ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Community Partnerships RC&D</title> <meta name="author" content="Community Partnerships RC&D"> <meta name="description" content=""> <meta name="keywords" content=""> <!--Base href after upload to server "http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeuyfyo/cprcd/"--> <base href="http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeuyfyo/cprcd/"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"> <body> <!--Logo header loaded using javascript--> <script type="text/javascript" src="logo.js"></script> <!--Main page text contained in a table--> <table border="0" width="760px" height="70%" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="18%" valign="top"> <!--Left-hand menu options area--> <script type="text/javascript" src="menu.js"></script> </td> <td width="70%" valign=top> <!--This table cell contains the main content area--> <h1>Folk and Traditional Arts</h1> <p>The <a href="http://www.culturalpartnerships.org">Institute for Cultural Partnerships (ICP)</a> manages a state-wide Folk Arts Infrastucture Initiative that seeks to develop and expand the existing infrastructure for folk and traditional arts. As part of this initiative, ICP provides grants to organizations so that they may identify traditional artists, develop programs and resources and create opportunities for collaboration and networking in their region.</p> <p>Community Partnerships RC&D is conducting discovery research as the organization becomes the seventh statewide partner in the Folk Arts Infrastructure, a program administered by ICP in association with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. The RC&D is building a folk arts roster, identifying tradition bearers in the region and linking artists to funding opportunities in Juniata, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder and Union Counties.</p> <p>Contact Sam Price at (717) 248-4901 to help Community Partnerships identify and assist tradition bearers in your community.</p> <h2>Who Should Apply?</h2> <p>Are you an artist practicing a living, traditional art in your community? Examples might include embroidery or lace making, traditional dances, wood carving, ritual mask making, herbal remedies, songs sung in church or temple -- the kinds of arts that are passed on from one generation to the next and reflect the values of your community. These are the arts that everyone would miss if they were to die out.</p> <p>Are you seeking funding to support your work?</p> <p>Do you want to expand your repertoire and skills?</p> <p>Would you like to pass your mastery on to others?</p> <p>Guidelines and application forms for the Folk and Traditional Arts will be available in early June. Visit the <A href="http://www.culturalpartnerships.org">ICP website</a> or the <a href="http://www.pacouncilonthearts.org">PCA website</a> to download apprenticeship applications or to be directed to the new on-line CueRate site for fellowship applications. The application deadline is August 1, 2008.</p> <p>For more information contact Lisa Rathje at the Institute for Cultural Partnerships at (717) 238-1770 or Sam Price at Community Partnerships (717) 248-4901. </p> <h2>Grant opportunities for Folk and Traditional Artists </h2> <p>The Folk & Traditional Arts Program offers two types of grant opportunities designed for individual artists:</p> <ul> <li><b>Fellowships in Performing and Craft Traditions</li> <li>Apprenticeships in the Traditional Arts</b></li> </ul> <p>Free grant seminars will be conducted by the Institute for Cultural Partnerships (ICP) and other regional folk arts support centers across the state during the Spring and Summer 2008. For a schedule of seminars, please click <a href="http://www.culturalpartnerships.org">here</a>.</p> <p>To obtain program guidelines and an application form by mail, please contact Lisa Rathje, Arts & Heritage Specialist at 717-238-1770.</p> <p>To obtain technical assistance with your application within your region of residence, including assistance with work sample preparation, please contact one of our Regional Folk Arts Support Centers.</p> <p>Note: Performing arts ensembles and troupes operating as non-profit organizations may be eligible to apply for funding through other PCA funding tracks. See Folk Arts Funding for Organizations under the services offered by ICP to arts organizations.</p> <h2>Fellowships in Performing and Crafts Traditions</h2> <p>Folk & Traditional Arts Fellowships are designed to honor and recognize excellent practitioners of traditional arts. They are awarded to individuals for their outstanding contributions to the practice and conservation of their art form within their community.</p> <p>Fellowships are available to individual artists who have been residents of Pennsylvania for two years prior to the application due date and who are not enrolled in any degree granting program. Though artistic excellence is the primary criteria for selection, the depth of the applicant's knowledge of the tradition and their contribution to the preservation and/or development of the art form within their cultural community is of fundamental importance in the evaluation process.</p> <p>The program provides awards of $5,000 and inclusion in the ICP online artist gallery. Yearly grant awards alternate between two categories: Performing Traditions (even years) and Craft Traditions (odd years). Click here for a list of recent fellowship recipients.</p> <h2>Apprenticeships in the Traditional Arts (ATA)</h2> <p>Apprenticeship grants are available to support a master traditional artist and an apprentice practicing traditional arts found in communities across the Commonwealth. To be eligible, the apprentice must be a resident of Pennsylvania and have demonstrated competency in the basic skills in the specific tradition of the apprenticeship.</p> <p>Multiple apprentices may apply to work with a single master. Preference is given to apprenticeships involving a master residing within Pennsylvania; masters from outside Pennsylvania may be sought if no master in the tradition is available within the Commonwealth. Click here for a list of recent apprenticeship recipients.</p> <p>Funding of up to $4,000 is available to compensate a master's time (the time of an apprentice cannot be paid); to compensate travel for a master or apprentice, to purchase supplies, or to document the apprenticeship through audiotape, video tape, or photographic film.</p> </td> <td width="12%" valign="top"> <!--Javascript for quotes on right-hand portion of page--> <div class="quotes"><i> <script type="text/javascript" src="quotes.js"></script> </i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="3"> <!--Javascript for address and copyright statement--> <script src="address.js"></script> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>