2027 Folk and Traditional Arts Experiences Grantees
The below funded projects will take place between July 2026 and June 2027.
Ohio
Athens City-County Health Department
Creative Aging Through Folk Arts (CATFA)
Athens, OH
Daniel Huang
Roots & Reckonings: Appalachian Oral Storytelling Workshops and Performance
Athens, OH
My Sister’s House
Piecing Together: Quilt Classes for Survivors of Domestic Violence in Southeast Ohio
Athens, OH
Trillium Project
The Long Way Home
Portsmouth, OH
Virginia
Appalachian Sustainable Development
Wildcrafting Workshops
Duffield, VA
Blue Ridge Music Center
Blue Ridge Music Center Backstories: The Stories Behind the Music
Galax, VA
Floyd Center for the Arts
Fourth Annual Floyd Living Traditions Festival
Floyd, VA
West Virginia
Annick Odom
Bringing Ballads from Local Archives to Life: Songs, Crankies, Traveling Traditions, and Community Storytelling at the Morgantown Crankie Festival
Morgantown, WV
Arthurdale Heritage
Arthurdale Heritage’s Music & Dance 2026-2027
Arthurdale, WV
Cacapon Music and Dance Foundation
Capon Bridge Square Dance – Building Up the Music
Capon Bridge, WV
Innovative Community Solutions
Appalachian Roots: Porch Songs for Weaver–Gillison
Martinsburg, WV
Marshall County Historical Society
Mending the Broken Thread: An Intergenerational Appalachian Fiber Arts Series
Moundsville, WV
Morgan Arts Council
Traditions Alive in our Community
Berkeley Springs, WV
Renewall, Inc.
Storytelling & Song: The Legend of Hawkshaw
Huntington, WV
RiffRaff Arts Collective
Culturefest in Our Communities Year Three: Tracing Roots from West African Rhythm to the Blues
Princeton, WV
The River House
Folk Arts and Music Traditions of the Appalachians
Capon Bridge, WV
Ruby Daniels-Holland
The Afrolachian Herbal Ways Retreat
Beckley, WV
Sara Loftus
Wool from Fleece to Fabric: A Year in the Fiber Mill
Gauley Bridge, WV
Shepherd University
Shepherd University’s 30th Annual Appalachian Heritage Festival
Huntington, WV
Sistermoon Farm
Tomato Jam 2026
Shenandoah Junction, WV
Step by Step, Inc.
West Virginia Dreamers Appalachian Arts and Music Camps
Charleston, WV