Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Stone carvers and masons with Washington National Cathedral and skilled artisans with the American College of the Building Arts share their craft techniques and discuss why passing on their centuries-old traditional knowledge to the next generation matters.
Photo: Head stone mason Joe Alonso and journeyman stone carver and mason Brianna Castelli pose with a grotesque that Castelli repaired at Washington National Cathedral. Photo by Marjorie Hunt, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
This event will happen in-person, live on the National Mall, during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on July 2-7, 2025. It will be livestreamed for online audiences and remain archived on our YouTube channel and website.
Accessibility: Live real-time captioning is available for this program.
Stone carvers and masons with Washington National Cathedral and skilled artisans with the American College of the Building Arts share their craft techniques and discuss why passing on their centuries-old traditional knowledge to the next generation matters.
Photo: Head stone mason Joe Alonso and journeyman stone carver and mason Brianna Castelli pose with a grotesque that Castelli repaired at Washington National Cathedral. Photo by Marjorie Hunt, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
This event will happen in-person, live on the National Mall, during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on July 2-7, 2025. It will be livestreamed for online audiences and remain archived on our YouTube channel and website.
Accessibility: Live real-time captioning is available for this program.
![De Libertate: Sounds of Freedom and Hope from Ukraine [updated]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kBJ9Ew9WTQs/mqdefault.jpg "De Libertate: Sounds of Freedom and Hope from Ukraine [updated]
On the Fourth of July, De Libertate: Songs of Freedom and Hope from Ukraine features four groups of performing artists who express and share Ukrainian identity, tradition, and cultural resilience through the power of song. The four groups—Bozhychi, Katya Chilly, Mariya Kvitka, and Shchuka Ryba—use folk, traditional, and contemporary styles to illustrate how music unites and inspires the Ukrainian people during this pivotal moment in their history.
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