Georgia Local Folk ArtsAtlanta History Center
130 W. Paces Ferry Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
Chattahoochee Folklife Project
Fred C. Fussell,Project Director
P. O. Box 553
Bueno Vista, GA 31803-0553
(229) 649-6957
Cell:(229) 314-9095
chattahoochee@alltel.ent
http://www.hcc-al-ga.org/folk_index.cfmSouth Georgia Folklife Project is a collaboration between the College of the Arts at Valdosta State University and the Georgia Council for the Arts Folklife Program to identify, document, encourage, and present through public programs, the traditional arts and folklife of South Georgia. Dr. Laurie Sommers, (Ph.D. in folklore and ethnomusicology) founded the folklife project in 1996.
South Georgia Folklife Project
Laurie Sommers
315 Continuing Education Bldg.
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
phone 229-293-6310
fax 229-293-6387
http://www.valdosta.edu/music/SGFP
lsommers@valdosta.eduLouisiana Regional Folklife Program (Region 2)
Dayna Lee, Louisiana Regional Folklorist
Louisiana Folklife Center
Northwestern State University
Box 3663, NSU
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-4332
daynal@alpha.nsula.eduDelaware Valley Folklife Program
(No known web site)
Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center
Johnson Park at 2nd and Cooper Streets
Camden, NJ 08102
(856) 964-8300
fax: (856) 964-2953
Down Jersey Folklife Center
Wheaton Village
Iveta Pirgova
1501 Glasstown Road
Millville, NJ 08332
(845) 825-6800
ivetapirgova@hotmail.comEthnic History Program
(Curently, there is not much content here about folk & traditional arts.)
New Jersey Historical Commission
David Cohen
P.O. Box 30
Trenton, NJ 08625-0305
(609) 292-6062
fax: (609) 984-3461
david.cohen@sos.state.nj.usThe Folklife Program for New Jersey
Rupal Parekh
Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission
703 Jersey Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 745-4489
folklife@cultureheritage.orgTuckerton Seaport
Shelly Drummond
120 West Main Street
P.O. Box 52
Tuckerton, NJ 08087
(609) 296-8868
fax: (609) 296-5810
shellyd@tuckertonseaport.org
New Jersey Historical Society
Sally Yerkovich
52 Park Place
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 596-8500
fax: (973) 596-6957
syerkovich@jerseyhistory.org
Northeast New Jersey Folk Arts Program
Meriam Lobel
Park Performing Arts Center
560 32nd Street,
Union City, NJ 07087
(201) 865-6980 ext. 15
fax: (201) 865-5339
mlfolkarts@aol.comNorthwest Jersey Folklife Project, Inc.
Elinor Levy
P.O. Box 25
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
(908) 454-1495
folkgal@yahoo.com
Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
Peter Voorheis
277 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607
(716) 473-4000 ext. 208
fax: (716) 473-4051
info@artsrochester.orgThe Arts Center of the Capital Region
Mary Zwolinski, Folk Arts Program Director
265 River Street
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 273-0552
fax: (518) 273-4591
mzwol@juno.comBrooklyn Arts Council
Kay Turner
195 Cadman Plaza West
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 625-0080Buffalo State College
Lydia Fish
Anthropology Department
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 883-1843
fax: (716) 878-4009
http://faculty.buffalostate.edu/fishlm/folksongs/index.htm
fishlm@buffalostate.eduCalandra Italian American Institute
Joseph Sciorra
25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000
New York, NY 10036
(212) 642-2094Caribbean Cultural Center
Marta Vega
408 West 58th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 307-7420
fax: (212) 315-1086
http://caribbeanculturalcenter.citysearch.com/
Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University
Kate Koperski
Senior Drive
Niagara University, NY 14109
(716) 286-8293
fax: (716) 286-8289
http://www.niagara.edu/~cam/folkarts/folkarts.html
kjk@niagara.eduCenter for Folklife, History and Cultural Programs
Todd DeGarmo
Crandall Public Library
251 Glen Street
Glen Falls, NY 12801
(518) 792-6508 Ext. 103
fax: (518) 793-5251
www.crandalllibrary.org/folklife
gle_degar@sals.edu
Center for Traditional Music and Dance (formerly the Ethnic Folk Arts Center) is a New York City-based non-profit arts organization that works to celebrate and strengthen the practice of traditional performing arts. Since its founding in 1966, the Center has produced over 800 major presentations. Programs include concerts, festivals, audio and video productions, concert tours, technical assistance, collaborative projects and consultations with artists, cultural activists and with educational and cultural institutions
Center for Traditional Music and Dance
Ethel Raim, Tom Van Buren, Emily Socolov, Gabrielle M. Hamilton
32 Broadway, Suite 1314
New York, NY 10004
(212) 571-1555
fax: (212) 571-9052
www.ctmd.org
traditions@ctmd.org
eraim@ctmd.org
esocolov@ctmd.org
City Lore This center dedicated to urban folk culture sponsors an annual People's Hall of Fame award, a calendar of special events, and a mail order Culture Catalog that includes high quality folklore-related materials geared toward educators and the general public. Also look for the People's Poetry Gathering , a project of City Lore and Poets House in collaboration with the Western Folklife Center, creators of the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV. The education programs are produced in collaboration with Teachers & Writers Collaborative.
