Maryland Folklife Program & Maryland Traditions

The Maryland Folklife Program serves the people of the State through research, documentation, and programming about Maryland's traditional arts and culture.

These traditions take many forms, from deeply rooted local forms that reflect Maryland's long history to the skills and artistry of more recent migrants to our State. These traditions help to give Maryland its unique and distinctive identity as a place. Traditional arts and community culture often exist outside of formal institutional settings but represent a great storehouse of knowledge and value. The Maryland Folklife Program seeks to draw attention to this resource for residents and visitors and support its practitioners to sustain and transmit their knowledge to the next generation.

Maryland Traditions is a program of the Maryland State Arts Council. Its mission is to discover, share and sustain our living traditions. Maryland Traditions receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Infrastructure Initiative.

Maryland Traditions offers Apprenticeship Awards and Project Grants, produces public events and engages in strategic partnerships to develop a statewide infrastructure for traditional arts and culture.

For more information visit the Maryland Traditions Website.

Contact information:
Clifford Murphy, 410-767-6450
Elaine Eff, 410-767-6570