Join Smithsonian staff in the historic Arts and Industries Building and online, Tuesdays through Saturdays, June 16 to July 11, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET for their For the Common Good series. In this conversation series, Smithsonian staff explore how their work in museums, research and education centers, and a zoological park illuminates the ideals of a nation and contributes to our shared future.
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Applications for AFS Section travel awards now have a standardized June 15 deadline.
Reserve your exhibit room space and advertisement space in the print program for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Asheville by August 1. A new digital advertising option is also available with an October 1 deadline.
An info session on the MA in Cultural Leadership & Management at Goucher College will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at noon ET.
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) is conducting a 15-min survey to better understand the conditions shaping craft artists’ lives and work today. The survey will be open until June 26, 2026.
FolkDeep will host an online workshop titled Stories Across Borders: Irish Folklore, Intercultural Dialogue, and Empathy. The session is designed for young participants and explores Irish fairy folklore through live storytelling, guided discussion, and creative reflection.
The Association for Cultural Equity is looking for a new Executive Director based in/near New York, NY. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Alexander Girard’s Imagined Worlds (Hirmer Publishers) examines a modern design luminary whose collection of global folk art and vernacular forms informed his expansive design practice.
The Missouri Folk Arts Program is excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 Missouri Living Traditions Fellowship, an award to recognize the artistic excellence and exceptional lifetime achievement of living traditional artists and community scholars in the Show Me State.
Music and the Staged Veillée in Quebec (University of Illinois Press) reveals the music, dancing, call-and-response songs, and extramusical associations winding through century-long conversations about nation, culture, and identity in Quebec.
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