In Good Keeping in 2022
Apprenticeship Film Documentary – Join us in Fork Union at the Carysbrook Performing Arts Center on Sep 9 for a film screening and discussion!
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“In Good Keeping in 2022” Fork Union Screening
The Virginia Folklife Program invites you to its third screening of In Good Keeping in 2022, a feature-length documentary film showcasing eighteen artists from across the state who are working to …
NewsNational Association of Black Storytellers Seeks Appalachian Storytellers
The program will provide six $4,000 awards (with limited restrictions) to support experienced practitioners and culture bearers with opportunities to examine, research, develop, perform, and/or document the Black Appalachian storytelling tradition.
Sights & SoundsMac Traynham & Ashlee Watkins – Folklife Fieldnotes Episode 6
“I only wish that all of my bluegrass and old-time pickin’ friends in Australia could be exposed to this kind of culture and they would hear the difference in it too,” …
NewsThe Legendary Ingramettes Awarded National Heritage Fellowship
Congratulations to Richmond’s Legendary Ingramettes for receiving a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts—the highest honor bestowed on traditional artists by the federal government. Fans of …
NewsArt & Alchemy
The latest issue of Southern Cultures, a journal published by UNC Press, features a story by Julia Gartrell and Katy Clune (director of the Virginia Folklife Program) about the current state of …
Whether sung or told, hand-crafted or performed, Virginia’s rich folklife refers to the “arts of everyday life” that reflect a sense of traditional knowledge and connection to community.
Virginia’s folkways are rich with traditions that have been rooted in the Commonwealth for centuries, as well as those that more recently have been carried here and nourished by Virginia’s diverse immigrant communities.
Legendary Ingramettes
Six decades of music, sixty-five years of song, generations tied together through the force of will of a matriarchy of powerful women. The Virginia Folklife Program is so proud to announce the release of Take a Look in the Book, the new album from The Legendary Ingramettes.
