AR 72467-0245 USA
Phone: 870-972-2325
Email: dsc@astate.edu
Comments: Does research on all aspects of the Mississippi delta region, including culture.
Keywords: arkansas state university cultural tourism oral history cultural geography african american
Ozark Folk Center
Address:
PO Box 500
Mountain View, AR 72560 USA
Phone: 870-269-3851
Comments:
Keywords: arkansas folklore folklife public
Traditional Arts Program
Address:
Department of Anthropology
California Academy of Sciences
875 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA, 94103 USA
Phone: 415-321-8385
Comments:
Keywords: california folklore folklife
public
Folk and Traditional Arts Program, City of Los Angeles
Address:
Department of Cultural Affairs
City Hall
514 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles 90013 USA
Phone: 213-485-6759
Comments:
Keywords: southern california folklore folklife public los angeles
Institute
for the Study of the American West
Address:
Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 USA
Phone: 323-667-2000
Comments:
Keywords: folklore folklife western region regional public
The
Mexican Museum
Address:
Fort Mason Center Building D
San Francisco, CA 94123 USA
Phone: 415-202-9700
Comments:
Keywords: folklore folklife hispanic mexico mexican latino public
Mingei International Museum
Address:
P.O.BOX 553
La Jolla CA 92038 USA
Phone: 619-239-0003
Comments: international collection of folk art
Keywords: california folk art public
Autry National Center
Address:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
Phone: 213-221-2164
Comments: Includes the Museum of the American West, the Southwest Museum of the American Inidan, and the Institute for the Study of the American West. See web site for additional contact information.
Keywords: california native american indian western region hispanic latino public
California Arts Council
1300 I St., Suite 930
Sacramento, CA 95814 USA
Comments:
Keywords: california public
Craft and Folk Art Museum
Address:
5814 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036 USA
Phone: 323-937-4230
Comments:
Keywords: california folk art public
Craft
and Cultural Arts Department
Address:
City of Oakland City Hall
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 9th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612 USA
Phone: 510-238-2103
Comments:
Keywords: california folk art public
Colorado State Folklorists
Colorado Council
on the Arts
1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 1200
Denver, CO 80204 USA
Phone: 303-866-2723
Email: coloarts@state.co.us
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: colorado folklore folklife public
Arvada Center for the Arts and
Humanities
Address:
6901 Wadsworth Blvd.
Arvada, CO 80003-9985 USA
Comments: various arts programs, exhibits, performances, and classes
Keywords: colorado folk arts arts crafts performance classes public
Museum of Western Colorado
Address:
P. O. Box 20000
Grand Junction, CO 81502-5020 USA
Phone: 970-242-0971
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: colorado folklore folklife museum folk art public
Connecticut
Cultural Heritage Arts Program
Address:
Institute for Community Research
Two Hartford Square West, Suite 100
Hartford, CT 06106-5128 USA
Phone: 860-278-2044
Comments: program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: connecticut folklore folklife public
Mystic Seaport Museum
Address:
75 Greenmanville Avenue
PO Box 6000
Mystic, CT 06355-0990 USA
Phone: 860-572-0711
Comments: maritime museum and historic village with nationwide scope
Keywords: connecticut folklore folklife folk art maritime museum public
Division of Parks and Recreation
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901 USA
Phone: 302-739-4401
Email: parkinfo@state.de.us
Comments: State heritage park. Includes the Delaware Folklife Program and the Delaware Folk Art Collection. Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: delaware folklife folklore folk art public
American Folklife Center
Address:
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540-4610 USA
Phone: 202-707-5510
Email: folklife@loc.gov
Comments: US national repository for international ethnographic collections. Programs in performance, fieldwork, and education.
Keywords: federal archive folk dance folklore folklife folksong dance music fieldwork ethnography education programs publications sound audio recordings public
Smithsonian Center for
Folklife Programs and Cultural Heritage
Address:
Capital Gallery 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W.
