Established in 1987, the Philadelphia Folklore Project (PFP) is a multidisciplinary folk arts agency, and the only cultural organization in our region with a continuing and primary commitment to identifying, documenting, presenting and supporting local folk arts and culture. We are committed to investing in the folk cultural life of urban communities, and we work in partnerships to research, interpret and present those diverse folk arts that testify in important ways to powerful alternative and collective experiences. We have three types of offerings: public programs (including annual ethnographic exhibitions and a wide range of public events), resources (original publications, media, and an archive all making available information about local folk arts) and services (free technical assistance, consultation and other programs for folk artists and grassroots cultural organizations). The Folk Arts of Social Change (FASC) project explores folk arts that come directly out of, and have been means for advancing, struggles for social change. The exhibition focus will be on folk art forms actively practiced in Philadelphia today, including arts that have played significant roles in struggles for justice, and arts that have kept diverse and minority community-based traditions alive in times and places where those statuses were dangerous. These include memorial murals, photographs, memorabilia, and historical artifacts, among others. Multidisciplinary and interactive, the show includes a range of vernacular arts—musical and narrative traditions, practices and enactments, installations, and material culture (artifacts)—which crystallize collective experiences. The project will be documented in PFP's magazine Works in Progress. Exhibition Dates: October through December 1999 For more information: Email Debora Kodish, Director at dgkpfp@aol.com