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 …
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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 …
Audio Stories of End-of-Life Caregivers: Record and Share Your Story
Are you or is someone you know an end-of-life caregiver? Listen to, record, and share their story. End-of-life (EOL) care is tender and important work, but too often end-of-life caregivers go unseen and unheard. This project seeks to change that. How to Participate: REVIEW and download our EOL Caregiver Audio Stories How-to Guides …
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, …
Nominate a Traditional Artist or Culture Bearer for our Master-Apprentice Artist Award by July 1
Nominations for our annual Master-Apprentice Artist Award are now open! NOMINATION DEADLINE EXTENDED: July 1, 2021 These awards 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 …
Support Our Emergency Relief Fund for Traditional Artists and Culture Bearers
To date, thanks to individual and institutional donations, our Traditional Artist and Culture Bearers Emergency Relief Fund has assisted 83 people with $500 each, totaling $43,500 in direct assistance to artists hardest hit by Covid. Many traditional artists and culture bearers in communities across Arizona and the Southwest have lost not only …