Suite 2001 MRC 520
Washington, DC 20024 USA
Phone: 202-633-6440
Email: folklife-info@si.edu
Comments: International programs. Naitonal Folklife Festival. The Center includes Smithsonian Folklife print publications and folkways records
Keywords: federal festival folkways records archive programs publications
D.C. Commission
on Arts and Humanities
Address:
Government of the District of Columbia
410 8th Street, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20004 USA
Phone: 202-724-5613
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: district of columbia folklore folklife dance folksong public
Indian Arts and Crafts Board
Address:
U.S. Department of Interior
1849 C. Street, N.W.
MS 2058-MIB
Washington, DC. 20240 USA
Phone: 202-208-3773
Email: iacb@ios.doi.gov
Comments:
Keywords: federal native american american indian arts museums directories alaska public
Folk and Traditional
Arts Program
Address:
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506 USA
Phone: 202-682-5400
Email:
Comments: Information provided through Traditional Arts Program Network (TAPNet)
Keywords: federal
grants public
National Museum of the American Indian
Address:
Fourth Street & Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20560 USA
Phone: 202-633-1000
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: native american indian arts museum education public
National Endowment for the Humanities
Address:
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506 USA
Phone: 800-NEH-1121
Email: info@neh.gov
Comments:
Keywords: federal
grants education public
Folklife Program, Historical Museum of Southern
Florida
Address:
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130 USA
Phone: 305-375-1492
Email: hasf@historical-museum.org
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords: museum folklife folk art folklore dance music florida caribbean cuban afro-cuban calypso foodways public
University of
Central Florida Heritage Alliance
Address:
12461 Research Parkway, Suite 500, Room 135
Orlando, FL 32826 USA
Phone: 407-823-4534
Email: heritagealliance@dm.ucf.edu
Comments:
Keywords: florida folklore folklife public
Florida Folklife Program
Address:
Bureau of Historic Preservation
500 S. Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA
Phone: 850-245-6333
Email: tbucuvalas@mail.dos.state.fl.us
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords:
florida folklore folklife public
Southern Arts Federation
Address:
1800 Peachtree Street NW
Suite 808
Atlanta, Georgia 30309 USA
Phone: 404-874-7244
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords:
georgia folklore folklife public
Folklife Program
Address:
Georgia Council for the
Arts
260 14 Street N. W., Suite 401
Atlanta, GA 30318-5360 USA
Phone: 404-685-2787
Email:
Comments:
Keywords:
georgia folklore folklife public
The Foxfire Fund, Inc.
Address:
Post Office Box 541
Mountain City, GA 30562-0541 USA
Phone: 706-746-5828
Email: foxfire@foxfire.org
Comments:
Keywords:
georgia appalacian southern regional folklore folklife public
Department of Chamorro Affairs
Address:
P.O. Box 2950
Hagåtña, Guam 96910 USA
Phone: 671-475-4278/9
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope. Includes the Division for Language and Culture. See web site for additional contact information.
Keywords:
guam folklore folklife public
Guam
Council on the Arts & Humanities
Address:
P.O. Box 2950
Hagåtña, GU 96932 USA
Phone: 671-475-2781
Email: guamsc@prel.org
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
guam folklore folklife public
Bishop Museum
Address:
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817 USA
Phone: 808-847-3511
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords:
hawaii hawai'i folklore folklife museum public
Folk Arts Program
Address:
State Foundation on Culture and
Arts
250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813 USA
Phone: 808-586-0300
Email: ken.hamilton@hawaii.gov
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords:
hawaii hawai'i folklore folklife public
Lyman Museum & Mission
House
Address:
276 Haili Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720 USA
Phone: 808-935-5021
Email: info@lymanmuseum.org
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope
Keywords:
hawaii hawai'i folklore folklife museum public
Volcano Art Center
Address:
P.O. Box 129
Volcano, HI 96785 USA
Phone: 866-967-7565
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope. See Web site for additional contact information.
Keywords:
hawaii hawai'i folklore folklife museum public
Idaho Commission on the Arts
Address:
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0008 USA
Phone: 208-334-2119 or 800-278-3863
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
idaho folklore folklife public
Folk and Ethnic Arts Program
Illinois Arts Council
Address:
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph, Suite 10-500
Chicago, IL 60601 USA
Phone: 312-814-6750
Email: info@arts.state.il.us
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope. See web site for addtional contact information.
