The membership of New York Folklore elected new representatives to its board of directors during its annual meeting on April 4, 2024.  Now in its 80th year, New York Folklore has met annually to elect board members and officers, and to support the business of the New York Folklore Society. Founded in 1944 with a cultural equity and social justice mission, New York Folklore is a membership organization that supports and promotes traditional and folk arts and culture in New York State.  Largely a service organization that serves artists and grassroots cultural organizations that have f ..read more

On any week in the 2023-2024 academic year, one can encounter a New York Folklore-sponsored folk arts program within any of the nineteen schools which make up the Schenectady School District.  Through grants from the Our Town program of the National Endowment for the Arts, and with support from the Schenectady School District, New York Folklore has been sponsoring a series of artists performances and presentations that link Indian classical music traditions with Indian culture in diaspora, through engagement with Schenectady’s Guyanese communities.  Through the 2023-2024 school-based ..read more

As we close out our 79th year, we at New York Folklore give thanks for all of our supporters who have made our programming initiatives possible with your donations and partnerships.  We strive to work with, and in support for, New York’s diverse communities,  and we have much to be thankful for in 2023.  We eagerly look forward to celebrating our 80th year in 2024 with a continuation of many of our projects alongside the inauguration of new initiatives.  Here are a few of the highlights of 2023…. New York Folklore’s support for artists continued in 2023. We were pleased to ..read more

2024 will mark eighty years since the founding of the New York Folklore Society! Throughout our history, we have championed cultural equity at all levels: local grassroots initiatives, regional conferences, state advocacy, and national presentations. Every year we expand new opportunities, partnerships, and networks that increase our capacity to support community organizations and artists across New York State. Our 80th Anniversary Year, will be thrilling for our organization—concerts at The Linda, public programming in the Capital Region, diverse exhibitions in our gallery, a plaque place-mak ..read more

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