The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) will host an overview of California funding opportunities for traditional artists and traditional arts organizations on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 4:00 pm PST.
News from the Field
In honor of the World Day of Social Justice on February 20, Artists Standing Strong Together (ASST, pronounced “assist”) is hosting a webinar storytelling program, “Folktales, Fairytales and Social Justice,” on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 2:00 pm EST.
February 24, Carol Silverman will present a virtual discussion of the contradictions between the explosion in popularity of Balkan “Gypsy” music and dance, while at the same time thousands of Balkan Roma have emigrated westward due to deportations and harassment.
The American-Scandinavian Foundation has opened its sixth annual competition for Scandinavian folk arts and cultural traditions in the Upper Midwest including North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Applications are due by August 1, 2022.
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts (AFTA) will host a free public webinar on accessibility for cultural programs on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 2:00-3:00 pm CST.
Katy Clune has joined the Virginia Folklife Program as its new director and the state folklorist.
The American Council of Learned Societies will offer a virtual presentation on February 14, 2022, for PhDs and graduate students to learn about teaching roles in K-12 schools during a Q&A with people representing K-12 independent and public schools. ACLS hopes this
The Folklore Library and Archive mobilized an emergency fund-raising effort and successfully secured the complete document collection of Venetia Newall (1935-2017), AFS Fellow and Past President and Honorary Secretary of the Folklore Society in the United Kingdom. The Folklore Library and Archive
The United States Senate voted to confirm Shelly C. Lowe as the twelfth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The White House is expected to make the official appointment in the coming days and Lowe will begin her appointment
We are saddened by the news that AFS Fellow Robert A. Georges has passed and share this remembrance from Simon Bronner: “I am saddened to report the death on January 31, 2022, of folklorist Robert A. Georges, who spent most of his