About Heritage Local
Heritage Local shares the varied and vibrant folklife of our greater Philadelphia community, past and present.
In our families and our communities, we experience art everyday. We cook, dance, play games, weave, dress, tell stories, teach, sing, tend gardens, celebrate, stitch, make music. This is our folklife, “the everyday and intimate creativity that all of us share and pass on to the next generation,” and it’s an inspiration to witness.
About the Creator, Caitlin Coad
Caitlin Coad started Heritage Local after 10 years of working with folklife. She has a B.A. in English, and an M.A. in Folk Studies, and previously worked to support engagement with traditional arts and culture at the Santa Barbara Blues Society, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Balboa Park Online Collaborative, Behold! New Lebanon, the Rosenbach Museum and Library, and LA Commons.
