ShowcaseFolk / Traditional Arts
589 related artists in the registry
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
Musician: composer, teacher, and performer (buzuq, piano, and percussion). My background is in jazz and classical piano as well as classical Arabic music.
Rafael explores issues of social behavior, power relations, communication, and identity, with focus on the body and space.
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
I create art that inspires change. As director of Buendia I work with a collective group of artist, musicians, filmmakers, dancers and writers from Sunset Park Brooklyn. Our mission is to give young a... more
Yejide, aka The Mama Wize, is a Hip Hop~Spoken Word lyricist, multi-cultural dancer and choreographer, motivational speaker, panel discussion facilitator, visual artist, photographer, owner & creator ... more
I am a percussionist and performer extraordinaire from Ghana. I am available for all popular traditional dances from GhanaTogo Benin and Nigeria. Experience something diferrent.
Word based on a detail representation of subject. Using vast range of medium to gain maximumresult...oil paint oil pastels . color pencil. acrylic. charcoal.portraits illustration childrens book maga... more
We are: Stacey and Sylvestre. A Coloradan actress and a Togolese dancer coming together to build bridges between the disciplines and discover what statements from each are to rest untouched and inspi... more
Tai Allen (aka GRFX) calls himself an artist Spending time as a student of Abiodun of the Last Poets and Dawad Philip, famed dub poet and newspaper editor, moves an artist toward good. Learning how... more
PERCUSSIONIST / Group Manager / Accompanist to Ahamed Alrodini & RED SEA YEMENI ENSEMBLE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Participants in Brooklyn Arts in Education ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... more
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I am a visual artist, who works with various organic matters. I have designed sets, backdrops, props accessories as well as sculptures, and soft furnishings. I work with moss, dried branches, fresh fo... more
I create work that I enjoy while constantly developing my style and skills. I enjoy illustration and like focusing on high level conceptual work.
I create primarily works on paper which confuse object with subject, turning statue into organism and growth into disrepair. As I turn subject into monument, space becomes subjective and the stage for... more
I create handforged sterling silver necklaces and earrings. I experiment with hardware as jewelry. The design of each piece is based on these experiments.
My work reflects my impressions and memories, then develop form to contain and explore those thoughts. My aim is to understand these impressions and to develop a precise and personally relevant visual... more
Manager of an artist whos producing a new style of Hip Hop designed to change the way Hip Hop is perceived. His lyrics consist of morals incorporated in the Bible. All of our music is God centered. We... more
I design/create beautiful crafts (books- handbags)and clothing using wide ranges of fabrics (cotton, burlap, fleece, leather and suede to exotic tapestries, brocade and beyond) as my basic medium. Dra... more
Handthrown porcelain tableware. Highly designed with unique surface texture and attention for form and function. My work also reflects my love of color.
Im sensitive to my surroundings there is a voice inside that speaks out in my work and Im left to interpret it. I choose not to censure myself. I use permanent marker to capture my pure and immediat... more
I am a West AfricanCaribbean dancer instructor choreographer steel pan player and costume designer. While performing my audience is enlightened to learn the history culture and meaning of the traditio... more
Providing FolkStory telling AfricanCaribbean Dance DrumPercussive instumental presentations Kwaanza storydancemusic programs AfricanCaribbean Stiltdance masqueraders and Antiquan fire danceeater perfo... more
Shawn Atkins creates handmade photocollage animation to narrate dreamlike journeys of inner transformation. Atkins has received grants from NYFA NYSCA LMCC and Jerome Foundation. Her films have played... more
My name is Setor Attipoe. I'm an Actress, Playwright and Producer. I own Lamb To A Lion Productions and my current play is "Love, Life & Redemption", a poetic, passionate story about one woman's lif... more
I am a master drummer from Haiti. My compositions are based on traditional songs and rhythms that accompany dances of African origin that generations have preserved in my country. I am Artistic Direct... more
