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PFP Artist Ivonne Pinto-García recently gave a lecture on Day of the Dead accompanied by a sugar skull workshop at the Philadelphia Free Library. Read
PFP is widely regarded as a beacon for socially conscious and anti-racist work in the fields of public folklore, applied ethnomusicology, and anthropology. One of a few independent folk and traditional arts nonprofits nationwide, PFP remains a model for how to sustain vital and diverse living cultural heritage.
Founded in 1987, the Philadelphia Folklore Project documents, supports, and presents Philadelphia-area folk arts and culture, including the arts of people who have been here for generations and those who have just arrived. In collaboration with local artists and community groups, we seek to preserve and strengthen our city’s folk cultural life because we recognize that diversity, equity, and inclusion are central elements of thriving communities.
PFP Artist Ivonne Pinto-García recently gave a lecture on Day of the Dead accompanied by a sugar skull workshop at the Philadelphia Free Library. Read
A public interest folklore practice gives us the ability to acknowledge that, as Gerald Davis once said, “we have been slow to plumb our own
At the Philadelphia Folklore Project (PFP), we stand with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities against the reprehensible, ongoing, and significant rise in attacks
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