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BAC is proud to help nurture Brooklyn’s traditional artists and preserve our borough’s diverse heritage though our Folk Arts programs.
See a merengue típico dance at a Dominican party in Bushwick; the elaborate costumes on Eastern Parkway at the annual West Indies Labor Day Celebration; moko jumbies dancing on stilts in Ft. Greene Park; a five-story tall giglio tower in Williamsburg to honor St. Paulinus and Our Mother Mt. Carmel. This is your Brooklyn... Read more about Folk Arts
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 | Black Brooklyn Renaissance Digital Archive Brooklyn Arts Council created a digital archive documenting all of the BAC produced events and interviews held during the year-long series. More Info |
BAC Folk Arts is sponsored by Con Edison.
BAC programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York City Council and its Brooklyn Delegation.Related Categories
Dance, Folk / Traditional Arts, Multi-Cultural, Storytelling, Teaching Artist, Traditional / Culturally SpecificMore from FOLK ARTS:
BAC FOLK ARTS: WHAT WE DO See a merengue típico dance at a Dominican party in Bushwick; the elaborate costumes on Eastern Parkway at the annual West Indies Labor Day Celebration; moko jumbies danci... more
Half the Sky Festival: Brooklyn Women in Traditional Performance April 22 - June 8, 2012 Brooklyn Arts Council presents Half the Sky Festival,an intensive exploration of gender and diaspora in Bro... more
Once Upon A Time in Brooklyn: Traditional Storytellers and Their Tales A series of public programs and workshops featuring folktales, fairy tales, ghost stories, saints’ legends, personal experiences... more
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress City Lore in Manhattan New York Folklore Society Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Texas Folklife ... more
Black Brooklyn Renaissance Digital Archive
Black Brooklyn Renaissance, Black Arts & Culture, 1960 - 2010, was a landmark, year-long event series presented by Brooklyn Arts Council in partnership with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation ... more
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