July 12, 2020 Southwest Folklife Alliance Receives CARES Act Support from AZ Humanities TUCSON, Ariz. – The Southwest Folklife Alliance is pleased to announce it has received a grant of $6,811 from Arizona Humanities, with funds provided by National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security …
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SFA Receives $150,000 from Community Foundation for Southern Arizona and The David and Lura Lovell Foundation to Document Occupational Folklife in End-of-Life Care
July 12, 2020 Southwest Folklife Alliance Receives $150,000 from Community Foundation for Southern Arizona and The David and Lura Lovell Foundation for Documenting Occupational Folklife in End-of-Life Care The Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA) is one of 12 nonprofits awarded funding by The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA) and …
A Deeper Level of Knowing: Folklorists Tackle Global Issues
The behavior patterns that drive communities – cultural traditions, observations and rituals – can be key assets in addressing global issues like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Andy Ober, University Communications May 27, 2020 This story was originally published by UA NEWS Maribel Alvarez, …
BorderLore LIVE: The Ways of Resilience
All conversations will take place Zoom. To watch and participate, please register below for each event. You can also watch on Facebook LIVE here. Note DIFFERENT times for each event. All events are PST. PART 1: DAN LEVENSON Wednesday, June 3, 10 am Register for this Zoom event here. Dan Levenson is a performer and …
Nominate an Artist or Tradition Bearer for our 2020 Master-Apprentice Artist Award
Our annual Master-Apprentice Artist Award recognizes and supports artists working in traditional or heritage forms who are passing on their knowledge to an apprentice or apprentices. We are currently seeking nominations of master traditional artists and apprentices in Arizona for the 2020 award. Artists/tradition bearers receive t $2,500; …
Announcing the 2019 Master-Apprentice Artist Awards
A Navajo bead worker, a percussionist, a violinist, a blacksmith, a mariachi vocalist, a Navajo tapestry artist, a Mexican folk harpist, a capoeirista, a ceramic artist, and an adobe brick maker are the 2019 recipients of the annual Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA) Master-Apprentice Award. The recipients were nominated by community members and …