Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grants encourage communities to continue passing on their valued traditions in traditional settings, by providing stipends so that master folk artists and craftspeople can help apprentices develop greater skill.
Donor Name: New Jersey State Council on the Arts
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $4,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The folk arts and crafts are those that are traditionally learned as part of the lifestyle of a community whose members share identity based upon ethnic origin, religion, occupation, or geographical region.
These vital and constantly reinvigorated artistic traditions are shaped by values and standards of excellence that are passed from generation to generation, most often within family and community, through demonstration, conversation, and practice. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts recognizes that diversity is one of New Jersey’s most significant and valuable characteristics and aims to provide support for the continuation of the States’ diverse folk and traditional arts.
Grant Amount
The Council awards $4,000 to successful Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship applications, which includes a $500 stipend for the Apprentice. At least 80% of the remaining $3,500 must be used for the Master’s fee and other budget components such as supplies, materials, and travel.
Grant Period
The Grant Period for Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grants under this program runs July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to receive a Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant, the application must demonstrate the following:
- Master’s and apprentice should be members of the same cultural group that share identity based on religion, occupation, ethnicity, language, or location and have learned the art or craft in traditional community settings rather than formal public institutions.
- Lessons should be one-on-one unless the art form can only be performed with another person.
- This program does not fund group classes.
- The master and the apprentice must develop and submit a clear work plan (timelines and lessons) together. The apprentice must complete the application and submit support materials that demonstrate their levels of skill, as well as obtain and provide materials from the master as required by the application.
- Apprenticeships are eligible for funding for a second year. Second-year applicants must include a description and support materials that demonstrate the progress made during the first year of the apprenticeship.
- Apprentices who have received two consecutive years of Council Apprenticeship funds may not reapply to the program for the next three consecutive years.
- Masters who have received two consecutive years of Council Apprenticeship funds may not be part of an application for support to the program for the next three consecutive years.
- A master artist may be proposed by no more than two apprentice applicants in a single grant cycle. It is the responsibility of the applying apprentice and the master to comply with this requirement. If two apprenticeships that include the same master are funded, the training must still be conducted one-onone and not in a group or class setting.
For more information, visit Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant.