Keywords:
illinois folklore folklife folk arts apprenticeships grants public
Old Town School of Music
Address:
4544 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625 USA
Phone: 773-728-6000
Email:
Comments:
Keywords:
illinois folklore folklife music public
Connor Prairie Living Museum
Address:
13400 Allisonville Road
Fishers, IN 46038-4499 USA
Phone: 317-776-6000 or 800-966-1836
Email:
Comments:
Keywords:
indiana folklore folklife museum public
Traditional Arts
Indiana
Address:
504 N. Fess Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47408 USA
Email: tradarts@indiana.edu
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
indiana folklore folklife exhibits programs public
State Historical Society of Iowa
Address:
State of Iowa Historical Building
600 East Locust
Des Moines, IA 50319-0290 USA
Phone: 515-281-5111
Email:
Comments:
Keywords:
iowa folklore folklife public
Iowa Folk and Traditional Arts Program
Address:
Iowa Arts Council
600 E Locust
Des Moines, IA 50319 USA
Phone: 515-242-6195
Email: Riki.Saltzman@iowa.gov
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
iowa folklore folklife public
Kansas State Historical Society
Address:
6425 SW 6th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66615-1099 USA
Phone: 785-272-8682
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
kansas folklore folklife public
Kentucky Folklife
Program
Address:
Kentucky Historical Society
100 W. Broadway
Frankfort, KY 40601 USA
Phone: 502-564-1792
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
kentucky folklore folklife public
Kentucky Arts Council
Address:
500 Mero Street, 21st Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601-1987 USA
Phone: 502-564-3757
Email: kyarts@ky.gov
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
kentucky folklore folklife public
Kentucky Folk Art Center
Address:
102 West First Street
Morehead, KY 40351 USA
Phone: 606-783-2204
Email: folkart@moreheadstate.edu
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
kentucky folklore folklife folk art museum library education public
Appalshop
Address:
91 Madison
Whitesburg, KY 41858 USA
Phone: 606-633-0108
Email:
Comments: non-profit multi-disciplinary arts and education center focusing on appalachia
Keywords:
kentucky folklore folklife regional appalachian appalachia folk music folksong education publications film recordings public
Louisiana Folklife Program
Address:
Division of the Arts
P.O. Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804 USA
Phone: 504-342-8180
Email: folklife@crt.state.la.us
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
louisiana folklore folklife folk art music education public
Center for Acadian and Creole
Folklore
Address:
Department of Modern Languages
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
P.O. Box 40831 USA
Lafayette, LA 70504
Phone: 318-482-6811
Email:
Comments:
Keywords:
louisiana folklore folklife folk art music education public
The Louisiana Folklife Center
Address:
NSU Box 3663
Natchitoches, LA 71497-0014 USA
Phone: 318-357-4332
Email:
Comments:
Keywords:
louisiana folklore folklife folk music education public
Jean Lafitte National Park
Address:
419 Decatur Street
New Orleans, LA 70130-1035 USA
Phone: 504-589-3882
Email:
Comments:
Keywords:
louisiana folklore folklife folk music education public
Maine Arts Commission
Address:
193 State Street
25 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0025 USA
Phone: 207-287-2724
Email: MaineArts.info@maine.gov
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
maine folklore folklife folk art music education grants directory public
Maine Folklife Center & Northeast
Archive of Folklore and Oral History
Address:
University of Maine
5773 South Stevens Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5773 USA
Phone: 207-581-1891
Email: folklife@maine.edu
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
maine folklore folklife folksong oral history archive music education public
Maryland State Arts Council
Address:
175 West Ostend Street, Suite E
Baltimore, Maryland 21230 USA
Phone: 410-767-6555
Email: msac@msac.org
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
maryland folklore folklife education public
Maryland
Historical Trust Cultural Conservation Program
Address:
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Division of Historical and Cultural Programs
100 Community Place
Crownsville, MD 21032-2023 USA
Phone: 410-514-7653
Email:
Comments:
Keywords:
maryland historic preservation public
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Address:
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 200
Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
Phone: 301-565-0654
Email: info@ncta.net
Comments: National folk arts program
Keywords:
maryland folklore folklife performance dance music folksong education public
New England Foundation for the Arts
Address:
145 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02111 USA
Phone: 617-951-0010
Email: info@nefa.org
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
massachusetts folklore folklife education public
Folk Art Center of New England
Address:
42 West Foster Street
Melrose, MA 02176 USA
Phone: 781-662-7475
Email: fac@facone.org
Comments:
Keywords: massachusetts folklore folklife public
Dublin Seminar for New England
Folklife
Address:
Boston University Scholarly Publications
985 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 USA
Phone: 978/369-7382
Email: dublsem@bu.edu
Comments:
Keywords: massachusetts folklore folklife education public
Folk
Arts & Heritage
Address:
Massachusetts Cultural Council
10 St. James Ave., 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02116-3803 USA
Phone: 617-727-3668
Email: web@art.state.ma.us
Comments: See the web site for additional information
Keywords: massachusetts folklore folklife education public
New England Folklife Center of Lowell
Address:
