CALT Experiences Grants
Introduction
Central Appalachia Living Traditions (CALT) Experiences grants fund public-facing projects and events in Appalachian counties of Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia that bring community members together around traditional arts and cultural knowledge.
Funded projects will encourage broad public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of living traditions and/or grow and disseminate artistic skill and cultural knowledge within the community.
Non-profit organizations and individual folk and traditional artists/practitioners may apply. To be eligible, you must reside/be based in an Appalachian Regional Commission-designated county in Ohio, Virginia, or West Virginia. Grant amounts are $1,000 to $10,000. No match is required.
The majority of project activities must take place within ARC-designated counties. Eligible project activities may include:
- hands-on learning experiences/workshops
- public art projects
- exhibitions
- performances or performance series
- film/video
- radio broadcasts or podcasts
- archival collections or fieldwork with a significant public-facing component
Guidelines and Application
The deadline to apply to the 2023-2024 Folk and Traditional Arts Experience program was Monday, October 24, 2023. The guidelines, FAQ’s, sample application, and webinar below are for information purposes only.
- Download the 2023-2024 Central Appalachia Living Traditions: Folk & Traditional Arts Experiences Guidelines as a PDF (link opens in a new window)
- Download the 2023-2024 Central Appalachia Living Traditions: Folk & Traditional Arts Experiences Guidelines as an accessible Word document (click link to download)
- Download the 2023-2024 Central Appalachia Living Traditions: Folk & Traditional Arts Experiences FAQ as a PDF (link opens in a new window)
- Download the 2023-2024 Central Appalachia Living Traditions: Folk & Traditional Arts Experiences FAQ as an accessible Word document (click link to download)
- Download a preview copy of the 2023-2024 Central Appalachia Living Traditions: Folk & Traditional Arts Experiences Application as a PDF (link opens in a new window)
- CALT Experiences - Am I Eligible Webinar Recording
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Image: Becky Hill Square Dance. Credit: Courtesy of Rebecca Hill.
See the 2023 Folk and Traditional Arts Experiences Grantees.
Panelists
2023 Program Panelists
Dr. Sophia M. Enriquez
Assistant Professor of music and Latino/a studies at Duke University, folk musician, native of Appalachian Ohio
Durham, NC
Dr. Luke Eric Lassiter
Professor of humanities and anthropology and director of the Graduate Humanities Program at Marshall University
South Charleston, WV