Housed in an award-winning repurposed historic barn building on the Fairmont State campus, the Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center is home to scholarly research, archives, publications, community programs and events, workshops, exhibitions, and undergraduate studies in Folklore and Museum Studies. Part of the College of Liberal Arts, the Folklife Center and its programs are an asset to the broader communities within and beyond the University.
The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center on the campus of Fairmont State University is dedicated to the identification, preservation, and perpetuation of our region's rich cultural heritage, through academic studies, educational programs, festivals and performances, and publications.
The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center is currently closed to the community. However, we are offering these online events which are free and open to the public.
(A workshop about oral history collection)
Wednesday, September 9, 7 p.m.
Fairmontstate.edu/AuthorSeriesDouglas
Meeting number: 129 870 7811
Password: FolklifeCenter
Wednesday, September 16, 7 p.m.
Fairmontstate.edu/AuthorSeriesFain
Meeting number: 129 960 9580
Password: Fain
Wednesday, September 30, 7 p.m.
Fairmontstate.edu/AuthorSeriesProudfoot
Meeting number: 129 683 8258
Password: Proudfoot
Wednesday, October 14, 7 p.m.
https://www.fairmontstate.edu/AuthorSeriesMoore
Meeting number: 129 373 4714
Password: Morris
While the global pandemic has caused many setbacks for artists around the world, Annick Odom, a West Virginia musician living in the Netherlands, channeled her creative energy into an unlikely project. While quarantined, Odom worked with fellow musician and housemate, Federico Forla, an Italian oboist residing in the Netherlands, on a new piece inspired by one of the few books on her bookshelf at the time — A Collection of West Virginia Ghost Stories.
A team of Fairmont State University students will take part in the 2020 Appalachian Teaching Project virtual conference this weekend.
The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center has partnered with the Marion County Parks and Recreation Commission and the Marion County Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCCVB) to enhance tourism in Marion County while improving the quality of life for West Virginians. This collaboration is a component of “Voicing History: Enhancing Tourism Through Story,” an Appalachian Teaching Project (ATP) funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).