Lowell National Historical Park
Boott Cotton Mills Museum
67 Kirk St.
Lowell, MA 01852-1195 USA
Phone:
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: massachusetts folklore folklife education public
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Address:
10 St. James Ave., 3rd floor
Boston, MA 02116 USA
Phone:
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: massachusetts folklore folklife public
Folkpatterns
Program
Address:
Michigan Traditional Arts Program
Michigan State University Museum
East Lansing, MI 48824-1045 USA
Phone: 517-353-5526
Email: kozma@pilot.msu.edu
Comments:
Keywords: michigan folklore folklife folk art education public
Michigan Traditional
Arts Program
Address:
Michigan State University Museum
East Lansing, MI 48824-1045 USA
Phone: 517-355-2370
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: michigan folklore folklife folk art education public
Minnesota State Arts Board
Address:
Park Square Court, Suite 200
400 Sibley Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101-1928 USA
Phone: 651-215-1600
Email: msab@arts.state.mn.us
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: minnesota folklore folklife folk art performance education public
Delta Blues Museum
Address:
#1 Blues Alley
P.O. Box 459 USA
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Phone: 662-627-6820
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: mississippi folklore folklife folk music blues roots jazz folksong song education public
Mississippi Arts Commission
Address:
501 North West Street
Suite 701B Woolfolk Building
Jackson, Mississippi 39201 USA
Phone: 601-359-6030
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: mississippi folklore folklife folk music art education public
Center for the Study of
Southern Culture
Address:
Barnard Observatory
The University of Mississippi
P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848 USA
Phone: 662-915-5993
Email:
Comments: Southern US folklife organization
Keywords: folklore folklife folk art music song folksong crafts education public regional southern us south
Missouri Folk Arts
Program
Address:
157 McReynolds Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-1420 USA
Phone: 573-882-6296
Email: HigginsLL@missouri.edu
(Lisa L. Higgins, Director)
Comments:
Keywords:
missouri folklore folklife folk art education public
Ralph Foster Museum
Address:
College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO 65726 USA
Phone: 417-334-6411 ext. 3407
Email: museum@cofo.edu
Comments:
Keywords: missouri ozarks folklore folklife folk art education public
Montana Arts Council
Address:
316 North Park Ave., Suite 252
PO Box 202201
Helena MT 59620-2201 USA
Phone: 406-444-6430
Email: mac@state.mt.us
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope. See their Folklife Program page. Online exhibits from their folklife programs.
Keywords: montana folklore folklife folk art folk music folksong education public grants apprenticeships artist residencies native american indian cowboy poetry basketmaking salish publications online presentations
NEBRASKA
Nebraska State Historical Society
Address:
P.O. Box 82554, 1500 R Street
Lincoln, NE 68501 USA
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: nebraska folklore folklife folk music art education public
West Nebraska Arts
Center
Address:
Box 62
Scottsbluff, NE 69361 USA
Phone: 308-632-2226
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: nebraska folklore folklife folk music art education public
Western Folklife Center
501 Railroad Street
Elko NV 89801 USA
Phone: 775-738-7508
Email:
Comments: Western regional folklife organization of broad scope. Home of the National Cowboy Poetry Gatherning.
