FOLK ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL Preserve. Promote. Present. FAI is an arts nonprofit founded in 1989 to connect folk music leaders aiming to sustain the community and genre worldwide.

The International Folk Art Alliance (IFAA) doing business as the International Folk Art Market (IFAM) provides Mentor to Market (M2M) artist entrepreneurship education programs, which offers business and marketing workshops for participating artists to build capacity and participate in intercultural exchange opportunities. FAI’s office is located on the traditional land of the Kansa and Osage nations. FAI acknowledges that all of its activities and that of its North American member organizations take place on ancestral Indigenous lands. Mar 01, 2020 · International Folk Art Alliance is rated 3 out of 4 stars by Charity Navigator. International Folk Art Alliance receives 88.78 out of 100 for their Charity Navigator rating. International Folk Art Alliance is a Performing Arts charity located in Santa Fe, NM. The organization is run by Charlene Cerney and has an annual revenue of $3,800,284. Jan 03, 2017 · The 2017 conference in KC will include artists’ responses to the presidential election. The timing couldn’t have been better. Months before we knew how the 2016 presidential election would play out, organizers at Folk Alliance International had chosen a theme for the annual conference this year in Kansas City — “Forbidden Folk – Celebrating Activism in Art.” Folk Alliance International's 29th Conference has applications open for artists to perform among the best of the international folk music community on Feb. 15 - 19, 2017. Application deadline is Oct. 3. Folk Alliance International's mission is to serve, strengthen, and engage the global folk music community through preservation, presentation, and promotion.

Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 Irish Times (Jennifer O'Brien) - September 20th, 2017 Dónal Lunny will follow in Bob Dylan’s footsteps when he receives a lifetime achievement award from an international folk music group.

Folk Alliance International, Kansas City, MO. 21,283 likes · 138 talking about this · 8,452 were here. Building Community One Song at a Time The 2017 International Folk Art Market Award Recipients: The Living Tradition Award: Abdullah and Abduljabbar Khatri To honor artists who are an extraordinary example of the IFAA mission by contributing to the preservation of their culture through reviving and strengthening a traditional folk art with a strategy for passing on the tradition to future generations. Jun 15, 2017 · Victor & Penny at Folk Alliance International 2017 Victor & Penny their Loose Change Orchestra as part of their official showcase at the Folk Alliance International Conference in Kansas City

The show serves as the kickoff event for the annual Folk Alliance conference, which performs roughly the same trade association role as the International Bluegrass Music Association does in our realm. The conference continues through this weekend with a theme of Forbidden Folk – Celebrating Activism in Art.

Feb 27, 2017 · 2017 Folk Alliance International Living Lifetime Achievement Award recipient David Amram The Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented each year during the annual Folk Alliance The Mission of the International Folk Art Market is to create economic opportunities for and with folk artists worldwide who celebrate and preserve folk art traditions. The International Folk Art Market envisions a world that values the dignity and humanity of the handmade, honors timeless cultural traditions, and supports the work of folk