University of Arkansas Libraries is hiring a Folk Arts and Engagement Specialist. This position is responsible for providing key programmatic support for both Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts, as well as Engagement and Outreach in Special Collections. Application deadline is March 6, 2025.
Dr. David Eugene Whisnant – researcher, writer, teacher, blogger; builder and fixer; devoted husband and father; lifelong learner – died peacefully and gently at his home in Chapel Hill, NC, enfolded by beloved family, on December 10, 2024.
The Philadelphia Folklore Project's archive, a cherished repository of local folk and traditional arts and grassroots activism, has been moved to the Special Collections Research Center as part of the Urban Archives at Temple University.
JAF thanks the new Editorial Board and new review editors who have agreed to serve for the next five years.
In 2024, MACP’s Folk Arts & Cultures program together with evaluation colleagues Wilder Research completed work to summarize nearly eight years of grantee work in an impact report. The report speaks to the many positive effects that ripple out when people and communities practice folk and traditional arts.
Congratulations to the artists and organizations who win the 2024–25 Folk Arts and Cultural Traditions fellowships and grants from the American-Scandinavian Foundation.
This year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Francis James Child, ballad scholar and first president of the AFS. To commemorate this occasion and to explore the present-day state of scholarly studies in folksong and ballad, the History and Folklore section and the Music and Song section of the AFS in conjunction with the Traditional Song Forum and the Kommission für Volksdichtung are proposing to sponsor a series of panels at this year’s AFS annual meeting. The deadline for submitting a proposal is March 10, 2025.
The Artistic Innovations Grant Program supports the development of new, original works in the Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) six-state region. This program will disburse cost-sharing grants of up to $15,000 to no fewer than 12 grantees. Application deadline is March 13, 2025.
The Working Group on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), Climate Change, and the Environment of the ICH NGO Forum invites researchers, practitioners, and community members to submit abstracts for articles to be included in a forthcoming book publication. Submission deadline is February 24, 2025.
The National Endowment for the Humanities recently updated their notices of funding to reflect recent Presidential Executive Orders.
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