The Italian Folk Art Federation of America (IFAFA) welcomes you to its website! We invite guests to browse several pages that explain our purpose, our activities, and our organization. IFAFA Members have additional pages for their use only.
We hope that you find our format and features very useful. Here is just a small list of features that you will find on our site:
For all guests and members:
- A beautiful and aesthetic design.
- Functional menu groups, which provide quick and easy navigation throughout the entire site.
- Links to videos of performances and activities of our Members.
- Italian Fun for Kids! Coloring pages, dot-to-dots, word searches, crossword puzzles -- all with Italian themes and Italian language-teaching possibilities.
- IFAFA's Events Photo Gallery View photos of past conferences and activities.
- Find Italian events happening in your area Look up a calendar of events in your region.
- Online forms that can be filled out directly through the site - no need for email or the Post Office!
- Online credit processing - use this to pay your dues, purchase one of our books, or even register for the annual IFAFA conference!
We strongly encourage guests to become members of IFAFA. We'd love to welcome you into our organization! You do not need to be a member of an Italian folk art troupe to participate in IFAFA!
In addition to the pages available to guests, there are the following features accessible to IFAFA Members only:
- A database that is linked directly to our website - this allows us to maintain and present our information to you in a clear and intelligent manner. This also provides you, the user, the ability to update your own information, at your convenience. This allows us to keep all of our records as up-to-date as possible.
- All current and past issues of Tradizioni, IFAFA's newsletter. To view a past issue, click on: Volume 19, #3 -- WINTER 2000
- Colorplates of 200 Italian folk costumes from all regions of Italy. To view a sample colorplate from the island of Sicily, click on: Donna di Piana dei Greci/ Woman from Piana dei Greci
- Discussion Forum - User-submitted Questions, Answers, and Opinions, all categorized under relevant topic threads
- Blog functionality - Went on a trip recently? Had a baby? Tell us all about it!
- And much more!
We truly hope you enjoy your time while navigating through our site. We welcome any and all feedback, along with any questions your might have.
Please note our mailing address:
IFAFA, 252 Columbia Avenue, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Thank you for stopping by!