The American Folklore Society joins the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and other organizations in a statement opposing the White House's plans to review content and interpretation of the Smithsonian Institution.
News from the Field
The Library is offering grantees a series of 1-hour training webinars on how to use GovGrants, its new electronic grants management system.
The final conference of the Swiss National Science Foundation-funded project "Claiming Folklore – Politics and Practices of Folk Music on Swiss Television (1960s-1990s)" will be held at the University of Zurich this September. Register for free by August 31, 2025.
AFS is deeply saddened to share the news of folklorist Jerrilyn McGregory's sudden passing on Sunday, August 3, 2025.
AFS urges members to take action now by writing or calling state representatives and members of Congress in response to a 35% cut in proposed funding to the NEA and NEH.
The Center for Rural Strategies has launched Living Traditions, a multimedia storytelling project about folklife in central Appalachia.
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) announced the opening of its 9th annual competition for Scandinavian Folk Arts & Cultural Traditions in the Upper Midwest (North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan). The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2025.
On Friday evening, May 2, 2025, numerous grants that were awarded or pending from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were terminated or withdrawn. Take action to restore funding and staff at the NEA.
Folklore Fellows is currently holding a clearance book sale of their publication, Folklore Fellows' Communications—a refereed monograph series with 327 titles. Sale ends April 30, 2025.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 NEA National Heritage Fellowships, the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.