Keywords: nevada western region states regional cowboy song folksong american indian native folklore folklife folk music art education public exhibits publications audio sound recordings video moving image film publications online journals blogs storytelling podcasts
Nevada Arts Council
716 North Carson Street, Suite A
Carson City, NV 89701 USA
Phone: 775-687-6680
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: nevada folklore folklife folk music art education public
New Hampshire State Council
on the Arts
2 1/2 Beacon Street - 2nd Floor
Concord, NH 03301-4974 USA
Phone: 603-271-2789
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new hampshire folklore folklife folk music art education public
Folklife Program
New Jersey Historical
Commission
NJ Department of State
PO Box 305
Trenton, NJ 08625-0305 USA
Email: njhc@sos.state.nj.us
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: new jersey folklore folklife folk music art education public
New Jersey State Council on the
Arts
P.O. Box 306
225 West State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08625 USA
Phone: 609-292-6130
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: new jersey folklore folklife folk music art education public
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Address:
MSC01 1050
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA
Phone: 505-277-4405
Email: maxwell@unm.edu
Comments:
Keywords: new mexico anthropology ethnography museum folklore folklife folk music art native american indian hispanic education public
The New
Mexico Heritage Center
Address:
Box 3X
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA
Phone: 505-523-7261
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new mexico folklore folklife folk music art native american indian hispanic education public
Museum of International Folk
Art
Address:
P.O. Box 2087
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2087
Phone: 505-476-1200
Email: info@moifa.org
Comments: see web site for additional contact information
Comments:
Keywords: new mexico folklore folklife folk music art museum international education public
New Mexico Arts Division
Address:
Department of Cultural Affairs
P.O.Box 1450
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1450 USA
Phone: 505-827-6490
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
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School of Advanced Research
Address:
P.O. Box 2188
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2188 USA
Phone: 505-954-7200
Email: info@sarsf.org
Comments:
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Erpf Gallery
Address:
Catskill Center for Conservation and Development
P.O. Box 504
Arkville, NY 12406 USA
Phone: 845-586-2611
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art museum education public
Traditional Arts in Upstate New York
Address:
2 West Main Street
Canton, NY 13617-0665 USA
Phone: 315-386-4289
Email: tauny@northnet.org
Comments:
Keywords:
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New York State Historical
Association
Address:
P.O. Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326 USA
Phone: 607-547-1400
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore oral history education public
Crandall
Public Library's Center for Folklife, History and Cultural Programs
Address:
251 Glen Street, City Park
Glens Falls, NY 12801-3593 USA
Phone: 518-792-6508 (Library's main number)
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk music art oral history education public
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Address:
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801 USA
Phone: 212-491-2200
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk music african american ethnography education public
Ollantay Center for the Arts
Address:
P.O. Box 720449
Jackson Heights, NY 11372-0449 USA
Phone: 718-699-6772
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk music art education public
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
Address:
P.O. Box 170
37 Main Street
Narrowsburg, NY 12764 USA
Phone: 845-252-7576
Email: info@artsalliancesite.org
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk music art education public
Long Island
Traditions
Address:
382 Main Street
Port Washington, NY 11050 USA
Phone: 516-767-8803
Email: litrad@i-2000.com
Comments:
Keywords:
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American
Folk Art Museum
Address:
45 West 53rd St.
New York, NY 10019 USA
Phone: 212-265-1040
Email:
Comments: formerly Museum of American Folk Art
Keywords:
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Address:
470 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10016 USA
Phone: 212-683-5000
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york anthropology ethnography education public
Native American Center for the Living Arts
Address:
