Texas Folklife Festival
texas folklife festival annual event sponsored university texas san antonios institute texan culture celebrating many ethnicity represented population state texas first texas folklife festival held september – event moved august year began june year later avoid hottest part summer texas festival held downtown san antonio institute texan culture utsas hemisfair park campus located corner bowie street cesar chavez boulevard interstate south texas folklife festival modeled smithsonian folklife festival first held washington dc behalf institute texan culture built texas pavilion hemisfair world’s fair ot baker attended first smithsonian folklife festival returned home plan replicate event san antonio thousand attend threeday event year feature food craft music dance ethnic group immigrated texas proceeds event given back participating culture custom would continue stay alive passed future generation event’s focus also directly correlate mission institute texan culture claudia ball took baker festival director served capacity jo ann andera became festival director continues serve capacity ot baker festival’s founder director – died january institute texan culture university texas san antonio texas folklife festival website picture texas folklife festival photo slideshow festival inventory university texas san antonio institute texan culture texas folklife festival department record university texas san antonio library utsa library special collection