AFS Seeking Next Journal of American Folklore Editor
The American Folklore Society calls for applications for the next editor(s) of the Journal of American Folklore/JAF: A Global Quarterly by May 1, 2024, for a term beginning in January 2025.
Register Now for Centering the Margins: COALESCE
BIPOC arts professionals and emerging creatives in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas are invited to register for a FREE session of Centering the Margins that takes place on June 12 at 4:00 pm CT.
Folklorists Featured in Article About Climate Change Adaptations
Hilliard, Owens, and Eisele talked to Grist bout how their work in Appalachia, the Bayou, and the desert Southwest address climate change.
Brandon Barker and Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth Share Eclipse Folklore
Folklorists Brandon Barker and Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth were featured in webcasts, podcasts, and news interviews about the solar eclipse on April 8.
Program staff from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will introduce a range of grant opportunities and the National Heritage Fellowships program, including an overview of funding opportunities, examples of successful projects, and things to consider when submitting an application or nomination. The webinar will take place Wednesday, May 8 from 1:00 p.m. -2:30 p.m. (ET). There will be time for questions at the end of the webinar.
Craft in America will be launching the initiative Handwork: Celebrating Craft 2026 to present the importance of handmade craft, in a year-long collaboration among organizations and educators.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced $26.2 million in grants for 238 humanities projects across the country. Grant awards support humanities exhibitions and documentaries, programs at colleges and universities, expanding access to historical collections, sustainability projects at museums and archives, and scholarly research in the humanities.
WESTAF's TourWest is a competitive grant program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts that provides subsidies to arts and community organizations in the 13 states and 3 jurisdictions in the WESTAF region for the presentation of touring performers and literary artists.
Mildred L. (Millie) Rahn, (age 72), of Belmont, Massachusetts, passed away due to cancer on April 9, 2024 in West Friendship, Maryland.
the University Library at California State University, Sacramento is accepting applications for the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP), the only residential fellowship program west of the Mississippi in Hellenic studies broadly conceived, enables visiting scholars to conduct research using the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection in Sacramento, CA. The fellowship application deadline is May 3, 2024.
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