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Arts Midwest Culture Bearers Award - Apply Now
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Arts Midwest Culture Bearers Award - Apply Now

Arts Midwest Culture Bearers Award — Apply Now

Now Open: Midwest Culture Bearers Award

Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the Midwest Culture Bearers Award, a $5,000 award that celebrates and supports the work of Midwest culture bearers and folk arts practitioners.

​Culture bearers keep their cultural traditions alive through craft, storytelling, dance, performance, visual arts, foodways, language preservation, and more. They are deeply connected to their communities and share their knowledge with new generations.

About the Midwest Culture Bearers Award

  • ​​What is it? The Midwest Culture Bearers Award is a $5,000 award. It honors and amplifies the work of nine Midwestern culture bearers each year.

  • ​Who can apply? If you have been practicing arts and culture rooted in your heritage and ancestry for over 10 years and share your practice with your community, you can apply.

  • ​Where? You must live in the Arts Midwest region. This includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Native Nations that share this geography.

  • ​When to apply? Applications close at 11:59 pm CST on July 29, 2024. The first awards will be made in September 2024.

You can get help from someone else to complete your application. Or, you can nominate someone with their permission.

Ready to Apply?

​Learn more about the Midwest Culture Bearers Award, review eligibility requirements, and read the guidelines on their website here.

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The American-Scandinavian Foundation is accepting applications for fellowship grants
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The American-Scandinavian Foundation is accepting applications for fellowship grants

American-Scandinavian Foundation is accepting applications for Fellowship Grants

The American-Scandinavian Foundation annual competition for Scandinavian Folk Arts & Cultural Traditions in the Upper Midwest is now accepting applications.

 

Deadline: September 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM CDT

amscan.org/fellowships-grants/grants-for-folk-arts 

For further information and to begin an online application visit amscan.org/fellowships-grants/grants-for-folk-arts 

Two kinds of awards are available: fellowships for artists and grants for organizations to present public programs and community projects. All grant applications should be for projects that encourage the practice of folk arts and cultures and the presentation of these arts to public audiences. 

FELLOWSHIPS FOR ARTISTS

Fellowships for artists deepen the skills of master artists; foster relationships among masters of artistic and technical skills and their apprentices, and encourage the development of traditional skills and the perpetuation of skills from generation to generation; and encourage the awareness of folk traditions by creating innovative projects with wide visibility and public appeal.

GRANTS FOR

PUBLIC PROGRAMS & COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Grants for public programs and community projects encourage the preservation of Scandinavian cultural traditions through the support of community festivals, celebrations, and heritage events as well as workshops, performances, classes, and demonstrations. Applicants for public programs grants must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations.

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