For Immediate ReleaseJune 16, 2021 Contact:Bryan Falcón, SFA Board of Directors at 520-240-5180 (c) e-mail: bryanf@southwestfolklife.orgLeia Maahs, SFA Director at 520-903-4175 (c) e-mail: leiam@southwestfolklife.org Tucson, AZ.- The Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc. (SFA) has been selected to receive a one-time gift of $1.5 million to …
SFA To Strengthen Field With $1M National Endowment For The Arts Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Maribel Alvarez, Director, National Folklife Network & Associate Dean for Community Engagement, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona Southwest Folklife Alliance 520-621-4046 (office), nationalfolklife@gmail.com June 3, 2021 Southwest Folklife Alliance …
Five Plain View Fellows Will Capture Folklife “hidden in plain view”
SFA is delighted to announce the cohort of Plain View Fellows in this pilot fellowship program. These documentarians and artist-researchers were selected from a competitive pool of applicants to carry out a project that elevates and illuminate a slice of folklife, culture, or heritage in the region that may otherwise be misunderstood, overlooked, …
Folklife Education
Plain View Fellowship This pilot fellowship program was launched spring 2021 to supports ethnographers, documentarians, or artist-researchers in documenting folklife, culture, and heritage in the Greater Southwest and Northwest Mexico. The program takes its name from folklorist Mary Hufford’s notion that the study of folklife reveals beauty …
Tucson Meet Yourself
Founded in 1974 by folklorist Jim Griffith and his wife, Loma Griffith, Tucson Meet Yourself is an annual celebration of the living traditional arts of Southern Arizona's and Northern Mexico's diverse ethnic and folk communities. The free, three-day event features hundreds of artisans, home cooks, dancers, musicians and special exhibits that …
Master-Apprentice Artist Award Program
We provide direct support for master traditional artists living in Arizona to pass on art, culture, and heritage practices to apprentice learners through the annual SFA Master-Apprentice Award. The award is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Arizona Commission on the Arts. The award supports a master artist or …