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Our team here is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a special delivery of a jeep from Colombia.
Over the past few months, Folklife Festival senior graphic designer Josue Castilleja met with curatorial teams to conceptually walk through the Festival
In 2011, researchers for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival traveled to the Orinoco Plains of Colombia.
The Folklife Festival’s Opening Ceremony will be held on the Motor City stage in front of the Smithsonian Castle on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 11a.m. on the National Mall.
The Folklife Festival will feature a variety of activities for families and children, including crafts and food demonstrations, as well as musical performances for young visitors.
This year, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival will offer a variety of specially designed apparel for purchase at the Marketplace
This video features Olivia Cadaval, the curator of the 2011 Folklife Festival program Colombia: The Nature of Culture.
Introduction to the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and overview of Festival history.
The Colombia program is excitedly preparing for the arrival of Colombian mule driver Leonel de Jesús Loiza, who will demonstrate how people in the mountainous Coffee Region pack mules for transporting coffee and other products.
The Festival’s talented team this summer includes our supply clerk, Ms. Elizabeth Martin