Welcome to the New Hampshire Folklife website, a resource for learning about traditional arts and folklife in New Hampshire.

Folklife and traditional arts are part of our history and also part of our living heritage.

Teachers, students, and families are invited to explore our living heritage online and then take this exploration to communities around New Hampshire.

 

New Hampshire tartan plaid being woven by Robert Roy Robb.
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This educational resource is a project of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Traditional Arts Program.

For information on grants to individuals and non profit organizations, visit the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts website and select "grants." Click here for the State Arts Council's directory of traditional artists and cultural specialists who can present at schools and community gatherings.

Top:  | Canoe builder Jay Trayner
Bottom left:  | Dogsledding by Beth Krommes .   Bottom center:  | Fiddler Rodney Miller.   Bottom right: |  NH tartan by Robert Roy Robb.

Photo credits - Lynn Martin Graton, Traditional Arts Coordinator

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Jay Trayner caning a seat for one of his handmade canoes
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Kids & Teachers
CLICK HERE for the NEW Heritage Arts Build-A-Picture activities!

Heritage Arts Build-A-Picture



Search a directory of CDs & videos of traditional music fearturing many NH musicians.