City Lore, Inc.
Amanda Dargan, Elena Martinez, Roberta Singer, Lois Wilcken, Steve Zeitlin
72 East First Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 529-1955
fax: (212) 529-5062
http://www.citylore.org/
steve@citylore.org
adargan@citylore.org
emartinez@citylore.orgCultural Resources Council
Daniel Franklin Ward
411 Montgomery Street
Syracuse, NY 13202-2964
(315) 435-8554
fax: (315) 435-2160
dward@culturalresourcescncl.orgNancy Groce
NYC Program @ 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
333 East 80th Street, #4H
New York, NY 100021
NYC: (212) 744-0212 / DC: (202) 287-3548
ngroce@aol.com
groce@folklife.si.eduInstitute for African American Folk Culture
Mary Kay Penn
44 Hamilton Terrace
New York, NY
(212) 234-4197
fax: (212) 234-7978
MKPenn@msn.comJ. de Burgos Latino Center
Juan Guiterrez
Los Pleneros de la 21
1680 Lexington Avenue,
Room 213
New York, NY 10029
(212) 427-5221Long Island Traditions
Nancy Solomon
382 Main Street
Port Washington, NY 11050
(516) 767-8803
fax: (516) 767-8805
http://www.longislandtraditions.org/
litrad@i-2000.comMind-Builders Creative Arts Center
Madaha Kinsey-Lamb
3415 Olinville Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467-5612
(718) 652-6256
fax: (718) 652-7324Queens Council on the Arts
Bradely Shope, Folk Arts Program Director
79-10 Park Lane South
Woodhaven, NY 11421-1166
(718) 647-3377; ext -16
fax: (718) 647-5036
http://www.queenscouncilarts.org/
bshope@queenscouncilarts.orgRoberson Center for Arts and Sciences
Catherine Schwoefferman
30 Front Street
Binghamton, NY13905
(607) 772-0660
fax: (607) 771-8905Schoharie Arts Council
Beverly Butcher
54 Main Street, Box 730
Cobleskill, NY 12403-0730
(518) 234-7380
fax: (518) 234-0168
nystatebjb@cs.comTraditional Arts of Upstate New York (TAUNY) is an organization devoted to recording and presenting the rich living heritage of customs and folk arts in the fourteen counties of New York's North Country.
Traditional Arts of Upstate New York
Varick Chittenden
P.O. Box 665
Canton, NY 13617-0665
(315) 386-2398
fax: (315) 379-0784
www.tauny.org
varick@tauny.orgTraditional and Contemporary Iroquois Art & Culture
Colette Lemmon, Interpretive Specialist
RR # 1, Box 226 D
Preston Hollow, NY 12469-9501
(518) 239-4428
T.CAT@Juno.com
The World Music Institute (WMI) is dedicated to the preservation and documentation of traditional and contemporary music and dance from around the world. Since its founding in 1985, WMI has built the most comprehensive concert series of music and dance in the U.S. WMI presents more than 60 concerts a year in New York City from over 75 countries and ethnic minorities as well as regional music from North America. WMI also organizes tours; maintains an extensive catalog of more than 4,000 recordings, videos, and books; has built an extensive audio archive of digital recordings of its concerts and has recently begun a video archive; has produced radio series for National Public Radio; and provides concerts and lecture/demonstrations for educational institutions.
World Music Institute
Robert Browning
49 West 27th Street, Suite 930
New York, NY 10001-6936
(212) 545-7536
fax: (212) 889-2771
www.heartheworld.org
WMI@heartheworld.org
CITYFOLK is Dayton's traditional and ethnic arts organization. For 17 years we have brought southwestern Ohio the finest in traditional music and dance events from around the world and our own backyard. CITYFOLK also brings Dayton the National Folk Festival, presents film and theatre and conducts educational workshops - all showcasing a wide range of artists and reflecting the rich, cultural diversity of the Dayton community.
Pennsylvania Local Folk Arts Programs
The Philadelphia Folklore Project is a 14-year-old independent public folklife agency committed to paying attention to the experiences and traditions of "ordinary" people. Their focus is on sustaining the diverse folk arts of the greater Philadelphia region.
The Rivers of Steel web site of the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation (SIHC) offers a virutal journey through the rich industrial history of southwestern Pennsylvania that made Pittsburh and the surrounding communities the engine of America's growth for much of the 19th and 20th century. The mission of the SIHC is to conserve, interpret, promote and manage the historic, cultural, natural and recreational resources of steel and related industries in southwestern Pennsylvania and to develop uses for these resources so they may contribute to the economic revitalization of the region.
For more than two decades Ferrum College's Blue Ridge Institute and Museum has documented, interpreted and presented the traditional culture of the Blue Ridge and its people. Designated the State Center for Blue Ridge Folklore by the Virginia General Assembly 1986, the institute promotes an understanding of regional folklore past and present for all ages.
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Roddy Moore, Vaughn Webb
Ferrum College
Ferrum, VA 24088
(540) 365-4416
rmoore@ferrum.edu