25 Rainbow Boulevard S.
Niagara Falls, NY 14303 USA
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york native american indian folklore folklife folk art dance education public
Tri County Arts Council Gallery
Address:
107 Union Street
Cobleskill, NY 12043 USA
Phone:
518-254-0611
Email: tricountyarts@verizon.net
Comments: Documenting and presenting the
traditional arts of Schoharie, Montgomery, and Fulton Counties. Formerly Schoharie County Arts Council
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
Queens Council on the Arts
Address:
One Forest Park at Oak Ridge
Woodhaven, N.Y. 11421-1166 USA
Phone: 718-647-3377
Email: qca@queenscouncilarts.org
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
Hallockville Folk Arts Center
of Suffolk County
Address:
6038 Sound Avenue
P.O. Box 765
Riverhead, NY 11901 USA
Phone: 631-298-5292
Email: hallockv@optonline.net
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
Asian American Arts Center
Address:
26 Bowery
New York, NY 10013 USA
Phone: 212-233-2154
Email: aaac@artspiral.org
Comments:
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Brooklyn Arts Council
Address:
55 Washington Street, Suite 218
Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA
Phone: 718-625-0080
Email: bac@brooklynartscouncil.org
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
Center for Traditional Music
and Dance
Address:
32 Broadway, Suite 1314
New York, NY 10004 USA
Phone: 212-571-1555
Email: traditions@ctmd.org
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk dance education public
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Address:
265 River Street
Troy, NY 12180 USA
Phone: 518-273-0552
Email: info@theartscenter.cc
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
Association of Hispanic
Arts
Address:
161 East 106th Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10029 USA
Phone: 212-876-1242
Email: ahanews@latinoarts.org
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public hispanic latino chicano
Roberson Museum and Science Center
Address:
30 Front Street
Binghamton, NY 13905 USA
Phone: 607-772-0660
Email: info@roberson.org
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art museum education public
Caribbean Cultural
Center
Address:
408 W. 58th Street
New York, NY 10019 USA
Phone: 212-307-7420
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education caribbean public
The ARTS
Address:
32 West Market St.
Corning, NY 14830 USA
Phone: 607-962-5871
Email:
Comments: Serves Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben Counties
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
The Culture Spot
Address:
Cultural Resources Council
John H. Mulroy Civic Center at OnCenter
411 Montgomery St.
Syracuse, NY 13202 USA
Phone: 315-425-2155
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
City Lore
Address:
72 East First Street, #1
New York, NY 10003-9322 USA
Phone: 212-529-1955
Email: citylore@citylore.org
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
American Craft Museum
Address:
40 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019 USA
Phone: 212-956-3535
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art museum education public
New York Folklore Society
Address:
P.O. Box 764
Schenectady, NY 12301 USA
Phone: 518-346-7008
Email: nyfs@nyfolklore.org
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
Arts & Cultural Council for
Greater Rochester, Inc.
Address:
277 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607 USA
Phone: 585-473-4000
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art education public
Delaware County Historical Association
Address:
46549 State Highway 10
Delhi, NY 13753 USA
Phone: 607-746-3849
Email: dcha@delhi.net
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art oral history education public
New York
State Museum Historical Collections
Address:
New York State Museum
Rm 3023
Cultural Education Center
Albany, New York 12230 USA
Phone:
Email:
Comments: new york folklore folklife folk art museum education public
Keywords:
South Street Seaport Museum
Address:
207 Front Street
New York, NY 10038 USA
Phone: 212-748-8600
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: new york folklore folklife folk art maritime museum education public
Southern Highlands Craft
Guild
Address:
382 Blue Ridge Vis
Asheville NC, 28805 USA
Phone: 828-298-7928
Email:
Comments: See web page for email form
Keywords: north carolina folklore folklife folk art crafts education public
John C. Campbell Folk School
Address:
One Folk School Road
Brasstown, NC 28902 USA
Phone: 704-837-2775 or Toll Free 1-800-FOLK SCH
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: north carolina folklore folklife folk art crafts education public
Folklife and Traditional Arts
Address:
North Carolina Arts Council
Department of Cultural Resources
Raleigh, NC 27699-4632 USA
Phone: 919-733-2111
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: north carolina folklore folklife folk music art crafts education public
Mountain Heritage Center
Address:
150 H. F. Robinson Building
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723 USA
Phone: 828-227-7129
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: north carolina folklore folklife folk art crafts education public
North
Carolina Maritime Museum
Address:
315 Front Street
Beaufort, NC 28516-2125 USA
Phone: 252-728-7317
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: north carolina folklore folklife folk art crafts maritime museum education public
North Carolina Folklife Institute
Address:
2726 Croasdaile Drive
Durham, NC 27705-2590 USA
Phone: 919-383-6040
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: north carolina folklore folklife folk art crafts music dance education public
Folklife Program
Address:
North Dakota Council on the Arts
1400 East Century Ave
Bismark, ND 58503 USA
Phone: 701-328-7590
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: north dakota folklore folklife folk art crafts performance music education public
American Folklore Society
Address:
Timothy Lloyd
AFS Executive Director
Mershon Center, Ohio State University
1501 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201-2602 USA
Phone: Phone 614-292-3375
Email:
Comments: See web site for additional contact information. Select "About" for information about sectionsof the society via their web sites.
