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Folk & Traditional Arts Links

Sites with National Scope:

The Traditional Arts Program Net (Tapnet)
Links to traditional arts program sites -- including some listed
below.

American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress
A very large site, a wide variety of information.

Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
A collection of resources, a listserv discussion, and a site for online events -- explores the role that community life, cultural heritage, and artistic traditions can play in K-12 teaching and learning.

The Smithsonian Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies
Includes information on the 1996, 1997, and upcoming 1998 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (and on-line catalogue www.si.edu/folkways), educational kits, the "Talk Story" Newsletter, and staff directory.

Folk & Traditional Web Sites at State Arts or Humanities Agencies

Colorado State Folklorists at the Colorado Council on the Arts
Lists information on Colorado folk artists including Eppie Archuleta, a 1985 National Heritage Fellowship recipient. A related URL is: www.aclin.org/cca/index.htm

[Florida] Historical Museum of Southern Florida

Iowa Folklife Program at the Iowa Arts Council

Kentucky Historical Society's Folklife Program
Includes information on folk life resources. Note: the main webpage of the Kentucky Historical Society is:
https://www.kentuckyhistory.org

Louisiana Folklife Program at the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism
Includes the Hall of Louisiana Folk Artists, lists of recordings, periodicals, and contact information for consultants. Links to sites such as Northwestern State University or the Mardi Gras Indians.

Louisiana Folklife Festival -- Louisiana Folklife Program
Includes information on the documentation, preservation and promotion of Louisiana's folk culture resources.

Michigan Traditional Arts Program, at Michigan State University Museum
Includes information about educational and other programs, links to the Festival of Michigan Folklife.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's Folk & Traditional Arts page

Missouri Folk Arts Program
Includes information on Missouri performance traditions, regional folklore, and traditional arts.

Nevada State Arts Council
Includes a description of the folk arts program, staff listings, dates, deadlines and a mission statement.

North Carolina Folklore Society

Vermont Folklife Center

Washington State Arts Commission
Lists information about various folk arts programs.

Western States Arts Federation
Includes information and links to regional sites of interests.

Local Folk Arts Programs Web Sites:

California Indian Basketweavers Association
Formed in 1992, this is a non-profit organization of about 375 members with voting membership reserved for California Indian traditional basketweavers and associate membership available to the general public. CIBA maintains a mailing list of basketweavers, publishes a newsletter, and hosts an annual basketweavers' gathering.

Traditional Arts Program, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
A resource for communities and their folk arts in northern California. Based in the Anthropology Department of San Francisco s natural history mueum.

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