Showcase
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 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
FOLK ARTS
Current and Upcoming Projects
 | September 11 Memorial Poetry Project Every year since 2005, BAC has presented an annual September 11 memorial project. Past projects include film screenings, musical performances, and photo exhibitions...more |
 | Black Brooklyn Renaissance: Black Arts & Culture, 1960-2010 is a landmark, year-long initiative that is the first effort of its kind to take a holistic look at Black culture and arts in Brooklyn over five decades. The project explores a range of genres and styles...more |
 | Folk Feet Dance Workshops Folk Feet Dance Workshops focus on teaching the movement repertoire of specific traditions. Each workshop also provides an overview of the dance’s cultural setting, such as the costume, music and crafts that traditionally accompany it...more |
BAC Folk Arts is sponsored by Con Edison.
BAC programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from 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:
Welcome to the fall series of Black Brooklyn Renaissance: Black Arts and Culture, 1960-2010, sponsored by MetLife Foundation. The fall season includes some premiere events: The Black Brooklyn Renaissa... more
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
Days of the Dead In August 2008 BAC Folk Arts initiated a year-long project called Days of the Dead in Brooklyn, Diverse Traditions of Mourning and Remembrance (DODB)...more... more
The terms “folk” and “traditional” describe the artists and art forms that our programming supports. Few of the traditional artists we work with have ever received formal training; most learn by obser... more
The following is a list of useful websites: Here are some helpful links to folk arts research, grants, publications, organizations and information about specific artists and art forms. Americ... more
See Also...
