The Wyoming Arts Council is now accepting applications for Folk & Traditional Arts Mentoring Project Grants.
Donor Name: Wyoming Arts Council
State: Wyoming
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/07/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This grant program is designed to assist masters of folk and traditional arts in passing on their knowledge to eager apprentices from their community through the natural process of in-person, hands-on instruction. Examples of eligible art forms practiced in Wyoming include, but are not limited to: saddlemaking, cowboy poetry, beading and quill work, quilting, rawhide braiding, pow wow songs and dances, German-Russian Dutch Hop, Mexican ballet folklorico, wood carving, rug braiding, fly tying, taxidermy, and more. Special consideration may be given to first time applicants, endangered art forms, geographic location, or artistic discipline. Mentor artist and apprentice apply together and include information about the art form, their skill level, a project outline and work samples.
Funding Information
Up to five projects will be selected for funding at $5,000 each (recommended $4,000 for the mentor artist’s honorarium and $1000 for supplies and travel). All project costs over $5,000 must be paid by the award recipients.
Grant Period
Projects must take place between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026 (fiscal year 2026), for no less than six months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must share a common cultural group and the art form must reflect the aesthetics of the shared group.
- In-family mentorships are allowed.
- Mentor and apprentice must apply together.
- Artists may participate in only one Mentoring Project each year.
- Apprentices must be Wyoming residents for at least two years prior to application.
- Apprentices should have some prior experience with the art form at the time of the application.
- Apprentices must demonstrate a serious long-term commitment to continuing the art form.
- Not eligible:
- Mentor artists who received a grant last year.
- The work of contemporary studio artists or re-creations of historic repertoires or antiques.
- Academic research or formal study toward an academic or professional degree.
- Projects less than six months.
- Workshops or conferences.
For more information, visit WAC.