Keywords:
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Cityfolk
Address:
126 N. Main St. Suite 220
Dayton, OH 45402 USA
Phone: 937-223-3655
Email: cityfolk@cityfolk.org
Comments:
Keywords: ohio folklore folklife folk art crafts music dance education public
Ohio Arts Council
Address:
727 East Main St.
Columbus, OH 43205 USA
Phone: 614-466-2613
Email:
Comments: See web pages: Traditional Arts Apprentiships and Ohio Hertiage Fellowships
Keywords: ohio folklore folklife folk art crafts music dance education public
Oklahoma Arts Council
Address:
P.O. BOX 52001-2001
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2001 USA
Phone: 405-521-2931
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: oklahoma folklore folklife folk art crafts music dance education public
Oregon
Folklife Program
Address:
775 Summer Street NE, Ste 200
Salem, Oregon 97301-1284 USA
Phone: 503-986-0082
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: oregon folklore folklife folk art crafts music dance education public
Institute for Cultural
Partnerships
Address:
3211 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110-1342 USA
Phone: 717-238-1770
Email:
Comments:
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Rivers of Steel National
Heritage Area
Address:
Steel Industry Heritage Corporation
The Bost Building
623 East 8th Avenue
Homestead, PA 15120 USA
Phone: 412-464-4020
Email: info@riversofsteel.com
Comments:
Keywords: pennsylvania folklore folklife occupational living museum education public
Center for Arts and Folklife
Address:
Northern Tier Cultural Alliance
One Washington Street, Suite A
Towanda, PA 18848 USA
Phone: 570-265-7455
Email:
Comments:
Keywords:
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Philadelphia Folklore Project
Address:
735 South 50th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19143 USA
Phone: 215-726-1106
Email: pfp@folkloreproject.org
Comments:
Keywords:
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Address:
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
Phone: 215-732-6200
Email:
Comments: includes
the collections of the former Balch Institute which are national in scope
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Tamburitzans
Address:
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15219 USA
School of Music
Phone: 412-434-5185
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: undergraduate school college program
minor folklore dance music
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (Institute
for Puerto Rican Culture)
Address:
Apartado 9024184
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-4184 USA
Phone: 787-724-0700
Email: www@icp.gobierno.pr
Comments:
Keywords: puerto rico rican folklore folklife folk art crafts music dance education public
Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage
Commission
Address:
Old State House
150 Benefit Street
Providence, RI, 02903 USA
Phone: 401-222-2678
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: rhode island oral history architecture education public
Rhode Island State Council on Arts
Address:
One Capitol Hill, 3rd Floor
Providence, RI 02908 USA
Phone: 401-222-3880
Email:
Comments: State-wide scope
Keywords: rhode island folklore folklife folk art crafts music dance education public
Haffenreffer
Museum of Anthropology
Address:
300 Tower Street
Bristol, RI 02809 USA
Phone: 401-253-8388
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: anthropology museum ethnography education public
McKissick Museum
Address:
College of Arts and Sciences
University of South Carolina
816 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29208 USA
Phone: 803-777-7251
Email:
Comments: State-wide scope
Keywords: south carolina museum folklore folklife folk art education public
South Carolina Arts Commission
Address:
1800 Gervais Street
Columbia, SC 29201 USA
Phone: 803-734-8696
Email:
Comments:
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South Dakota State Historical Society
Address:
900 Governor's Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2217 USA
Phone: 605-773-3458
Email:
Comments: State-wide scope
Keywords: south dakota oral history folkore folklife education public
Folk Arts Program
Address:
Tennessee Arts Commission
Citizens Plaza Building
401 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243-0780 USA
Phone: 615-741-1701
Email:
Comments: State-wide scope
Keywords: tennessee folklore folklife folk art crafts music dance education public
Country Music Foundation
/ Country Music Hall of Fame
Address:
