The National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the National Council for the Traditional Arts, will present “The Culture of America: A Cross-Country Visit with the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows,” on March 4, 2021 at 8:00 pm
News from the Field
Greg Kelley will deliver a review and reading of his newly released monograph, Unruly Audience: Folk Interventions in Popular Media, on February 17, 2021 from 2:00–2:30pm ET. The book examines how “folk interventions” challenge institutional media with active—often public—social engagement. Drawing on a
Jack Zipes will deliver an online recorded lecture and live Q&A on an array of fairy tales, myths, and other folk narratives on February 17 at 5:00 PM PST. The event, Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales, is composed of an online recorded lecture followed
Michael Atwood Mason announced this week that he will step down as director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage effective immediately. In the coming months, the Smithsonian will form a search committee to select a new director for the Center.
Washington, DC—The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to announce the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2021 totaling $27,562,040. Supported projects span 14 artistic disciplines in communities throughout the United States. Also included in this announcement are the
The American Philosophical Society’s Library and Museum is hosting two different webinars in the coming weeks on Native American and Indigenous Studies. See the details below for more information. Note that because they are separate events, the registration links are different. Indigenous
“AAAMC Speaks,” a new documentary series that centers around the legacy of the Black music community, will premiere on YouTube February 12, 2021 at 7:00 PM EST, featuring material from Indiana University’s Archives of African American Music & Culture (AAAMC). In each 20-minute episode, Tyron
The Library of Congress recently announced a new, multiyear initiative to connect more deeply with Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, and other underserved communities by expanding its collections, using technology to enable storytelling and cultural documentation, as well as offering more internship and fellowship
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is now accepting applications for ARSC Conference Grants for the 2021 Annual Conference, to be held virtually, May 13–15. The grants are designed to: encourage ARSC members and non-members to attend their first ARSC conferencereach out
Dr. Ebony Bailey will deliver a virtual talk titled, “Revisiting the Folk: Black Representation in Early American Folklore Studies” on February 3, 2021 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM (EST). The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Folklore Studies and the Department