Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked artists working in multiple disciplines, If you could deliver one message to yourself as a younger artist, what would it be?
The process of making custom tallises reveals the power they hold as personal and ritual objects for religious Jews.
A day visiting the filming of 'In the Tradition', a studio show he writes and hosts at Arlington Community Media, Inc.
Videos from our concert “Hiding in Plain Sight: Folk Masters of Massachusetts”
Patricia James-Perry and her children are highly-skilled artists whose work draws inspiration from the skills and craftsmanship of their Wampanoag ancestors.
Showcase concert featuring the excellence and diversity of music and dance traditions thriving in Massachusetts.
The world lost remarkable artist Ksenia Pokrovsky, but her technique and artistry lives on in those she mentored.
Shipwright and National Heritage Fellow Harold A. Burnham and his son, Alden Burnham, work on a wooden boat restoration
An Apprenticeship in Ship Wheel Making
Louise Cort, Curator of Ceramics at the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer|Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. visited Massachusetts-based Cambodian ceramist Yary Livan.
The daily practice of creating kolam is a tradition that has reached across India for 100s of years
The archival collection of Mass Cultural Council's Folk Arts & Heritage Program was transferred to the Massachusetts State Archives.
A short video on the remarkable story of this expert Cambodian potter
How to ensure long term access to and preservation of our ever-growing folk archive?
The arc of a folklorist’s work experience
An example of how we linked traditional artists with opportunities to perform or demonstrate at institutions of higher education.
Meet Sushil Gautam, Himalayan fiddle and jaw harp player
The craft of marbling
A conversation about Italian witchcraft, known as stregheria
A look at the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship of Qianshen Bai and Mei Hung
