Alabama
The Alabama Center
for Traditional Culture
Steve Grauberger, Anne
Kimzey, Hank Willett
410 North Hull Street
Montgomery, Alabama
36104
(334) 242-3601
fax: (334) 269-9098
steve@arts.state.al.us
anne@arts.state.al.us
http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/index-folkarts-actc.html
Alabama Folklife Program
Joey Brackner
Alabama State Council
on the Arts
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 242-4076, ext.
225
fax: (334) 240-3269
http://www.arts.state.al.us/folklife/folklife.htm
joey@arts.state.al.us
Chattahoochee Folklife Project
Fred C. Fussell, Project
Director
P. O. Box 553
Bueno Vista, GA 31803-0553
(229)649-6957
cell:(229)314-9095
http://www.hcc-al-ga.org/index1.cfm
chattahoochee@alltel.net
Alaska
Adult Learning Program
of Alaska
Rebecca Morse
122 1st Avenue, Suite
201
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Alaska Native Heritage Center
8800 Heritage Center
Drive
Anchorage, AK 99506
(907) 330-8021
fax: (907) 330-8030
www.alaskanative.net
asca@alaskanative.net
Anchorage Museum of Art and
History
Suzi Jones
Deputy Director
121 West 7th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 343-6141
fax: (907) 343-6149
http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/
jonesjs@anchoragemuseum.org
Institute of Social and Economic
Research
Amy Craver, Research
Associate
University of Alaska
Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 786-7736 phone
(907) 786-7739 fax
anajc@uaa.alaska.edu
Sealaska Heritage Foundation
1 Sealaska Plaza, Suite
#201
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 463-4844
Totem Heritage Center
629 Dock Street
Ketchikan, AK 99901
(907) 225-5900
Native Arts Program,
Alaska State Council
on the Arts
Saunders McNeil
411 West 4th Avenue,
Suite 1E
Anchorage, AK 99501-2343
(907) 269-6603
http://www.educ.state.ak.us/aksca/Native.htm
saunders_mcneil@eed.state.ak.us
American Samoa
American Samoa Council
on Culture, Arts, and Humanities
Folk Arts Program
P.O. Box 1540
Pago Pago, American
Samoa 96799
(684) 633-4347
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/gateway/AS.html
Office of Historic Preservation
Executive Offices of
the Governor
John Enright
Pago Pago, American
Samoa 96799
(684) 633-2348
fax:(684) 663-2367
enright@samoatelco.com
Arizona
Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona
Lisa Falk
Director of Education
1013 University Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85721
520-626-2973
falk@email.arizona.edu
Arizona Commission on the
Arts
Rudy Guglielmo
417 West Roosevelt
Phoenix, AZ 85003
(602) 229-8229
fax: (602) 256-0282
http://az.arts.asu.edu/artscomm/
rguglielmo@ArizonaArts.org
Atlatl, Inc.
P.O. Box 34090
Phoenix, AZ 85067
(602) 277-3711
www.atlatl.org
The Southwest Center
University of Arizona
Mirabel Alvarez
Public Folklorist
1052 North Highland Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85721
folkdoctor@yahoo.com
James Griffith
8008 South Mission Road
Tucson, AZ 85746
(520) 883-3115
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/folkarts/jsg.html
jgriffi@MINDSPRING.COM
Arkansas
Arkansas Arts Council
232 Center Street, Suite
1500-Tower Building
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 324-9148
fax: (501) 324-9154
Arkansas State University
Gregory Hansen
Department of English
and Philosophy
P. O. Box 1890
State University, AR
72467-1890
ghansen@ASTATE.EDU
870-972-3043
Arkansas Folklife Program
Mike Luster
