Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts’ Virginia Siegel was mentioned in a University of Arkansas News article, “$170,000 NEH Grant Creates New ‘Pandemics in History’ Summer Institute” (September 15, 2021). AFTA’s Documenting COVID-19 Oral History project will be featured in the summer institute highlighted in the article.
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts (AFTA) has extended the deadline for the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. Applications must be submitted via email or postmarked by the new deadline, September 20, 2021. Application projects must reflect the project period of November 2021 to May 2022.
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts (AFTA) announces the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program applications are now open. Applications must be submitted via email or postmarked by August 31, 2021, for the project period of November 2021 to May 2022.
AFTA is beyond excited to introduce our newest team member, Nastajae Alderson.
The University of Arkansas Libraries have been approved for a $25,000 grant through the Grants for Arts Projects, which will support Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts’ Community Scholars Program.
