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Building the World We Want for Philly Students
Focus on Culture and Arts Learning An Arts Education Professional Development Series and Community of Practice –Teaching Artist Workshop Series by the Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School and Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts Education– Calling...
Long Island CCC Showcase 2025
Long Island Teacher and Artist Showcase November 15, 2025 | 11:00 am-1:00pm | FREE to attend Westbury Arts | 255 Schenk Ave., Westbury, NY Welcome to the CCC Showcase. Experience important local artforms and learn what happened when educators included guest artists in...
AFS Education Session Guide 2025
FOLKLORE AND EDUCATION SECTION GUIDE TO AFS 2025 American Folklore Society conference sessions of particular interest to educators and our section membership The 137th annual meeting of the American Folklore Society is October 18–21, 2025, at Crowne Plaza...
2025 AFS Report
As the national arts service organization for folk arts and education, we share to the field our activities with the American Folklore Society. Find our 2024 Annual Report available at: https://locallearningnetwork.org/about-local-learning and below find our 2025...
Teaching with Folk Sources
Atlanta, Georgia | Saturday, October 18th Learning from People’s Stories Join us in this interactive professional development workshop on teaching with folk sources as primary sources. It will feature speakers and content from Local Learning, Vermont Folklife, the...
Fall 2025 News
The wonderful irony of working "locally" as a national organization is that we often travel to collaborate with organizations far from our familiar and local contexts. This summer, we had the pleasure of working with outstanding artists and cultural workers during our...
Culture, Community, and the Classroom in Western NY
"Before this workshop I thought my communities lacked/were deficient, but now I think opportunities are all around us, we just have to connect and take action and make things hidden more visible and to be aware of our surrounding culture." –2024 Teacher Evaluation...
Culture, Community, and the Classroom in Wisconsin
"Before this workshop, I thought this would be an interesting workshop to help me connect some ideas in class. But now I know this is one of the best PDs I’ve been to and I cannot wait to use the materials in my classes. I learned so much not only for teaching but for...
Teaching with Folk Sources-Tulsa 2025
The Local Learning Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium Team and...
Sound Recordings as Primary Sources Vermont Workshop
Sound Recordings as Primary Sources: Local Learning and Vermont Folklife A FREE, one-day...
Journal of Folklore and Education Museum Resources
Over the years, the Journal of Folklore and Education has published resources useful for museum educators, from our special issue dedicated to museum education in 2016 to ongoing articles ranging from teaching with primary sources to community-based museum outreach....
Upcoming PD and 2025 News
In 2018 we began our now-annual Culture, Community, and the Classroom (CCC)series in New York, connecting traditional artists from many different communities with public school teachers and museum educators for two+ days of hands-on professional development. Each...
Meet Flavia Bastos
Meet Flávia Bastos—Local Learning Board Member “I think arts and creativity are really where life becomes interesting.” As Distinguished Research Professor in the Arts and Humanities in the Art Education Program in the School of Art, College of Design,...
2024 CCC New Paltz, NY Showcase
Artists and teachers will be presenting in the following order: Thank you for attending! To learn more, please Contact Local Learning. Thank you to our partners and funders for this Culture, Community, and the Classroom Showcase. Local Learning’s Culture, Community,...
Fall News from Local Learning
Dear Local Learning Community, Folk Arts and its role in educational settings has been a passion of mine for my entire career. When I was asked to join the board of Local Learning - and later to serve as its Secretary - I was thrilled to be able to work...