The time is now to reserve your room at the Hilton Downtown Portland and to ensure that you get the special room rate for AFS annual meeting registrants. You must book by October 11, 2023, to be sure to get the conference rate.
South Arts seeks an Assistant Director for the Traditional Arts. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, South Arts is a nonprofit regional arts organization empowering artists, organizations, and communities, and increasing access to arts and culture.
Discover hundreds of exciting professional opportunities available on American Folklore Society Career Center.
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.
Share your news
Have some important news to share? We can help you get it out there! Fill out the submission form and send it our way.