Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) is NEA's principal grant program. Through project-based funding, the program supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of excellent art, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. The deadline for this cycle of GAP funding is March 11, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET.
The 2024 Annual Meeting brought together nearly 900 US and international specialists in folklore and folklife, folk narrative, popular culture, music, material culture, and related fields to exchange work and ideas and to create and strengthen relationships and networks.
Our 2024 Annual Meeting Participant Survey has collected valuable insights into attendees’ responses to the Albuquerque meeting and is a window into the priorities and needs of our participants in the present moment.
This book includes 42 songs collected from tradition bearers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. While it was created with music educators and their students in mind, it is also a valuable resource for anyone looking to explore some of the songs Helen Creighton collected from a wide range of peoples.
On December 18, 2024, City Lore co-director Steve Zeitlin and archivist Seth Schonberg drove to Washington, DC to deliver over 40 years of the organization's archival audio and visual materials to be shared with the Library of Congress.
The Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) oral history program invites experienced oral historians to submit proposals for oral history projects surrounding themes of agriculture, farmers markets, and gardening traditions in the region. Applications are due February 14, 2025.
Through March, you can freely access Traci Cox’s essay in JAF’s Special Issue on Folklore Studies and Disability that received the "Best Article of the Year" Award from the Brothers Grimm Society of North America.
The second edition of the Folklore Advocacy Toolkit, produced by the Media and Public Outreach Committee, is now available for download from the AFS website. The Folklore Advocacy Toolkit is a guide to promoting and sustaining folklore work in the United States, including tips and case studies specific to nonprofit organizations, higher education, independent folklorists, and community scholars.
The American Folklore Society Executive Board is pleased to announce the results of the 2024 election.
The 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) will be held on October 23 - 26, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. The deadline for abstract proposal submissions is February 17, 2025.
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