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Langston Collin Wilkins, PhD, returns to the city where he grew up to illuminate the complex relationship between place, identity, and music in Houston’s Hip Hop culture in Welcome 2 Houston: Hip Hop Heritage in Hustle Town, available on August 1 from University of Illinois Press.
NABS 2023 Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowships will provide six (6) $5,000 awards (with limited restrictions) to support experienced practitioners and culture bearers with opportunities to examine, research, develop, perform, and/or document the Black Appalachian storytelling tradition. Applications are due August 20, 2023.
Apply for the American-Scandinavian Folk Arts & Cultural Traditions 7th annual competition hosted by the American-Scandinavian Foundation. The deadline is September 1, 2023.
The National Endowment for the Arts seeks a Folk & Traditional Arts Director to serve as the agency's nationally recognized leader and authority for the field of Folk and Traditional Arts, which are rooted in and reflective of the cultural life of a community.
AFS joins colleagues and organizations at ACLS and AAA to respond to the Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling on Affirmative Action.
Prize application season continues! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prizes and news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released.
The American Folklife Center is excited to share that opens the third round of the Community Collections Grant program for applications. Applications close on August 18, 2023.
Do you want to get more involved in AFS leadership and want to find a way in? Consider joining a Committee or Working Group!
The Cultural Diversity Committee invites individuals to join in their work to serve AFS and the Executive Board.
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