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"...a virtual extension of City Lore's educational programs and its National Network for Folk Arts in Education. As you explore the people, places, and traditions that turn communities into classrooms, stock your cart high with the many useful resources available inside."

"The mission of the Museum of International Folk Art is to enrich the human spirit by connecting people with the arts, traditions, and cultures of the world."

This is the place to meet Wisconsin artists who highlight their cultures and traditions in their art.

"Culture in Context: A Tapestry of Expression is an exhibit at the New Jersey State Museum ... presenting these traditional art forms and the folk artists who create them. Their stories and art together create a vibrant, living tapestry of New Jersey." I really like the style of this website.

This is an online interactive art project which gives users video, audio, and text options to explore folk artists of Florida, including bobble head dolls who represent real-life scholars of the state's traditional culture.

This website allows users to participate in quilting projects by interviewing quilt makers, documenting their own quilts, and networking with others interested in the art of quilt making.

A video-streaming national preserve of American folk culture documentaries and offers users extensive background materials for each film. Use excerpts or entire films and the Educators Portal.

"The FRC (Folklike Resource Center) houses an extensive archive containing a wide variety of materials in multiple formats. The project addresses two goals. The first goal involves transferring all of these analog formats into a more stable digital medium. This requires the digitization of thousands of photographs and slides, hundreds of hours of analog audio and video documentation. The second goal - user accessibility. Website visitors will now have unprecedented access to the archive through audio, video, and image-based media. Never before has the material housed in the FRC been available to such a wide audience."

"Many public schools still don't have reliable Internet. Teachers are super lucky if they have a few working computers in their classroom. Kids in lower socio-economic neighborhoods can't get consistent Internet connection at home. When those kids step out of high school will they be prepared for the 21st century work force?"