Alabama Folk elevates under-documented cultures and traditions from across the state through interviews with traditional artists and makers, the Alabama Folk podcast, and hands-on community workshops.

Learn from a traditional artist in your community or teach your tradition by contacting us!


UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Pine Needle Basket Weaving

with Annette Jordan

December 1, 2024

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mobile

Mobile, Alabama. Stay tuned for details!

Gee’s Bend Quilting

with Francesca Charley

an AFA-AU Traditional Artist-in-Residence

March 10-14, 2025

Auburn and surrounding communities. Stay tuned for details!

Past workshops

Oct. 14, 15, 16, 17, 2024: Pine Needle Basket Weaving by Master Artist and Traditional Artist-in-Residence Annette Jordan. Tuskegee, Shorter, Auburn, and Tallassee.

Sept. 5, 19, 25, Oct. 3, 2024 : Crochet for Beginners, Lawrence County Public Library, Moulton

September 12, 2024: Bharatanatyam (Indian classical) dance, Alabama State University Dance Dept., Montgomery

August 17, 2024: Rangoli, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia

July 18, 2024: Capital City Shape Note Singing, Old Alabama Town, Montgomery

June 1, 2024: Greek cooking, Montgomery Greek Food Festival and Pastry Sale, Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Montgomery

October 28, 2023: Bharatanayam (Indian Classical) Dance, Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery

April 29, 2023: Choctaw Cultural Workshops: sassafras tea, sharing elders stories, pottery, pine needle basketry, Choctaw language, Native homes, dreamcatchers, MOWA Choctaw Tribal Offices, Mt. Vernon

November 15-17, 2022: Pine Needle Basket Making with Della Marsh, Foley Public Library, Foley

September 20-22, 2022: Pine Needle Basket Making with Della Marsh, Foley Public Library, Foley

June 3, 2022: Lye Soap Making with Betty Anderson, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden

May 14, 2022: Alabama Folk: Lao cooking, Brazilian brigadeiro, and Mexican dance, Mobile Arts Council, Mobile

May 7, 2022: Native Flute Making with Charlie Mato-Toyela, Burritt on the Mountain, Huntsville

March 19, 2022: Chair caning with Roy Cooley, Landmark Park, Dothan

Sept. 1, 2021: Hanji: Korean paper making, A-KEEP, Montgomery


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