Learn how to apply for a grant from the PCA’s “Apprenticeships in Folk and Traditional Arts” program. These grants support artists in teaching OR developing their artistic skills/repertoire, providing up to $4,000 in funding.

This FREE virtual workshop will explain the program and walk you through the application process. Whether you have an idea for this year or next, this workshop will help you design and write the best application you can.

SFMS folklorist Amy Skillman leads the workshop. Participants will learn who is eligible, how to write a compelling application narrative, how to develop a budget, and what criteria are used to evaluate applications.

Current grant recipients will talk about the grant writing process, how they found a master artist, and tips for undertaking a successful apprenticeship. Over the past three years, all of the artists we’ve assisted with their application have received grant funding!

SFMS is also pleased to offer individual grant-writing assistance to artists as part of our role as a Pennsylvania Folk Arts Partner with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA). Make arrangements with Amy at the workshop, or email her at folkarts@sfmsfolk.org.

The PCA defines folk arts as “those artistic traditions characteristic of specific ethnic, religious, linguistic, occupational, or regional groups. These arts are shaped and shared within families, neighborhoods, and communities. They are passed down from one generation to another and learned through ongoing participation in community-based activities, and through observation, practice or apprenticeships with elders and masters rather than through classes, books or other means of institutional instruction.”