Arkansas Folk Arts Survey and Needs Assessment

From February-June 2021, AFTA conducted a phase one folk arts survey and needs assessment throughout the state of Arkansas by meeting with and interviewing various stakeholders across the state. While this initial survey was funded through support from Mid-America Arts Alliance, AFTA is continuing this work by extending the research and survey to a second phase.

The survey and needs assessment project aims to build a network of Arkansas artists, tradition bearers, and organizations. This project also enables Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts to support both traditional artists and organizations that share AFTA’s mission of documenting, presenting, and sustaining Arkansas’ folk arts. Interviews conducted for this project help AFTA understand the state’s crucial needs so that AFTA can address them in future programming while also bolstering existing successes.

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Would you like to participate in this survey?

Express interest by filling out our contact form here.

Survey News and Updates:

• “Willette Hired as Folk Arts Survey Coordinator for University Libraries” in the University of Arkansas News, March 23, 2021

• Phase one survey report available: “State of the Folk Arts In Arkansas: 2021 Needs Assessment and Survey Report” by Lauren Adams Willette