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
News from the Field
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
The American Folklife Center (AFC) invites applications for the Blanton Owen Fund Award. The fund was established in 1999 in memory of folklorist Blanton Owen by his family and friends to support ethnographic field research and documentation in the United States, especially
A new video of the series “Ethnological Matterings” is now available through the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF). In this video, Nicolas le Bigre from the University of Aberdeen coordinates the Polish-Scottish Song Group, a hub which fosters the exchange
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has announced the launch of its new online Marketplace in collaboration with NOVICA, the world’s largest impact-retailer for artisans and craftspeople around the world. The Folklife Festival Marketplace offers authentic craftwork created by artisans representing communities from recent