Traditional Arts & Folklife Listing

Welcome to the Traditional Arts & Folklife Listing - a directory of traditional artists, community scholars, and folklorists who are available for presentations, demonstrations, lectures, performances, and workshops.

Traditional arts and folklife are the crafts, music, stories, and ways of doing things that are passed on from one generation to the next within families, communities, and cultural groups of all types.  In these traditions we find the beauty, skills, and wisdom of those who have gone before us.  It is important to celebrate our living heritage and understand the role they play in shaping the roots of our culture and our communities.  Artists and cultural specialists on the Traditional Arts & Folklife Listing have been juried based upon their artistry and ability to communicate with audiences and students. 

Access the Traditional Arts & Folklife Listing here

You can search by an artist’s name, their discipline, category, or their region!

Many of the artists and cultural specialists listed have participated in State Arts Council projects or grants including: the New Hampshire program at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and/or the Celebrate New Hampshire Festival held in 2000, and/or Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grants.

Click here for more information on:

• artist fees & travel costs;
• the value of including cultural specialists & folklorists in your project planning and implementation; and
• how to seek grant funds to cover the costs of including traditional artists in your programs.

Click here if you are you interested in applying to be on the Traditional Arts & Folklife Listing. 

Last updated: May 4, 2009