Welcome to the Folk & Traditional Arts in Pennsylvania!

The purpose of this section of our site is to help individuals and communities better understand and value diversity by offering a content rich resource that features the living artistic traditions of ethnic, religious, linguistic, occupational, and/or regional groups that make up the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

We invite you to browse through our Artists section to learn about their personal stories, art forms, and to listen to or view images of their work. Over the next few months we will be adding new artist profiles to this site, including profiles of artists that have received fellowship and apprenticeship awards through our Folk & Traditional Arts Program, developed in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Teachers and students should review sample lesson plans from our Study Guide to What's Your Name?, a CD sampler including recordings of many of the artists currently featured on this site. If you are interested in purchasing any of the recordings or the Study Guide, be sure to check out our On Tour Catalogue.

If you want to learn more about traditional arts programming in the state, have any questions about this site, or simply want to let us know what you think about our site, please fill in our Feedback form or call us at (717) 238-1770.