The Folk School Alliance provides opportunities for collaboration and cooperation for folk schools, folk education organizations, and folk educators with the aim to build and strengthen local communities.
Folk means people
Dialogue and community agency
Craft and connection to self
Place, history, stories, and nature
Music, dance, and song
Folk means people Dialogue and community agency Craft and connection to self Place, history, stories, and nature Music, dance, and song
What is means to be a folk school
To attach the phrase “folk school” to an organization or school is to connect to a rich heritage of folk schools and folk education. The defining element that makes folk schools unique and powerful resides in a school's mission. Folk schools, no matter what form they take, aim to strengthen communities. Read this brief history of folk schools to learn more.