Deadline: 3-Oct-22
Applications are now open for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Grant Program to foster the sharing of traditional (folk) artistic skills between a mentor and an apprentice who is already familiar with the genre.
The program creates this opportunity specifically for individuals who share a common cultural heritage. The folk arts are defined as those artistic practices which are community or family-based and express that community’s aesthetic heritage and tradition. The learning process is informal and passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth, apprenticeship, and imitation.
Funding Information
Grant requests may range from $1,000 to $3,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications must be submitted by the mentor artist.
- Please note that RISCA encourages one-on-one apprenticeships. In some cases, more than one apprentice per mentor is appropriate and will be allowed. Please contact Elena via email to discuss the application.
- You must be a citizen or a permanent legal resident of the United States, and a resident of the State of Rhode Island for a minimum of twelve (12) consecutive months prior to the date of application to apply for support from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.
- Only one Folk Arts Apprenticeship application is allowed per person per deadline. Individuals may not apply for a Folk Arts Fellowship and a Folk Arts Apprenticeship at the same deadline.
- Folk Arts Apprenticeship applicants are ineligible to reapply for one fiscal year if they have received funding in this category for three consecutive years.
- Past RISCA grant recipients may not reapply for RISCA funds unless all final reports for previous awards have been submitted.
- RISCA staff, Council and their spouses and immediate relatives are ineligible to apply for RISCA funds.
- There is no age requirement to participate as an apprentice. Apprentices under the age of 16 must submit a parent’s or legal guardian’s release or permission form as part of the application procedure.
- Applicants (mentor artists) must 18 years of age or older.
- All RISCA grant awards are contingent upon the availability of funds from the Rhode Island State General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Grant applications are considered on a competitive basis.
For more information, visit RISCA.
For more information, visit https://risca.online/grants/folk-arts-apre-grant/