Arkansas State University
PO Box 102
Mammoth Spring, AR
72554
(318) 503-1618
Luster@aol.com
Dave Lippman
3200 Elm Street
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
(870) 850-6679
dlippman@seark.net
Ozark Folk Center
Mountain View, AR 72569
(501) 269-8102
California
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Amy Kitchener, Executive
Director
1245 Van Ness
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 237-9813
akitch@actaoline.org
http://www.actaonline.org/index.htm
California Academy of Sciences
June Anderson, Jennifer
Michael
Anthropology Department
875 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 321-8385
http://www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/tap/folkart.htm
janderson@calacademy.org
jmichael@calacademy.org
California Arts Council
Josie Talamantez, Assistant
Chief of Grant Programs
1300 I Street, #930
Sacramento, CA 95814-1100
(916) 322-6555
fax: (916) 332-6567
www.cac.ca.gov/
jtalamantez@caartscouncil.org
California Indian Basketweavers Association
Jacquline Keeler, Executive
Director
317 Spring Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 478-5660
fax: (530) 478-5662
www.ciba.org
jackie@ciba.org
Curatorial and Museum Management Services
Jo Farb Hernandez, Principal
345 White Road
Watsonville, CA 95076
Telephone/Fax:(831)
684-0405
jfh@cruzio.com
Fresno Arts Council Folk Arts Program
1245 Van Ness
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 237-9816
fax: (559) 237-9814
http://www.fresnoarts.org
Archie Green
224 Caselli
San Francisco, CA 94114
Sara Greensfelder
16894 China Flats Road
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 292-0203
pielady@infostations.com
Judith Haut
2733 Halsey Road
Topanga, CA 90290
Bess Lomax Hawes
8138 Woodlake Avenue,
Apt. 174
West Hills, CA 91304
(818)347-8171
bess.hawes@csun.edu
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Deparment,
Traditional Arts Program
Lisa Richardson
Traditional Arts Program
Director
California Traditional
Music Society
4401 Trancas Place
Tarzana, CA 91356
(818) 817-0094
fax:(818) 817-7734
lisar@ctmsfolkmusic.org
http://www.ctmsfolkmusic.org
Michael Owen Jones
163 North Bowling Green
Way
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Alicia J. Rouverol
P.O. Box 6021
Santa Rosa, CA
95406-0021
(707) 542-1894
ajrouver@earthlink.net
Colorado
City of Greeley Museums
Georgia Wier
919 7th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
(970) 350-9249
fax: (970) 353-8705
wierg@ci.greeley.co.us
La Sociedad de Guadalupe
Clarissa Pinkola Estés,
Ph.D.
fax: (303) 948-1985
lacorona@aol.com
Ronna Lee Sharpe
State Folklorist for
Western Colorado
663 Horizon Drive #804
Grand Junction, CO 81506
Phone and Fax: (970)
243-1685
ronnalee@gj.net
Trinidad State Jr. College-San Luis Valley Educational Center
Kathi Figgen
1011 Main
Alamosa, CO 81101
(719) 589-1513
fax: (719) 587-0013
figgen_velaquez@msn.com
Western States Arts Federation
1543 Champa Street.,
Suite 220
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 629-1166
http://www.westaf.org/
staff@westaf.org
Kimberly White
7980 W. 51st Ave. #804
Arvada, CO 80002
(303) 456-5140
KimKWhite@aol.com
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture
Robert Hunter
P.O. Box 553 CHRB
Saipan, MP 96950
(670) 322-9982
fax: (670) 322-9028
galaidi@gtepacifica.net
Connecticut
Institute for Community Research
Lynne Williamson
2 Hartford Square West,
Suite 100
Hartford, CT 06106-5128
(860) 278-2044 ext:
