Mission Statement of the Guild is to research preserve and develop the Traditional, Rare and Contemporary Folk Visual Arts. The Guild was formed in April 2000 in Brooklyn by a group of philanthropic and community-minded Jews, who were committed to popularize and exhibit the Jewish Visual Folk and Contemporary Art. Since its inception the Guild has performed hundreds exhibitions, presentations and workshops in New York, dedicated to Jewish Folk Creativity.
Administrative members of the Council
| president | Yelena Zubok |
| vice president | Victor Ostapenko |
| treasurer | Olga Farber |
| accountant | Anna Nemerovsky |
| artistic director | Nina Zhuravel |
| secretary | Nina Tsypina |
| secretary | Izabella Gutman |
Honorary members of the Concil
| Ilya Nathanson | Founder Former president |
| Rudolf Rozenblyum | Founder Former 1st Chairman |
| Evgeni Tonevitsky | Former Chairman |
| Leonid Alaverdov | Former Chairman |
| Gulnara Tsiklauri | Former Chairwoman |
| Vladimir Lobanov | Former Chairman |
| Wolf Chechik | Founder |
| David Nathanson | Founder former VP |
| Boris Nathanson | Founder |
| Moisey Nathanson | Founder |
| Lydia Cutler | Founder |
| Isaac Gogerman | Founder |
| Boris Kontorets | Founder |
| Boris Lankious | Founder |
| Henry Volny | Founder |
| Ida Orel | Founder |
| Isaac Vaynschnelboym | Member |
| Rabbi M.Tokarsky | Member |
| Yevgeniya Rozentsvit | Former Vice President |
| Yevgeniy Veprinsky | Former Treasurer |
| Mark Rabinovich | Former Curator |
| Michael Nemirovsky | Member |
| Zina Kelebeyeva | Former Curator |
| Yakov Kleynerman | Former Treasurer |