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STAFF
Executive Director
Kevin Nutt, Archivist |
The ALABAMA FOLKLIFE ASSOCIATION is a statewide non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote knowledge and appreciation of Alabama folklife through activities such as festivals, conferences, fieldwork, videos, recordings, and publications including the journal,Tributaries. Gospel jubilee singing, graveyard decoration days, American Indian basketry, Anglo-American folk pottery, Sand Mountain saddleries, west-Alabama blues, shape-note singing, coastal fishing lore, religious holidays, Cambodian fish-traps, midwifery, labor songs, barbecue and gumbo-all are examples of Alabama folklife. Handed down across generations, the folklife of Alabama has taken root in the social life, history, and experiences of the people of this state, and informs our fundamental notions of who we are, what we value, and how we relate to the world. The logo of the Alabama Folklife Association is the gourd martin house, an American Indian tradition adopted by new settlers to the state. This symbol, selected for the first Alabama Folklife Festival in 1989, represents harmony with the natural environment and cultural exchange between different peoples. |
MEMBERSHIP Individual: $35 Patron: $100 Sustaining: $200 Corporate membership: $500; Student membership: $15 By Mail: Print out the attached document (see below) and send with your check made payable to the AFA. Mail to Alabama Folklife Association, P.O. Box 4697, Montgomery, AL 36103-4697. Please provide your name, address, phone number(s) and e-mail address. The Alabama Folklife Association would love to have you as a member. Your dues help support our programs, conferences, fieldwork, videos, audio recordings and publications. In return you will receive our newsletters and our journal Tributaries. |
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