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The in-person portion of the 2021 Annual Meeting will be held October 21–24 in Harrisburg, PA. Harrisburg is home to the Harrisburg Mural Festival, which works with artists and neighborhoods to create vibrant murals throughout Harrisburg. Here, San Francisco-based artist Nathaniel works on his wall on Paxtang Avenue during The 2019 Harrisburg Mural Fest. Sept. 07, 2019. Photo by Sean Simmers | [email protected]A Sprocket Mural Works mural at the Midtown Cinema in Harrisburg, PA. Photo courtesy of Sean Simmers, PennLive.com July 12, 2016AFS members enjoy a break from an Annual Meeting reception to say hello to the camera.Boise Basque band, Amuma Says No, performed a socially distant pandemic concert at the Idaho Botanical Garden. Unable to resist, members of the Oinkari Basque Dancers also gave an impromptu performance. Playing accordion for Amuma Says No, Dan Ansotegui was awarded a 2019 National Heritage Award through the National Endowment for the Arts. Photographed by Arlie Sommer, Boise, Idaho.Pickles and beans, Preston County, WV. Photo by Debra Lattanzi ShutikaNEW YORK CITY, USA – JUNE 12, 2020: Crowd of people walk into the light of sunset at a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest march on 14th Street in Manhattan. Photo by deberarr, Adobe Photostock. Attendees mingle and interact with local artists demonstrating their work at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society in Baltimore. Photo by Meredith McGriffMembers of the AFS Cultural Diversity Committee gather in 2019. Photo by Meredith McGriffSan Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato 2006, Mojiganga. Photo by Debra Lattanzi ShutikaWomen’s Section quilt made by members of the section to benefit the Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize, 1993 – 1995. The quilt was designed and pieced by Laurel Horton and Jane Przybysz, and quilted by the Fairview United Methodist Church Quilters of Camden, Arkansas.