The Susquehanna Folk Arts Center is hosting a get-together for people who practice or enjoy traditional arts. That term includes playing traditional music, singing in a church choir, making quilts or rugs or wood-carvings, cooking from grandma’s recipes, learning Balkan dances — the list is endless! Please join us for networking with other folk arts practitioners, or just to take a peek into the kaleidoscope of local traditional arts.

Artist-to-Artist Networking

Noon to 2pm

The first part of the afternoon is for folk and traditional artists *(see note) to meet one another, share resources, and talk about possible programming for the coming year. Pizzas and drinks will be provided. Be sure to pre-register!

If you are working to sustain or advance any artistic traditions shaped and handed down within families, neighborhoods, and communities, we encourage you to join us! Bring artwork to display, instruments to play, or skills to demonstrate.

Public Showcase

2:30 to 4pm

At mid-afternoon we open the doors to the public for a showcase of local traditional arts. Enjoy performances and presentations from several featured artists (to be announced). Artists from the networking session are invited to display their work.

Guests will be delighted and inspired by the wide variety of traditional arts practiced in Central PA, and the boundless creativity that keeps beloved traditions fresh and vibrant.