June 20-22, 2025 at the Silver Spring Civic Center in Silver Spring, MD
The Great Labor Arts Exchange is an annual arts festival in Silver Spring, Maryland, which celebrates the labor history of the United States as well as preserves, advances and promotes the culture of the American labor movement.
Labor arts are “part of how we come together, how we find our unity, how we remind ourselves of our values, how we sustain ourselves through the hard times.” – Al Bradbury, Labor Notes editor
Music…poetry…film/video…theater…art…history…and more! Labor Arts Workshops and Sessions * Song & Spoken Word Contest * Saturday night concert
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JOE HILL AWARDS: Mark Dimondstein (APWU) and Rosemary Feurer (Mother Jones: America’s Most Dangerous Woman) are this year’s "Joe Hill Award” winners, honoring lifetime achievement for a body of work in the field of labor art, history, education and culture.
2025 Labor Arts Workshops and Sessions: STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS SOON!
Have a proposal for a workshop? Just click the button. Workshop Proposal
Song & Spoken Word Contest - Just click here to enter the Song & Spoken Word contest.
We plan on livestreaming selected GLAE programs on the LHF Facebook page; subscribe to our email newsletter for details (click on “Subscribe” at upper left).
Labor Heritage Foundation Great Labor Arts Exchange John Handcox Scholarship Application