Folk / Traditional Arts

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21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage

The 21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage is a traditional memorial and healing rite featuring drumming, dancing and singing that ends with a ceremony of remembrance at water’s ed... more

39th Annual International African Arts Festival (IAAF)

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5th Avenue Tour

Brooklyn Maqam Cultural Walking Tours are made possible by American Express®. Use the card to eat and shop along the way as you experience Brooklyn’s Arab neighborhoods and cultures.

Abdel Rahim Boutat

A Moroccan Beber from the town of Khenifra in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Boutat began playing the loutar as young boy in middle school. The loutar, a four stringed skin-faced lute, is among the diver... more

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OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSICIANS- PERFORM AT A SPRING/SUMMER OUTDOORS ACOUSTIC CONCERT SERIES

OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSICIANS- In the spirit of "Make Music"-Perform at an outdoors spring/summer environmental and cultural festival. SOLO & TRIO ACOUSTIC MUSICAL GROUPS all genre. Soap Box Stage, under ... more

SUBMERGE -ART and ENVIRONMENT FESTIVAL 2010

CALL FOR ENTRY- NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR SUBMERGE- ART & ENVIRONMENT FESTIVAL 2010. The festival showcases film, video, photography, small sculpture works from local artists about our fragile urban e... more

The Annual SUBMERGE ART & ENVIRONMENT FESTIVAL Kicks off with EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS

On SUNDAY APRIL 25th, 2010, 1PM - The 10th Annual SUBMERGE- Art and Environment Festival will kick off with EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS 40th, at IKEA/Erie Basin Park, in Red Hook Brooklyn. The festival exh... more

"A Decade of thought"

"Most of the work shown here is my most recent , the main idea or direction of my latest work is a multi-tiered and layered concept. I've always felt that it is important to understand what is unde... more

"Remembering the Revolution: The Battle of Vertieres"

Haiti Cultural Exchange Presents “Remembering the Revolution: The Battle of Vertières” With Poetry by Jean-Claude MARTINEAU (Koralen) Jennifer Celestin & Jeanie Bogart Music by KONGO Spoken Wo... more

617 related artists in the registry

!, Bizzy

Bizzy is a dynamic professional multidisciplinary artist. He has been vitally active in the theatre arts as actor, director, writer, music director, voice/speech/dialect coach, producer, and teacher f... more

Abboushi, Tareq

Musician: composer, teacher, and performer (buzuq, piano, and percussion). My background is in jazz and classical piano as well as classical Arabic music.

Abreu-Canedo, Rafael

Rafael explores issues of social behavior, power relations, communication, and identity, with focus on the body and space.

Adjaloo, Lydell

Music producer for up and comingartist media relations Rick Posada elecktra entertainment in whichwhich houses such as Missy elliotBusta Rhymes. Outreach program The Northners which will begin to get ... more

AGOO! AMEE, Okyerema

The KUSUM AGORO MULTICULTURAL ARTS PROJECT (KAMAP). KAMAP serves the community by promoting an educational agenda that supports its commitment to reaching audience of all levels through value oriente... more

14 related organizations in the directory

Mudpit, The

The Mudpit is a full-service clay facility, providing classes in wheelthrowing, handbuilding, tilemaking, and moldmaking, as well as selling ceramic supplies and renting space. The Mudpit has 12 wheel... more

Rudder Blade Productions, Inc.

Rudder Blade Productions promotes filmmaking in the public interest by developing online and offline media projects for the both the African and Latino communities and the general public. Rudder Blade... more

Ray Abrams Big (17-Piece) Swing Band, The

Swinging since the ‘Fifties with a sound and quality reminiscent of the great bands of Basie and Ellington, The Ray Abrams Big Swing Band continues to entertain audiences in jazz and swing-dance venue... more

AFRICUSSION-Percussion Discussion

AFRICUSSION is the multicultural music group of the Centre for World Folkloric Arts. With a name derived from “Africa, percussion, and discussion,” AFRICUSSION uses live performance and teaching progr... more

World Eater Recordings, NYC

Opened by composer, engineer, and instrumentalist Jared Hassan Foles in November 2000, World Eater Recordings has grown to become one of New York City’s best-known studios for major recording and audi... more