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This week, through the #KazakhstanArtisanInitiative, twelve artisans from Kazakhstan shared techniques with New Mexican silversmiths and ceramicists and consulted with festival leaders about evergreen cultural events—all set against the backdrop of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains!

What ‘wood’ we do without historic preservationists? 🪵 At the #2025Folklife Festival, mentors and apprentices from the @NatlParkService Historic Preservation Training Center demonstrated traditional Appalachian-style log building and historic masonry: s.si.edu/4lFQteB

Hungry for more #2025Folklife content? We've got you covered. 🍽️ Visit our website to access the recipes from this year's Festival Foodways kitchen and get a taste of the Festival at home: festival.si.edu/2025/youth-fut…

That's a wrap on the #2025Folklife Festival! 🎬 After six days of language learning, music making, and much more, this year's Festival has come to a close. From all of us on staff, to our volunteers, participants, and visitors: thank you. Stay in touch: festival.si.edu/join

“Knowing that our creations will endure beyond our lifetimes fills me with a profound sense of pride.” —Brianna Castelli, journeyman stone carver and mason, @WNCathedral Experience the final day of the #2025Folklife Festival in Frame on the Festival Blog: s.si.edu/4eBwUSF

Fun in the sun at the Smithsonian #2025Folklife Festival this past weekend! ☀️ We were proud to partner with @SmithsonianFolk and provide free sunscreen to help everyone enjoy the festivities safely at the National Mall. #UVSafetyMonth #SunSafety #MedStarHealthProud

“Today, I will just listen. Without rehearsing, without discounting, without correcting." Experience day five of the #2025Folklife Festival in Frame in photos on the Festival Blog: festival.si.edu/blog/2025-phot… #YouthVoices2025

“You can grow up and still have fun.” 🪩 Experience day four of the #2025Folklife Festival in Frame in photos on the Festival Blog: festival.si.edu/blog/2025-phot… #YouthVoices2025

How much garbage did you produce today? ♻️ On the Festival Blog, intern Ella Peters gives an in-depth look at the Festival's sustainability practices. Read on: s.si.edu/4euUJLC

The #2025Folklife Festival will have you looking through a new lens. 🎥 Come meet the emerging creators who are telling unique stories about their worlds. Join us inside the Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building from 12–4 p.m. through July 7. Learn more: s.si.edu/3REQH9a

From building trades to language reclamation, this year's @SmithsonianFolk festival seeks to explore the ways in which young people navigate today’s world while also learning from and making anew the traditions of their elders. bit.ly/40AomWb

Don't forget, our friends at the @smithsonian are hosting the annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall!

Only a few more days to come visit us at the #2025Folklife Festival by @SmithsonianFolk. Enjoy a clip from our demonstrations at the festival, showing a portion of our #woodgraining process to create a tree burl effect. Visit our booth on the National Mall until July 7th!

As of 9 AM, the air quality index is 179 (unhealthy). Members of the public may experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious effects. Masks will be available at our info booths. See our schedule for further updates: festival.si.edu/schedule

Just because you can't make it to the National Mall this year doesn't mean you can't experience the #2025Folklife Festival. Tune into our livestream to catch select mainstage sessions and cooking demonstrations on our Foodways stage. Take a look: festival.si.edu/live

The energy was REAL on the National Mall yesterday for day one of the #2025Folklife Festival.⚡ On the Festival Blog, experience Festival in Frame, a daily photo series where we’ll share some of our favorite snapshots: s.si.edu/4lBFRxh

Planning on bringing the whole family to the #2025Folklife Festival? You couldn’t have picked a better year! ☀️ With skateboarding lessons, vinyl painting, and a garden scavenger hunt, there’s something for everyone. Learn more on the Festival Blog: s.si.edu/3IbkLri

Canning is excited to kick-start the @SmithsonianFolk Festival. We'll be in multiple Shop Talks featuring our three generations of decorative painters, and exhibiting our decorative restoration and preservation services. Stop by until July 7th! #2025Folklife #YouthVoices2025

Welcome to Day 1 of the #2025Folklife Festival! ☀️ Read words of welcome from Festival Director Sabrina Lynn Motley on the Festival Blog: s.si.edu/4kim2KE

The 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival runs from July 2 through July 7 with the theme “Youth and the Future of Culture”—expect performances, installations, activities, and more created by young people. Here are 5 things we’re looking forward to this year: washingtonian.com/2025/07/01/5-c…