The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) The NCTA is the nation’s oldest multicultural arts presenting organization. For over eight decades, through festivals, tours, symposia, exhibits, and media productions, the NCTA has showcased the very best of the myriad grassroots folk, tribal and ethnic cultures that comprise our diverse nation.
The 2019-2020 season of Folk and Traditional Arts Network (FTAN) tours begins next Wednesday, November 20 at Salisbury University. The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) has partnered with the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF) to establish FTAN, a presenter based membership network designed to bolster the presentation of folk and traditional arts in the mid-Atlantic region. Through its …
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National Folk Festival 2021-2023 Host City
Bring America’s premier celebration of traditional arts and culture to your community! 2021-2023 National Folk Festival applications now being accepted
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NCTA honored with 2010 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award
The NCTA received the Folk Alliance International’s 2010 Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday, February 17 at the 2010 International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, TN. The other recipients of this year’s award were Bob Dylan and the late Elizabeth Cotton.
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The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress (AFC) has made the webcast of the “Legends and Legacies” concert available online here. The concert, presented as part of the symposium “Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore,” was held September 10, 2009. This high energy celebration honored folklorist Joe Wilson and the NCTA. The NCTA …
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