Josh Manning and Ozzy Freidline at their pottery studioSights & Sounds

Josh Manning & Aslan “Ozzy” Freidline 

Josh Manning is apprenticing Aslan “Ozzy” Freidline in how to source, harvest, process, and fire wild clay similar to that used by the first colonial potters.

John Alexander and Erin Simons hold brooms they have madeSights & Sounds

John Alexander & Erin Simons

Through our 2024–2025 Folklife Apprenticeship Program, John Alexander has spent the last year teaching Erin Simons the craft of broom making.

Fundacion Socio Cultural Diablada Boliviana performed the Diablaa dance to open the Reston Multicultural Festival held in Reston Town Center on Saturday, 9/21/24. FSCDB President Nelly Zapata and her daughter Paloma were participants in the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program in 2022 and 2023. Pat Jarrett/Virginia HumanitiesSights & Sounds

‘Get to Know Your Neighbors’: Reston Multicultural Festival Celebrates Bolivian Dance

On the eve of the autumn equinox, festival goers along with municipal and state elected officials gathered at the Reston Town Center to celebrate cultural diversity at the 25th Annual Reston Multicultural Festival. 

Danny Knicely is Willie Marschner the tradition of old time fiddling and improvisation.Sights & Sounds

Danny Knicely & Willie Marschner 

Multi-instrumentalist Danny Knicely of Taylorstown is apprenticing Willie Marschner in the tradition of old time fiddling and improvisation.

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