Central Appalachia Living Traditions (CALT) Experiences grants fund public-facing projects and events in Appalachian counties of Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia that bring community members together around traditional arts and cultural knowledge.
Donor Name: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
State: Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/18/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funded projects will encourage broad public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of living traditions and/or grow and disseminate artistic skill and cultural knowledge within the community.
Goals
- Encourage broad public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of living traditions.
- Grow and share artistic skills and cultural knowledge within communities.
- Diversify and expand the types of folk arts activities available throughout the region.
Funding Information
Non-profit organizations and folk and traditional artists/practitioners may apply for $1,000 – $10,000.
Eligible Projects
- Hands-on learning experiences
- Workshops where traditional art forms are taught or demonstrated to the public or a group of peer practitioners
- Public art projects
- Exhibitions of folk and traditional art
- Performance projects or series
- Film/video creation and/or screening
- Podcasts and radio broadcasts
- Fieldwork and documentation projects with a significant public-facing component, such as community meetings, presentations, or accessible digital archives
Eligible Expenses
- Program staff salaries
- Technical personnel fees
- Artist/practitioner fees, travel, and lodging
- Audience development, marketing, and promotion expenses
- Expenses related to accessibility, such as American Sign Language interpretation, physical access accommodations, or translation
- Technical and other equipment rental
- Expenses related to public health measures for in-person engagements
Eligibility Criteria
To receive a CALT Experiences grant, you must be:
- An individual traditional artist/practitioner OR
- A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, unit of state or local government, or federally recognized Tribal government
- Located in a county designated by the Appalachian Regional Commission in Ohio, Virginia, or West Virginia.
- In good standing with Mid Atlantic Arts, with no overdue or outstanding required reports and/or grant documents.
- Organizations may not apply for a Central Appalachia Living Traditions Experiences grant in the same year as either of the following Mid Atlantic Arts grant programs:
- Folk & Traditional Arts Community Projects
- Mid Atlantic Presenters Initiatives.
- Located in a county designated by the Appalachian Regional Commission in Ohio, Virginia, or West Virginia.
For more information, visit Mid Atlantic Arts.
