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ALABAMA
Joey Brackner
Folk Arts/Craft Coordinator
Alabama State Council on the Arts
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36130-1800
Telephone: 334/242-4076
Fax: 334/240-3269
Folklife url: http://www.arts.state.al.us/folklife/index-folklife.html

Henry Willett III
Alabama Center for Traditional Culture
410 N. Hull Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Telephone: 334/242-3601
Fax: 334/269-9098

Joyce Cauthen, Executive Director
Alabama Folklife Association
2169 Shadybrook Lane
Birmingham, AL 35226
205/822-0505
joycecauthen@charter.net

ALASKA
Saunders McNeill
Alaska State Council on the Arts
411 West 4th Avenue, Suite 1E
Anchorage, AK 99501-2343
Telephone: 907/269-6603
Fax: 907/269-6601
E-mail: saunders@aksca.org

Vernon Chimegalrea
Alaska Native Heritage Center
8800 Heritage Center Drive
Anchorage, AK 99506
Telephone: 907/330-8021
Fax: 907/330-8030
E-mail: asca@alaska.net

AMERICAN SAMOA
John Enright
Office of Historic Preservation
Executive Offices of the Governor
Pago Pago, AS 96799
Telephone: (684) 633-2348
Fax: (684) 663-2367
E-mail: enright@samoatelco.com

CALIFORNIA
Joan De Bruin
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
5814 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Telephone: 323/937-4230
Fax: (323) 937-5576
E-mail: cadfolkarts@earthlink.net

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS
Robert Hunter
Commonwealth Council for Arts & Culture
P.O. Box 553, CHRB
Saipan, MP 96950
Telephone: 011-670/322-9982
Fax: 670/322-9028
E-mail: galaidi@gtepacifica.net

CONNECTICUT
Lynne Williamson
Institute for Community Research
2 Hartford Square West, Suite 100
Hartford, CT 06106-5128
Telephone: 860/278-2044 ext.251
Fax: 860/278-2141
E-mail: icrone@ursa.hartnet.org

FLORIDA
Tina Bucuvalas
Bureau of Historic Preservation
Division of Historical Resources
Department of State
500 South Bronough St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
Telephone: 904/487-2333
Fax: 904/922-0496
Folklife url: http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/folklife/
E-mail: tbucuvalas@mail.dos.state.fl.us

GEORGIA
Adrienn Mendonca
Traditional Arts Manager
Georgia Council for the Arts
260 14th Street, NW Suite 401
Atlanta, GA 30318
Telephone: 404/685-2794
Fax: 404/685-2788
E-mail: amendonca@gaarts.org

Teresa Hollingsworth
Southern Arts Federation
181 14th Street N.E., Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30309
Telephone: 404/874-7244 ext:14
Fax: 404/873-2148
Folklorist url: http://www.southarts.org/folklorist.htm
E-mail: thollingsworth@southarts.org

GUAM
John Rosario
Guam Council on the Art and Humanities
P.O. Box 2950
Agana, GU 96910
Phone: (011) 671/475-2242
Fax: (011) 671/472-2781

HAWAII
Michael Schuster
The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
44 Merchant Street, Room 202
Honolulu, HI 96813
Telephone: 808/586-0306
Fax: 808/586-0308

IDAHO
Maria Carmen Gabriel
Idaho Commission on the Arts
P.O. Box 83720
304 W. State Street
Boise, ID 83720-0008
Telephone: 208/334-2119
Fax: 208/334-2488
E-mail: mgambliel@ica.state.id.us

ILLINOIS
Sue Eleuterio
Director Ethnic and Folk Arts Program
Illinois Arts Council
State of Illinois Center
100 West Randolph, Suite 10-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Telephone: 312/814-6740
Fax: 312/814-1471
E-mail: susan@arts.state.li.us

INDIANA
Erin Roth
Traditonal Arts Indiana
504 North Fess Avenue,
Bloomington, IN 47408
Telephone: 812/855-0418
Fax: 812/855-4008
E-mail: eroth@indiana.edu

IOWA
Rachelle H. Saltzman, Ph.D.
Folklife Coordinator
Iowa Arts Council
600 East Locust
Des Moines, IA 50319-0290
Telephone: 515/242-6195
Fax: 515/242-6498
Folklife url: http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/programs/folk-and-traditional-arts/purpose-and-services.shtml
E-mail: riki.saltzman@dca.state.ia.us