251
fax: (860) 278-2141
Lynne.Williamson@icrweb.org
Rebecca S. Miller
15 Laurel Street
Chester, CT 06412
Delaware
Delaware Folklife Program
Division of Parks and
Recreation
Michael Miller
152 S. State St.
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 739-9191
fax: (302) 739-6967
Michael.Miller@state.de.us
University of Delaware
Robert Bethke
Department of English
Newark, DE 19716
District of Columbia
American Folklife Center & Archive of
Folk Culture
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20540-4610
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/
Staff:
Theadocia Austen, Public
Events Coordinator
(202) 707-1743
taus@loc.gov
John Barton, Digital Conversion Specialist
(202) 707-5870
jabr@loc.gov
Peter Bartis, Senior program Officer, Veterans History Project
(202) 707-4919
FAX (202) 252-2046
peba@loc.gov
Gene Barry, Assistant to the Director
(202) 707-6710
gber@loc.gov
Margaret (Peggy) Bulger, Director
(202) 707-1745
mbul@loc.gov
Doris Craig, Administrative Assistant
(202) 707-1736
dcra@loc.gov
Jennifer Cutting, Folklife Specialist, Reference
(202) 707-1731
jcut@loc.gov
Jonathan Gold, Audio Technician Specialist
(202) 707-1728
jongold@loc.gov
Judith Gray, Folklife Specialist, Reference
(202) 707-1740
jugr@loc.gov
Stephanie A. Hall, Automation Reference
(202) 707-1741
shal@loc.gov
Todd Harvey, Folklife Specialist
(202) 707-8245
tharvey@loc.gov
Ann Hoog, Folklife Specialist, Reference
(202) 707-4428
ahoo@loc.gov
Catherine Hiebert Kerst, Archivist
(202) 707-1730
cker@loc.gov
Diane Kresh, Director, Veterans History Project
(202) 707-4916
dkre@loc.gov
Guha Shankar, Folklife Specailist
(202) 707-4430
gshankar@loc.gov
Michael Taft, Folklife Specialist, Project Director of Save Our
Sounds
(202) 7078-1739
mtaf@loc.gov
David A. Taylor, Folklife Specialist, Programs
(202) 707-1737
dtay@loc.gov
Andrew Wallace, Public Events Coordinator
(202) 707-1732
Stephen D. Winnick, Writer/Editor
(202) 707-1730
swinick@loc.gov
Nora Yeh, Archivist
(202) 707-1737
nyeh@loc.gov
Reference Service
(202) 707-5510
fax: (202) 707-2976
folklife@loc.gov
Andrew L. Connors
1766 Lanier PL NW
Washington, DC 20009-2118
Alan Jabbour
3107 Cathedral Ave.,
NW
Washington, DC 20008-3420
(202) 333-1089
jabbour@myexcel.com
National Endowment for
the Arts
The Nancy Hanks Center
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW
Washington D.C. 20506-0001
www.arts.endow.gov
Staff:
Barry Bergey, Director,
Folk & Traditional Arts
(202) 682-5726
fax: (202) 682-5669
bergeyb@arts.endow.gov
Terence Liu, Specialist, Challenge
America & Arts Learning
(202) 682-5690
fax: (202) 682-5602
liut@arts.endow.gov
Rose Morgan Specialist, Folk
& Traditional Arts
(202) 682-5678
fax: (202) 682-5669
morganr@arts.endow.org
National Network for Folk
Arts in Education
Paddy Bowman, Coordinator
609 Johnston Place
Alexandria, VA 22301
(703) 836-7499
fax: (703) 836-4820
http://www.carts.org
pbowman@ix.netcom.com
Smithsonian Institution,
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
and Folkways Recordings
750 9th Street, NW 4th
Floor
Washington, DC 20560
CFCH Main (202) 275-1150
Folkways Main (202)
275-1144
fax: (202) 275-1119
http://www.si.edu/folklife (Center
for Folklife and Cultural Heritage)
http://web2.si.edu/folkways/ (Folkways
Recordings)
Staff:
Betty Belanus, Educational
Specialist
(202) 275-1436
bettyb@folklife.si.edu
Carla Borden, Editor
(202) 275-1461
CARLA@folklife.si.edu
Olivia Cadaval, Folklorist
(202) 275-1494
olivia@folklife.si.edu
Lee Michael Demsey, Folkways
Mail Order
(202) 275-1126
lee@folkways.si.edu
James Early, Director, Cultural
Heritage Policy
(202) 275-1576
james@folklife.si.edu
John Franklin, Program Specialist
(202) 275-1905
john@folklife.si.edu
Nancy Groce
(202) 275-1957
groce@folklife.si.edu
