National Council for the Traditional Arts
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The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) is a private, non-profit
arts organization based in the United States
that promotes the traditional arts. It organizes the National Folk Festival
.
It is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland
.
The National Council for the Traditional Arts page on the U.S. Department of State site states:
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
arts organization based in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that promotes the traditional arts. It organizes the National Folk Festival
National Folk Festival (USA)
The National Folk Festival is an itinerant folk festival in the United States. Since 1934, it has been run by the National Council for the Traditional Arts and has been presented in 26 communities around the nation...
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It is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 71,452 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown.The urbanized, oldest, and...
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The National Council for the Traditional Arts page on the U.S. Department of State site states:
- "The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) is a private, not-for-profit corporation, dedicated to the presentation and documentation of traditional arts in the United States. Founded in 1933, it is the nation's oldest producing and presenting organization with such a focus. Its programs celebrate and honor arts that are deeply rooted cultural expressions - music, crafts, stories and dance passed down through time by families, communities, tribal, ethnic and occupational groups. The NCTA stresses quality and authenticity in presenting traditional artists to the public in festivals, national and international tours, concerts, radio and television programs, films, recordings and other programs."http://www.state.gov/p/io/unesco/members/48803.htm
External links
- National Council for the Traditional Arts official site
- National Council for the Traditional Arts page from U.S. Department of State site