Folklife & Folk Art Resources

The Nebraska Folklife Network maintains and moderates a listserve (Internet message group) that is open to members and to anyone else with a genuine interest in Nebraska's traditional arts and folklife. To apply for membership in the listserve send an email to the following address: plainsculture@inebraska.com.

In addition, the following are a number of other resources related to Nebraska folklife and traditional arts and/or to folklife in general. If you know of other resources, please feel free to e-mail us at plainsculture@inebraska.com, and we will consider adding them to the site.


National & International Resources

National Endowment for the Arts
(see Folk and Traditional Arts programs)
1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Washington, D.C. 20506

202-682-5428
www.nea.gov

American Folklife Center
at the Library of Congress

101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, D.C. 20540

202-707-5000
www.loc.gov/folklife

Smithsonian Center for
Folklife and Cultural Heritage

750 9th Street NW, Suite 4100

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C. 20506-0953
www.folklife.si.edu

 

American Folklore Society

Mershon Center, Ohio State University

1501 Neil Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201-2602

www.afsnet.org

UNESCO--United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(Culture Section)
7, Place de Fontenoy
75352 PARIS 07 SP
France
www.unesco.org/culture

International Society for Ethnology and Folklore
Meertens Institute
Joan Muyskenweg 25
1096 CJ Amsterdam
Netherlands
www.meertens.knaw.nl/sief

Regional Resources

Western Folklife Center
501 Railroad Street
Elko, NV 89801
775-738-7508
www.westernfolklife.org

Fund for Folk Culture
P.O. Box 303366
Austin TX 78703
512-472-8757
www.folkculture.org

City Lore
72 East 1st Street
New York, NR 10003
212-529-1955
www.citylore.org

CARTS--Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
(a project of City Lore)
www.carts.org