Tag: Folk Art

  • Ukraine Folk Festival

    Ukraine Folk Festival

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    If you would like to learn more about Ukrainian culture and are in the Horsham, Pennsylvania area, stop by the Ukrainian Folk Festival on Sunday, Aug. 24th. The event will be held from noon to 8 p.m. at the Ukrainian American Sport Center — Tryzub, County Line and Lower State roads, Horsham. The event will…

  • Rocky Mountain Folk School

    Rocky Mountain Folk School

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    In our smartphone world of instant technological results, many find themselves longing for the classic skills and more reflective pastimes of days gone by. Rocky Mountain Folk School, located in beautiful Grand Lake, Colorado provides people with the opportunity to work with their hands “long enough to get lost in a creative moment.” For those…

  • Japan’s samurai city that chose art over war

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    Kanazawa has 22 kinds of traditional arts, including kutani-yaki (pottery), urushi (lacquerware), Kaga yūzen (silk kimono dying) and Kaga zougan (inlay metalwork). It is also the national capital of the production of kinpaku (gold leaf) and the many glittering things made with it, from Buddhist shrines to facial masks. Throughout history, Kanazawa’s promotion of crafts…