Announcing the Annual Conference of Western States Public Sector Folklorists
April 5-8, 2009

Sponsored by the Association of Western States Folklorists, the National Endowment for the Arts,  the Western States Arts Federation, and the Washington State Arts Commission.

The Association of Western States Folklorists (AWSF) is pleased to announce that its Annual Conference is being held April 5-8, 2009 in Port Townsend, Washington. This conference is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), and the Washington State Arts Commission.

Please register for the conference using the attached form, or call WESTAF at 303.629.1166 to request an AWSF conference registration form.  Send the completed form and registration fees no later than Friday, March 27th to: Jennifer Toews at WESTAF, 1743 Wazee St, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202.  Please make checks payable to WESTAF; MasterCard and Visa are also accepted.  Registration forms may also be faxed to 303/629-9717, or sent via e-mail to jen.toews@westaf.org.

The conference will be held at Centrum, located at Fort Worden State Park, in Port Townsend, WA.  If you have not yet made lodging reservations and would like to stay at Centrum, please contact Willie Smyth at WillieS@arts.wa.gov.

We hope to see you in Port Townsend.

Click here to see the archived agenda from the 2008 meeting.

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