Karen Collins (African American Miniature Museum) received the 2022 John Wesley Work III award.
Birgit Hannele Wilson, wife of folklorist William A (Bert) Wilson, died January 11, 2023.
If you haven't yet submitted your views in the AFS member survey, AFS asks you to weigh in now. Tell us something about who you are, where and how you work, your current needs and your hopes for the future.
Registration is now open for the 2023 Folklife in the South gathering. Submission for proposals are open through February 15, 2023.
The International Storytelling Center (ISC) is looking for dynamic Director of Development to join their team, to champion their fundraising efforts, support their trajectory as an organization and be part of a growing team.
The 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference, "Radical Listening — Story Work for a Just Future" will be co-hosted by a US regional partnership including the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Montgomery College, the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Educational Technology, and StoryCenter, the internationally acclaimed non-profit digital storytelling organization. The call for proposals has been extended, with a final submission deadline of January 27, 2023.
Applications are due February 2 for the 2023 Berea College Media Archives Fellowship, an outreach program of the Special Collections and Archives (SCA) department of the College's Hutchins Library.
The Virginia Folklife Program seeks one or more paid interns for Summer 2023. Online applications are due Friday, March 31.
The Foodways Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for the Sue Samuelson Award for best student paper on food and foodways. Papers should be based on original fieldwork or research and utilize current folkloric approaches to analysis and interpretation. All entries must be received by March 1.
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies is offering a paid Summer 2023 internship this year to work with their Arts & Cultures domain. The deadline is Feb. 3, 2023.
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