The Lewis Prize for Music is now accepting 2022 Accelerator Awards applications. Applications are due on July 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. PST. Accelerator Awards are open to Creative Youth Development (CYD) music organizations seeking to influence youth-serving systems so all young
News from the Field
The Molly Shi Boren Ethnology Collection at the Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus, is seeking a full-time Collection Manager to be responsible for the daily operations and management of the museum’s ethnology, classical archaeology, and Native American and natural history
Appalachian Food Summit is taking applications for two new fellowships supporting foodways work in the region: the Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships and Mountain Foodways Media Fellowships. The new Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships are intended to honor, celebrate, and support foodways tradition bearers
The Vermont Folklife Center is pleased to offer a hybrid online course grounded in ethnography as an approach and set of methods for understanding and representing human experience in a Summer Institute August 2-13. The course content will present strategies and teach
The American Folklife Center is happy to announce a two-part series, “Occupational Folklife and Fieldwork in the Post-Pandemic World: Adaptation, Innovation, and the Future, Parts 1 & 2” on July 13 and 20. Each with live Q&A will feature recent and current
The American Folklife Center is happy to announce “Occupational Folklife and Fieldwork in the Post-Pandemic World: Adaptation, Innovation, and the Future, Parts 1 & 2,” a two-part series of hour-long online Zoom presentations with live Q&A, on July 13 and 20. Each
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center at Texas Tech presents a podcast conversation with Chris Simon about her films. Chris Simon founded Sageland Media, in 1995, after 15 years as producer, sound recordist, and editor for renowned documentary director Les Blank. Since
Doors Open to Applications for American Rescue Plan Funding Washington, DC—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is announcing two programs to distribute American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds. These programs are open to nonprofit arts and culture organizations and local arts agencies, regardless of
The revised Folklore Advocacy Toolkit is a guide to promoting and sustaining folklore work in the United States, now including tips and case studies specific to nonprofit organizations, higher education, independent folklorists, and community scholars. The revised toolkit broadens the scope of
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for Fellowships & Grants for Americans to Study in Scandinavia during the 2022-2023 academic year. The American-Scandinavian Foundation offers both year-long fellowships of up to $23,000 and short-term