NASAA, in collaboration with NEA, released Cross-Sector Strategies for Health and Community Well-Being, which documents the strategies of seven state arts agencies with innovative programs connecting the arts sector and health care sector.
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress seeks a Program Specialist to coordinate special projects, administer grants and contracts, perform research and analysis, and maintain relationships with stakeholders in support of the American Folklife Center’s mission. Salary: $99,200 - $128,956 per year. Applications due Jan. 17.
Scholars, educators, and specialists in diverse fields of study are invited to apply for the 2025 Berea College Media Archives Fellowship, an outreach program of the Special Collections and Archives (SCA) department of the College's Hutchins Library. Proposals must be received on or by March 1, 2025.
Dr. Maribel Alvarez converses with Folk music educator and performer Eugene Rodriguez, who founded Los Cenzontles, a youth music group, in 1989 in San Pablo, California, about the joys and challenges of folklore-based education and identity politics.
Folklorist, cultural anthropologist, and AFS Fellow Guha Shankar received the Honored One Award at the 2024 Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) annual conference for his dedication to helping indigenous communities and individuals document, preserve and sustain their cultural traditions.
Mid Atlantic Arts’ Cultural Sustainability: Community Roots program provides unrestricted operational funding to arts and culture organizations serving communities of color with annual budgets under $500,000 and at least three years of programming. Application closes at 11:59pm EST on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Beware of phishing schemes that may appear to be messages from AFS or AFS officers, like a recent one in circulation that presented as a request for gift cards (in support of a good cause) from AFS President Amy Skillman. Previous phishing attempts directed at AFS members have also included the AFS logo. AFS will not share your membership, meeting registration or proposal data without your explicit consent.
Access to recorded virtual and hybrid programs at the 2024 AFS Annual Meeting is still available. Catch up on the sessions and events you may have missed by logging in and visiting the Conference Platform Schedule.
The Folklore Society (FLS) will hold its 2025 annual conference at University College Cork, Ireland from Friday 20 June to Sunday 22 June 2025. The theme is "Folklore and the Senses". Deadline for submitting a proposal is Friday 31 January 2025.
We thank all who joined us online or in Albuquerque for the 2024 AFS annual meeting. Please consider completing our Participant Survey to tell us about your experience at the conference. The deadline to submit your response is 5pm ET on December 16, 2024.
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