Birgit Hannele Wilson, wife of folklorist William A (Bert) Wilson, died January 11, 2023.
News from the Field
The Virginia Folklife Program seeks one or more paid interns for Summer 2023. Online applications are due Friday, March 31.
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies is offering a paid Summer 2023 internship this year to work with their Arts & Cultures domain. The deadline is Feb. 3, 2023.
A new biography of the trailblazing writer and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston, premiers on PBS on January 17.
2023 concert dates for Voices of Mississippi, a multimedia event that celebrates the music, art, and storytelling traditions of the people of Mississippi, have been announced.
Edited, translated and introduced by Nancy L. Canepa, this new release provides a representative selection of tales from the Italian fairy-tale tradition, translated into English, now available with a discount from Wayne State University Press.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that grant guidelines and application materials are now available for Challenge America and Grants for Arts Projects (GAP).
Tending the Taproot: Opportunities to Support Folk & Traditional Arts in the United States presents the findings of the Alliance of California Traditional Arts’ (ACTA) Taproot Initiative.
The Moth Radio Hour podcast featured the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering on their November 29 episode.
The Fund for Canadian Studies at Princeton University seeks to appoint a visiting professor whose work promotes interactions, collaboration, and educational opportunities between students and scholars at Princeton and in Canada on subjects centering on Canada and/or the northern circumpolar regions. The position is interdisciplinary. Review of applications will begin in January 2023.