Newcomer Arts and Culture Directory

Arlington Cultural Affairs
Arlington, Virginia

Hearabouts
An arts incubator program that builds the professional capacity of tradition-based artists and arts groups through providing performance and work space, technical assistance and grant money, as well as skills development in business management and promotion.

ArtCorps, Inc.
Beverly, Massachusetts

Our Land and the Eagle
Partnering with nonprofit organizations in developing countries to create local opportunities through community-based art projects like Our Land and the Eagle, through which youth worked with a visiting artist to create a mural.

Burlington City Arts/The Write Place
Burlington, Vermont

New Americans, New Voices
Giving voice to New American experiencess while advancing literacy, promoting creativity, and extending and strengthening community through writing.

Central New York Community Arts Council's Arts in Education Institute/ Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees
Utica, New York

Routes of Dislocation
A collaborative Arts in Education project focusing on the stories of Utica-area refugee community members.

Chippewa Valley Museum
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Arrivals
Traditional arts documentation and public programming focusing on recently arrived immigrants in Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley.

City of Santa Fe Arts Commission
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Cultural Voices Initiative
Documenting and bringing recognition to Santa Fe's diverse artistic and cultural traditions, while working to bring community members together through the arts.

Empowered Women International
Alexandria, Virginia

Training for Success-An Artist Entrepreneurship Program
Building sustainable livelihoods through the arts by providing opportunities for immigrant and refugee women to become part of an artists' network and participate in business incubator training modules that focus on developing practical skills.

Erie Art Museum
Erie, Pennsylvania

Old Songs, New Opportunities
A collaborative project drawing on traditional songs from diverse refugee and immigrant cultures to enhance multicultural programming in area daycares, while providing daycare training and employment opportunities for Erie's newcomer women.

Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico Cultural Dance Group
Teaching and sharing Filipino traditional dance as a means of cultural preservation and pride, and of promoting unity among Albuquerque's diverse ethnic communities.

Iowa Arts Council Folklife Program
Des Moines, Iowa

Iowa Culture and Language Conference, Folklife Stream An interdisciplinary collaboration providing folk and traditional arts content for educators, service providers, and others working with Iowa's refugee and immigrant communities.

Khmer Arts Academy
Long Beach, California

Classical Dance Training & Performance Program Providing multifaceted instruction and performance opportunities in Cambodian classical dance, in Long Beach and Cambodia.

Littleglobe, Inc.
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Memorylines: Voces de Nuestras Jornadas/Voices from Our Journeys
Engaging community through a contemporary opera collaboratively developed by artists and newcomer community members to encourage dialogue around complex issues and nurture mutual understanding.

Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
San Pablo, California

Reviving and presenting the art of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans to encourage social connection and cross-cultural understanding through the Community Heritage Project, a youth arts education program, and Cultures of Mexico in California, which develops musical CDs and documentary films and performances for the general public.

Louisiana Division of the Arts
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

New Populations
Reaching out to and documenting the traditional arts and artists of Louisiana's immigrant and refugee communities.

Rivers of Steel
Homestead, Pennsylvania

Developing projects that support the traditional arts of newcomers in southwestern Pennsylvania, including the Tradition-Bearers: Voices from the Rivers of Steel Heritage Area Radio Series, Roots to Routes Driving Guide, Shaped by Steel audio CD, and an Artisans Market.

Somos Los Otros
Albuquerque, New Mexico

A collaborative sponsored project of the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, using music and theater to educate, empower, and promote dialogue among Albuquerque's diverse communities.

SOMOS Mayfair
San Jose, California

La Dulce Vida: Participatory Theater Takes on Diabetes & Reclaiming Culture: ¡Que Viva La Posada!
Two community-based projects drawing on popular theater and traditional Mexican drama to address the contemporary realities of immigrants, in particular focusing on the theme of health and family unity in the face of a diabetes epidemic and the pressures of assimilation.

Syracuse University Department of Anthropology
Syracuse, New York

The New Soul of Syracuse
Supporting the heritage of traditional arts of Syracuse-area refugees and immigrants by identifying, interpreting, and presenting their traditional arts.

Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Folk and Traditional Arts in the Parks Program

Folk & Traditional Arts in the Parks Program
A collaborative project of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and the Washington State Arts Commission, presenting public events in state parks that reflect Washington's cultural diversity, such as concerts, festivals, storytelling sessions, dance performances, and craft demonstrations.

Western Folklife Center
Elko, Nevada

Beyond Borderlands: Mexican-American Ranch Traditions in the American West
Presenting a series of public programs exploring the cultural threads that link communities in Mexico and the U.S., focusing on the living legacies of family-based Mexican ranch culture-the corridos, band music, craft work, foodways, stories, and occupational skills-as expressed in the American West today.