KANSAS
Joy Brennan
Director of Education Outreach
Kansas State Historical Society
6424 SW 6th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66612
Telephone: 913/272-8681
Fax: 785/272-8682
E-mail: jbrennan@kshs.org

KENTUCKY
Robert Gates, Folk Arts Coordinator
Kentucky Folklife Program
100 West Broadway
Frankfort, KY 40601-1931
Telephone: 502/564-1792 x4481
Fax: 502/564-0475
E-mail: bob.gates@mail.state.ky.us

LOUISIANA
Maida Owens
Louisiana Folklife Program
Division of the Arts
P.O. Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Telephone: 504/342-8180
Fax: 504/342-8173
E-mail:mowens@crt.state.la.us

MAINE
Kathleen Mundell
Maine Arts Commission
193 State Street, 25 SHS
Augusta, ME 04333
Telephone: 207/287-2724
Fax: 207/287-2725
E-mail: kathleen.mundell@maine.gov

MARYLAND
Rory P.B. Turner
Maryland State Arts Council
125 W. Ostend St., Suite E
Baltimore, MD 21230
Telephone: 410/767-6450
Fax: 410/333-1062
E-mail: rturner@mbusiness.state.md.us

MASSACHUSETTS
Maggie Holtzberg
Folk & Traditional Arts Coordinator
Massachusetts Cultural Council
120 Boylston St. 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02116-4600
Telephone: 617-727-3668 ext 254
Fax: 617-727-0044
E-mail: maggie.holtzberg@art.state.ma.us

MICHIGAN
Kurt Dewhurst
Michigan Traditional Arts Program-MSU Museum
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Telephone: 517/355-2370
Fax: 517-432-2846
E-mail: dewhurs1@msu.edu

MINNESOTA
Philip Nusbaum
Minnesota State Arts Board
400 Sibley St. Suite 200
St. Paul, MN 55101-1928
Telephone: 651/215-1603
Fax: 651/215-1602
E-mail: philip.nusbaum@state.mn.us

MISSISSIPPI
Larry Morrisey
Mississippi Arts Commission
239 N. Lamar St., Suite 207
Jackson, MS 39201
Telephone: 601/358-6030
Fax: 601/359-6008
Crosroads of the Heart url: http://www.arts.state.ms.us/crossroads/main.html
E-mail: morrisey@arts.state.ms.us

MISSOURI
Lisa L. Higgins, Director
Missouri Folk Arts Program
157 McReynolds Hall
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia MO 65211
phone: 573/882-6296
fax: 573/882-0360
Folkarts Program: http://museum.research.missouri.edu/mfap/
E-mail: HigginsLL@missouri.edu

MONTANA
Alexandra Swaney
Montana Arts Council
316 North Park Ave. #252
Helena, MT 59620
Telephone: (406) 444-6425
Fax: (406) 444-6548
E-mail: macalex@ixi.net

NEBRASKA
Gwen Meister
Nebraska State Historical Society
P.O. Box 82554
Lincoln, NE 68501
Telephone: 402/471-6642
Fax: 402/471-3100
E-mail: gmeister@nebraskahistory.org

NEVADA
Jeanne Johnson
Nevada Arts Council
602 North Curry Street
Capitol Complex
Carson City, NV 89710
Telephone: 702/687-6680
Fax: 702-687-6688
Folk Arts url: Folklife Program
Email: amgraham@lahontan.clan.lib.nv.us

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Lynn Martin-Gratin, Traditional Arts Coordinator
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
40 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Telephone: 603/271-2789
Fax: 603/271-3584
E-mail: lmartin@nharts.state.nh.us

NEW JERSEY
Rita Moonsammy
State Folk Arts Coordinator
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
20 West State Street, CN 306
Trenton, NJ 08625
Telephone: 609/292-6130
Fax: 609/989-1440
E-mail: rita@arts.sos.state.nj.us

NEW MEXICO
Claude Stephenson
State Folk Arts Coordinator
New Mexico Arts Division
224 East Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Telephone: 505/827-6490
Fax: 505-827-6043
E-mail: cstephen@oca.state.nm.us