222 Fifth Ave. S.
Nashville, TN 37203 USA
Phone: 615-416-2001
Email:
Comments:
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Center for Southern Folklore
Address:
P.O. Box 226
Memphis, TN 38101 USA
Phone: 901-525-3655
Email: queenbee@southernfolklore.org
Comments:
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Museum of Appalachia
Address:
PO Box 1189
Norris, TN 37828 USA
Phone: 865-494-0514
Email:
Comments:
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National Storytelling Network
Address:
132 Boone Street
Suite 5
Jonesborough, TN 37659 USA
Phone: 1-800-525-4514 or 423-913-8201
Email: nsn@storynet.org
Comments:
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Tennessee River Folklife Museum
Address:
Nathan Bedford Forrest Historic Area
Eva, TN 38333 USA
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
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Institute of Texan Cultures
Address:
University of Texas
801 South Bowie St
San Antonio, TX 78205 USA
Phone: 210-458-2300
Email:
Comments:
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Documentary Arts, Inc.
Address:
P.O. Box 140244
Dallas, TX 75214 USA
Phone: 214-824-3377
Email:
Comments:
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Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities
Council
Address:
P.O. Box 1171
Texarkana, TX 75504 USA
Phone: 903-792-8681
Email: ArtsInfo@trahc.org
Comments:
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Texas Folklife Resources
Address:
1317 South Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78704
USA
Phone: 512-441-YALL (9255)
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords:
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education public
Utah Arts Council
Address:
617 East South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT USA
Phone: 801-236-7555
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: utah folklore folklife arts folk music folksong performance education public
Vermont Folklife Center
Address:
3 Court Street, P.O. Box 442
Middlebury, VT 05753 USA
Phone: 802-388-4964
Email: info @ vermontfolklifecenter.org
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: vermont folklore folklife arts folk music folksong performance archive oral history education public
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Virgin Islands Humanities Council
Address:
#7 Kongens Gade
St. Thomas, VI 00802-6746 USA
Phone: 340-776-4044
Email: info@vihumanities.org
Comments:
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Virgin Islands Council on the Arts
Address:
41-42 Norre Gade
St. Thomas, VI 00802 USA
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: virgin islands arts music folklore folklife performance education public
Blue Ridge Institute
Address:
Ferrum College
PO Box 1000
Ferrum, VA 24088-9000 USA
Phone: 540-365-4416
Email:
Comments:
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center
Address:
The Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776 USA
Phone: 757-229-1000
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: virginia folk art museum education public
Virginia
Folklife Program
Address:
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
145 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629 USA
Phone: 434-924-3296
Email:
Comments:
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Department of Historic Preservation
Address:
University of Mary Washington
1301 College Avenue
Fredricksburg, VA 22401-5358 USA
Phone: 540-654-1041
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: virginia education public
Washington State Arts Commission
Address:
711 Capitol Way S. Suite 600
PO Box 42675
Olympia, WA 98504-2675 USA
Phone: 360-753-3860
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: washington state education folklore folklife public
Washington State Folklife Council
Address:
7510 Armstrong Southwest
Olympia, WA 98501 USA
Phone: 360-586-8252
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: washington state education folklore folklife public
West Virginia Division of Culture
and History
Address:
The Cultural Center
Capitol Complex
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston WV 25305-0300 USA
Phone: 304-558-0220
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: west virginia education public oral history folklore folklife arts folk crafts
Augusta Heritage Center
Address:
100 Campus Drive
Elkins, WV 26241 USA
Phone: 304-637-1209
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: west virginia education public folklore folklife arts folk crafts
Wisconsin Arts Board
Address:
101 East Wilson Street, First Floor
Madison, WI 53702 USA
Phone: 608-266-0190
Email:
Comments: Program recognized for
its statewide scope.
Keywords: wisconsin education public folklore folklife arts folk crafts
Cedarburg Cultural Center
Address:
W62 N546 Washington Avenue
Cederburg, WI 53012 USA
Phone: 262-375-3676
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: wisconsin education public folklore folklife arts folk crafts
Old World Wisconsin
Address:
S103 W37890 Highway 67
Eagle, WI 53119 USA
Phone:
262-594-6300
Email: oww@whs.wisc.edu
Comments:
Keywords: wisconsin education public folklore folklife
American Heritage Center
Address:
University of Wyoming
Dept. 3924
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071 USA
Phone: 307-766-4114
Email:
Comments:
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Wyoming Council for the Humanities
Address:
1315 E. Lewis St.
Laramie, WY 82072 USA
Phone: 307-721-9243
Email:
Comments:
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