News

Benefit fundraiser and memorial for Yvette Kinyozi Smalls on June 8th, 7:30 PM, Painted Bride Art Center. Celebrate the life of this beloved artist and activist wth your presence and donation.

PFP was honored to receive an award as an "Institutional Pillar in Arts and Social Justice" from the University of Pennsylvania African-American Resource Center at their Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change on February 3rd.

Looking for 100 new or renewing members! Help sustain community-based folk arts in these hard times, and in PFP's 25th year! We invite (and need) your help. Join us (at any amount). . .

PFP is on Facebook! Click the link on the left to like us. . .

PFP's documentary, Eatala: A Life in Klezmer, is a loving portrait of a ground-breaking indomitable woman, Elaine Hoffman Watts, and the place of klezmer music in her family over five generations. The documentary iis being screened in film festivals around the country. We received the best short documentary award from the Brooklyn Willifest, and the Elli Kongas-Maranda award from the Women's Section of the American Folklore Society. More info. Buy your copy from our store, or call for more information.

Resources: We're writing about why we do what we do. Some recent essays now online. Or browse our magazines, available as pdfs.

Events

June 2: 6:30 PM
PFP's 25th BIRTHDAY BASH
Got your ticket? We're marking a quarter-century of working in folk arts and social change and we hope you will join us to celebrate! The event will include awards to valued community members, as well as performances, food and drink, and activities. Tickets, sponsorships and advertisements still available through our online store. Or click here for details about tickets and levels of involvement. Want to know more? Read the press release here.

Third Thursdays: 2 PM - 8 PM
TEA AND TREATS
Stop by to see our exhibitions, share what you are up to, browse resources, and be a part of good conversation  Refreshments.

Full calendar of spring events is here, or email us to be added to the mailing list.

New online

If you enjoyed (or missed) our fabulous "Goodnight MIshegas" klezmer concert with Elaine and Susan Watts, you can experience it vicariously. Sing "Goodnight Mishegas" along wth Susan. Say goodby to the craziness of the world. Read more.

Exhibits

WE CANNOT KEEP SILENT
In December 2009, dozens of Asian immigrant students boycotted their high school and launched a civil rights campaign around a district's responsibility to provide a safe educational climate. Asian Americans United and other partners have curated an exhibition featuring voices from a campaign that sought educational justice in a school struggling with violence and racial discord. Featuring photographs by Harvey Finkle and Kathy Shimizu. Open through September.

May 17: 2 - 8 PM
DANCEAFRICA! PHILADELPHIA: HISTORIES PROJECT OPEN HOUSE This collaboration with the Community Education Center will document our region's rich histories of African dance, drum and culture, and culminate in an exhibition at PFP this fall. Attend the Open House: help shape the exhibition by sharing stories, reflecting on key moments and people, and more. Bring photos to scan on the spot!

Exhibitions at PFP are developed through our Folk Arts and Social Change Residency program, which offers community members chances to use our gallery to develop work addressing local concerns. Applications to participate in the next round of programs will be available by the end of April.

If these walls could talk. Bill and Miriam Crawford's actual dining room - four walls collaged with 40 years of social change memorabilia - is a permanent exhibition at PFP. Now, listen online to audio recordings from Crawford family and friends. . .