Marjorie Hunt, Education Specialist
(202) 275-2025
marjorie@folklife.si.edu
Richard Kennedy, Assistant
Director
(202) 275-1137
rich@folklife.si.edu
Richard Kurin, Director
(202) 275-1138
richard@folklife.si.edu
Diana Baird N'Diaye, Cultural
Specialist
(202) 275-2011
ndiaye@folklife.si.edu
Diana Parker, Director, Smithsonian
Folklife Fesitval
(202) 275-1147
diana@folklife.si.edu
Jeff Place, Archivist
(202) 275-1616
jeff@folklife.si.edu
Frank Proschan, Project Director,
Save Our Sounds
(202) 275-1607
ProschanF@folklife.si.edu
Arlene Reiniger, Program Specialist/Intern
Coordinator
(202) 275-1180
arlene@folklife.si.edu
Dan Sheehy, Director, Folkways
Recordings
(202) 275-1153
SheehyD@folkways.si.edu
Peter Seitel, Senior Folklorist,
Web Master
(202) 275-1204
peter@folklife.si.edu
Stephanie Smith, Archivist
(202) 275-1157
steph@folklife.si.edu
Atesh Sonneborn, Assistant
Director,
Folkways Recordings
(202) 275-1158
atesh@folkways.si.edu
Barbara Strickland, Administrative
Officer
(202) 275-1151
barbara@folklife.si.edu
Cynthia Vidaurri, Coordinator,
Latino Cultural Resources Network
(202) 275-1430
cynthia@folklife.si.edu
Other staff members may be
reached at: (202) 275-1150
National Museum of the
American Indian
Machel Monenerkit
407 L'Enfant Plaza SW,
Suite 7103
Washington, D.C. 20506
(202) 287-3004
fax: (202) 287-3528
http://www.si.edu/nmai/
DC Commission on the Arts
and Humanities
Tania Tam,
Folk & Traditional
Arts Consultant
410 8th Street, NW, 5th
Floor
Washington, DC 20004
(202)724-1400
fax: (202)727-4135
tania.tam@dc.gov
DC Lore
Mike Licht
P. O. Box 15346
Washington, DC 20003
(202)546-9659
fax: (202)546-8491
dcloreinc@aol.com
Joan Radner
3816 Benton Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Florida
Kristin Congdon
Heritage Alliance/Zora
Neale Hurston Institute
School of Film and Digital
Media
12461 Research Parkway,
Suite 500
University of Central
Florida
Orlando, FL 32826
(407) 823-2195
kcongdon@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Florida Folklife Program/Bureau
of Historic Preservation
Tina Bucuvalas, Loe
Falcón, Robert L. Stone
500 South Bronough St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
(850) 245-6333
(800) 847-7278
fax: (850) 245-6437
http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dhr/folklife
tbucuvalas@mail.dos.state.fl.us
lefalcon@dos.state.fl.us
mangoton@bellsouth.net
Florida Humanities Council
David Reddy, Resource
Center Director
1725 1/2 E. 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL 33605
(813) 272-3473 X15
fax: (813) 272-3314
dreddy@helios.acomp.usf.edu
dreddy@flahum.org
Historical Museum of Southern
Florida
Steve Stuempfle
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Fl 33130
(305) 375-1492
fax:(305) 274-5390
stuempfle@dc.selfin.org
Ormond Loomis
2264 Trescott Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32312
Stephen Foster State Folk
Culture Center
Florida Park Service
Jon Kay, Specialist/Folklorist
White Springs, Florida
32096
(386) 397-2733
jonkay@hotmail.com
or Jon.Kay@dep.state.fl.us
Georgia
Chattahoochee Folklife
Project
Fred C. Fussell, Project
Director
P. O. Box 553
Bueno Vista, GA 31803-0553
(229)649-6957
cell:(229)314-9095
http://www.hcc-al-ga.org/index1.cfm
chattahoochee@alltel.net
Georgia Traditional Arts
Program, Georgia Council for the Arts
Adrienn Mendonca
260 14th Street, N.W.,
Suite 401
Atlanta, GA 30318-5360
(404) 685-2794
fax: (404) 685-2788
http://www.web-dept.com/gca/programs_about.asp#
amendonca@gaarts.org
South Georgia Folklife
Project
Laurie Kay 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.edu
Southern Arts Federation
Teresa Hollingsworth
Director, Traditional
Arts & ADA Programs
1800 Peachtree St.,
NW, Suite 808
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 874-7244 ext.
