Chinese opera performer Qi Shu Fang of New York City. Qi has received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Photograph courtesy of the Folk and Traditional Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts. From the Masters of Traditional Arts DVD-ROM, produced by Alan Govenar and published by ABC-CLIO.
 

Future Annual Meeting Sites and Dates

2008: October 22-26, Louisville, Kentucky (Hyatt Regency Louisville)
2009: October 21-25, Boise, Idaho (The Grove Hotel and The Boise Centre)
2010: October 13-17, Nashville, Tennessee (Hilton Nashville Downtown)

AFS annual meeting sites are usually selected three to four years in advance of the time of the meeting.

AFS members who wish to have a site considered for a future AFS meeting should contact the AFS office to discuss their ideas and to request a copy of the document that describes the Society's criteria for selecting sites.

Hotel, tourism, and convention bureau sales staff should contact Catherine McKemie of ConferenceDirect, who manages the Society's site research work and can provide a copy of our meeting room and sleeping room specifications.