28 Aug Calls For Artists: Traditional Arts Touring Grants | South Arts
VIA South Arts: Traditional Arts Touring Grants aim to increase the public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the traditional arts in the South by bringing artists together in Southern communities. Traditional Arts Touring Grants are available for requests from $1,000 up to $5,000. This program requires a 1:2 match. Applications will be accepted and reviewed until available funds are depleted.
What are Traditional Arts?
The South is home to an abundance of traditional art forms whether they are indigenous to the region, or reflect the traditions of recent immigrant communities. Traditional arts are shared aesthetics, practices and values of families, geographic communities, occupational groups, ethnic heritage groups, etc. Traditional arts are learned orally, or by observation and imitation, often through a master artist instructing an apprentice. They are usually maintained without formal instruction or academic training. Some traditional arts have a deep-rooted history with little change, while others are constantly evolving and adapting to their changing environment.
Examples of traditional art forms (performing and visual arts) being practiced in the South include Afro-Cuban batá drum, Catawba pottery, Zydeco music, Indian Bharatha Natyam dance, Anglo American quilting, Peruvian retablos, African American gospel music, Chinese zheng, Cherokee storytelling, and Minorcan netmaking, among others.
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Application Deadlines:
October 1, 2020 and December 4, 2020
Applicants will be notified by email within 2 weeks of the deadline.
Projects must take place before June 30, 2021.
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Eligibility Requirements
The following is a top-level list of the main eligibility requirements necessary to be considered for a Traditional Arts Touring Grant. Please refer to the full list of eligibility requirements in the program’s Guidelines.
- Be a tax-exempt nonprofit or an official unit of local, county, or state government based within South Arts’ nine-state service area.
- Engage a traditional artist/ensemble for at least one public presentation and one educational activity; the educational activity must include contextual/scholarly content by a folklorist or scholar. The artist/ensemble must reside within South Arts’ nine-state service area, excluding the applicant’s state.
- Provide a 1:2 cash match.
- Readiness plan description
A full list of eligibility criteria and other project requirements is provided in the guidelines linked below.
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