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Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures (CSUMC) is committed to the languages and cultural traditions of this region's diverse peoples. CSUMC fosters research and the preservation of archival collections, while producing educational and outreach programs for a broad public audience.
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Subject: Folklore, Sound Recordings, Folk Music , Language, Folk Culture, Minnesota, Upper Midwest, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Preservation
Creator: Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures
Publisher: Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures
Format: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: World Music Institute is a not for profit organization that seeks to present concerts that showcase music from around the world. WMI encourages cross cultural exchange through music and dance by bringing acts to different locations in New York City as well as sponsoring nation wide tours of acts from overseas. WMI was founded in 1985 and is committed to the research presentation, and documentation of the finest in traditional and contemporary music and dance from around the world.
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Subject: World Music, Folk Music , World Music Institute, Dance, Folk dance music, Performance, Concerts
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The mission of the Illinois Arts Council Agency is to build a strong, creative, and connected Illinois through the arts and they attempt to accomplish this through government means. The council is governed by up to twenty-one private citizens chosen by the governor for their commitment to the arts. The council provides programs, technical assistance, and ensures the responsible and impactful distribution of all funds. The Illinois Arts Council Agency also looks to support Illinois’ arts sector, advance arts education, foster creativity, and encourage working artists.
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Subject: Arts, Grants, Government Departments, Art Education, Education, Educational Endowments, Folk Dancers, Folk Music , Folk Artists
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Blue Ridge Institute and Museum was created by Ferrum College in the early 1970s to document, interpret, and represent the folk heritage of the Blue Ridge region. The Institute enjoys a national reputation and puts on festivals, concerts, and exhibits as well as produces publications. The Institute puts on major programming including: The Blue Ridge Folklife Festival, BRI Museum Exhibits, the Blue Ridge Farm Museum, and The Blue Ridge Heritage Archives. The audience of this institute spans all ages and backgrounds and seeks to expand its work throughout Virginia and Appalachia but still focuses on the western portion of the state.
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Subject: Folk Festivals, Archives, Folk Music , Historical museums, Folklife Archives, Folk Art, Folk Museums
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The California Traditional Music Society is an educational organization that supports, promotes and encourages participation in traditional arts of the diverse communities of southern California. The California Traditional Music Society attempts to accomplish these goals through festivals, concerts, and other events, public education and services to artists. The two major ways they achieve this is by holding Music in the Schools workshop series and a House Concert Series.
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Subject: Education, Folk Music , Folk Culture, Concerts, Music Festivals, Outreach Programs
Creator: California Traditional Music Society
Publisher: California Traditional Music Society
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University was established in 1976 and has been involved in folklife programs of public interest ever since being formed. This Center is a research facility that coordinates the Natchiotches/NSU Folklife Festival and serves as an archival repository for many folklife materials. It houses artist and subject files, audio recordings, and video tapes. It has also amassed a collection of periodicals, books, and photographic images. This center also receives financial support from the Louisiana State Arts Council, Division of the Arts, Office of Culture Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Travel as well as the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Subject: Educational Endowments, Lectures, Folk Life, Folklore, Folk Music , Folk Art, Folk Dance, Archives
Creator: Northwestern State University - University of Louisiana
Publisher: University of Louisiana
Language: English
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Philadelphia Folksong Society is dedicated to serving the past, promoting the present and securing the future of folk music and related forms of expression through education, presentation, and participation. This organization was founded in 1957 and offers programs of presentation, engagement, and education throughout Greater Philadelphia and the nation. Many of these programs are focused on the present of folk music and the education around it. Philadelphia Folksong Society promotes and stages the following festivals of note: The Philadelphia Folk Festival, Fall Fling, Spring Thing, and Cabin Fever Festival.
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Subject: Folk Music , Folk Festivals, Education, Music Education, Music Festivals
Creator: Philadelphia Folksong Society
Publisher: Philadelphia Folksong Society
Language: English
Type: Web Archive
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