The WSFS will hold their 2025 Annual Meeting at Utah State University in Logan, Utah on April 4–5. Details about the conference will be provided in early October.
Events
University of Oxford professor David Hopkin will present The Sailor's Tale, The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2024, on Tuesday, 17 September. This event is free and open to all and can be attended in person and online.
The Regional Arts Organization leaders of the Folk Arts Partnership Professional Development Institute will host USRAOs 101 for Folklorists on August 20 from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET to learn more about the regional arts funding ecosystem.
Join South Arts June 12, 2024 from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET. This presentation provides an introduction to climate adaptation and migration in addition to strategies and resources to help prepare communities to welcome newcomers, whether they are climate migrants, refugees, or immigrants.
The nation’s longest-running traditional arts event is coming to downtown Jackson.
Program staff from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will introduce a range of grant opportunities and the National Heritage Fellowships program, including an overview of funding opportunities, examples of successful projects, and things to consider when submitting an application or nomination. The webinar will take place Wednesday, May 8 from 1:00 p.m. -2:30 p.m. (ET). There will be time for questions at the end of the webinar.
Craft in America will be launching the initiative Handwork: Celebrating Craft 2026 to present the importance of handmade craft, in a year-long collaboration among organizations and educators.
BIPOC arts professionals and emerging creatives in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas are invited to register for a FREE session of Centering the Margins that takes place on June 12 at 4:00 pm CT.
Registration remains open for a 10-day summer school focused on traditional narrative: Mythos as MythUs: Facing and Overcoming Crises through Traditional Narrative from Antiquity to the Present, taught by an international faculty of folklorists from Greece, Italy, Sweden, and the United States.
Access recordings from the 2024 Chennai Storytelling Festival.