NEW YORK
Hanna Griff
Folk Arts Program
New York State Council on the Arts
915 Broadway
New York, NY l00l0
Telephone: 212/387-7031 & 387-7033
Folk Arts guidelines: http://nysca.org/public/guidelines/folk_arts/index.htm
E-mail: hgriff@nysca.org

NORTH CAROLINA
Wayne Martin, Beverly Patterson
Folklife Program
North Carolina Arts Council
Department of Cultural Resources
Raleigh, NC 27601-2807
Telephone: 919/733-7897
Fax: 919/715-5406
Folk url: http://www.ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=68
E-mail: Bpatterson@ncacmail.dcr.state.nc.us & wmartin@ncmail.dcr.state.nc.us

NORTH DAKOTA
Troyd Geist
State Folk Arts Coordinator
North Dakota Council on the Arts
418 East Broadway
Bismark, ND 58501-4086
Telephone: 701/328-3954
Fax: 701/328-3963
E-mail: tgeis@state.nd.us

OHIO
Barbara Bayless
Ohio Arts Council
727 East Main Street,
Columbus, OH 43205-1796
Telephone: 614/728-4423
Fax: 614/466-4494
Email: bbayless@oac.state.oh.us

OREGON
Nancy Nusz
Oregon Historical Society
1200 S.W. Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205-2483
Telephone: 503/306-5291
Fax: 503/221-2035
E-mail: nancyn@ohs.org

PUERTO RICO
Nadia Dávila
Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co.
Apartado 362350
San Juan, PR 00936-2350
Telephone: 787/764-1175 ext 4129
Fax: 787/751-6239
E-mail: ndavila@preda.com

RHODE ISLAND
Winifred Lambrecht
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
83 Park St., 6th Floor,
Providence, RI 02903-1037
Telephone: (401) 222-6996
Fax: (401) 222-3018
Email: winnie@doa.state.ri.us & wlambrec@risd.edu

SOUTH CAROLINA
Craig Stinson
Folklife and Traditional Arts program
South Carolina Arts Commission
1800 Gervais Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: 803/734-8697
Fax: 803/734-8526
E-mail: cstinson@arts.state.sc.us

TENNESSEE
Robert Cogswell
Folk Arts Coordinator
Tennessee Arts Commission
401 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243-0780
Telephone: 615/741-1701
Fax: 615/714-8559
E-mail: rcogswell@mail.state.tn.us

TEXAS
Martha Norkunas, Executive Director
Texas Folklife Resources
1317 South Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
Telephone: 512-441-9255
Fax: 512-441-9222
E-mail: MarthaNorkunas@austin.rr.com

UTAH
Carol Edison
Utah Arts Council
617 East South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Telephone: 801/533-5760
Fax: 801/533-4202
E-mail: cedison@utah.gov

VERMONT
Jane Beck
Vermont Folklife Center
Painter House, 2 Court Street
P.O. Box 442
Middlebury, VT 05753
Telephone: 802/388-4964
Fax: 802/388-1844
E-mail: jbeck@panther.middlebury.edu

VIRGIN ISLANDS
Myron Jackson, Curator
Virgin Islands Cultural Heritage Institute
P.O. Box 307887
Saint Thomas, VI 00803
Telephone: 809/774-9537
Fax: 809/779-7802

VIRGINIA

The Virginia Folklife Program
Jon Lohman, Director
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
145 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629
Telephone: 434/243-5523
FAX: 434/296-4714
Email: lohman@virginia.edu

WASHINGTON
Willie Smyth
Washington State Arts Commission
110 Ninth Street, Columbia Building
Olympia, WA 98504-4111
Telephone: 360/586-2856
Fax: (360) 586-5351
E-mail: willies101@aol.comv

WEST VIRGINIA
Margo Blevin and Gerry Milnes
Augusta Heritage Center
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins, WV 26241
Telephone: 304/637-1209 or 800/624-3157
E-mail: augusta@DnE.wvnet.edu

WISCONSIN
Richard March
Wisconsin Arts Board
131 W. Wilson St., Suite 301
Madison, WI 53702
Telephone: 608/266-2513
Fax: 608/267-0380
E-mail: rick.march@arts.state.wi.us

WYOMING
Marirose Morris
Wyoming Arts Council
2320 Capitol Ave.,
Cheyenne, WY 82002-
Telephone: 307/777-7723
Fax: 307/777-5499
E-mail: mmorri@state.wy.us


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