14
fax: (404) 873-2148
http://www.southarts.org/folklorist.htm
thollingsworth@Southarts.org
Guam
Judy Flores
PO Box 2329
Agana, GU 96910
Isla Center for the Arts
Tom Quinata
University of Guam,
UOG Station
Mangilao, GU 96913
(671) 735-2965
KAHA (Guam Council on the
Arts and Humanities Agency)
Jacqueline Balbas, Jeanne
Pangelinan
PO Box 2950
Agana, GU 96932
(671) 475-2242
fax: (671) 472-2781
kaha1@kuentos.guam.net
Micronesian Area Research
Center
Donald Rubinstein
University of Guam,
UOG Station
Mangilao, GU 96913
(671) 735-2155
fax: (671) 734-7403
runbinste@uog9.uog.edu
Hawaii
Bishop Museum
Elizabeth Tatar
Anthropology Department,
PO Box 1900-A
Honolulu, HI 96817-0916
(808) 847-3511
fax: (808) 841-8968
Elena Bradunas
46-420 Haiku Plantation
Drive
Kaneohe, HI 96744
The State Foundation on
Culture and Arts
Folk Arts Coordinator
250 South Hotel Street,
2nd Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 586-0306
Fax: (808) 586-0308
www.hawaii.gov/sfca
Idaho
Idaho Commission
on the Arts
Maria Carmen Gambliel
Idaho Commission on
the Arts
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0008
Warden's Residence
2410 E.Old Penitentiary
Road
Boise, ID 83712
208/334-2119 ext. 32
FAX 208/334-2488
http://www.arts.idaho.gov/grants/folkoverview.aspx
mgambliel@arts.idaho.gov
Andrea Graham
1637 Glacier
Pocatello, ID 83201
208-238-8418
andymeg@earthlink.net
Illinois
Illinois Arts Council
Tamara Kubacki,
Director, Ethnic and
Folk Arts
100 W Randolph, Suite
10-500
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 814-6740
fax: (312) 814-1471
www.state.il.us/agency/iac/
Iacprogram2@arts.state.il.us
Cindy Kerchmar
5010 North Central #1
Chicago, Illinois 60630
ckerchmar@psn.net
Judith McCulloh
403 West Oregon
Urbana, IL 61801
Old Town of Folk Music
David Roche, Ph.D.
Executive Director
4544 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-2103
(773) 728-6000 x-3332
fax: (773) 506-2414
www.oldtownschool.org
droche@oldtownschool.org
Indiana
Bridget Edwards
610 South Lincoln Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
Sue Eleuterio
Independdant Folklorist
3646 Ridge Road
Highland, IN 46322
(219) 923-3090
suee1@juno.com
Department of Folklore
& Ethnomusicology
Indiana University
John McDowell
506 North Fess Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
(812) 855-0390
McDowell@indiana.edu
Traditional Arts Indiana
Inta Carpenter, Director
of Special Projects
504 North Fess Avenue
Bloomington, IN
47408
(812) 855-0418
fax: (812) 855-4008
http://www.indiana.edu/~tradarts
tradarts@indiana.edu
carpente@indiana.edu
Iowa
Karen Heege
654 19th Street #2
Des Moines, IA 50314
515-280-6196
kvheege@hotmail.com
Iowa Arts Council
Riki Saltzman, Folklife
Coordinator
600 E. Locust
Des Moines, IA 50319-0290
(515) 242-6195
fax: (515) 242-6498
http://www.culturalaffairs.org/iac/guidebook/gb32.htm
riki.saltzman@dca.state.ia.us
Steve Ohrn
stenstuga@hotmail.com
Kansas
Kansas State Historical
Society, Folk Arts Program
Joy Harnett Brennan,
Jennie Chinn
6425 S W 6th Ave
Topeka, KS 66615
(785) 272-8681
fax: (785) 272-8682
www.kshs.org/programs/index.htm
jbrennan@kshs.org
jchinn@kshs.org
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