Heritage Ambassadors

The Heritage Ambassador program is a Brooklyn Public Library’s Folk Arts program supported by funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Ambassadors work together to build understanding of traditional arts within a local community. They attend training courses that are led by community-based artists, cultural workers, and library staff throughout a span of 6 months. Ambassadors have experience with and have strong ties to specific folk and traditional art forms and demonstrate success adding to and not extracting from community groups. Ambassadors are artistic leaders in their communities who continue to work alongside the library and their communities to foster an appreciation for Folk Arts. Their Art is archived in the Center Brooklyn History and in the Living Traditions page.