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Seeking Nominations for SFA’s 2021 Master-Apprentice Artist Award

February 24, 2021 By //  by Kimi Eisele Leave a Comment

Nominations for our annual Master-Apprentice Artist Award are now open! NOMINATION DEADLINE: May 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 possible in part …

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Announcing “Plain View” Fellowship for Ethnographers, Documentarians, or Artist-researchers

February 10, 2021 By //  by Kimi Eisele Leave a Comment

SFA's new Plain View Fellowship supports ethnographers, documentarians, or artist-researchers in documenting folklife, culture, and heritage in the Greater Southwest and Northwest Mexico. It aims to elevate and illuminate a slice of folklife, culture, or heritage in the region that may otherwise be misunderstood, overlooked, or forgotten. The …

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SFA Announces 2020 Master-Apprentice Artist Awardees

November 6, 2020 By //  by Kimi Eisele Leave a Comment

A capoeirista, a Navajo weaver, a horse hair and agave fiber rope maker, a mariachi folk violinist, a steel pan craftsman, a paper flower maker, an O’odham silversmith, an ancestral foodways chef, glass blower, and a folk musician are the 2020 recipients of the annual Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA) Master-Apprentice Award. The recipients were …

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Drylands & Baskets: A CLIMATELORE Conversation

November 5, 2020 By //  by Kimi Eisele Leave a Comment

Join us for a conversation with Indigenous culture bearers and scientists about the ways climactic and environmental changes are impacting their practices and how they are meeting those changes with resilience and adaptability. This live webinar, “Drylands and Baskets: A ClimateLore Conversation,” draws from an ongoing series called ClimateLore, …

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SFA Receives CARES Act Support from AZ Humanities

July 13, 2020 By //  by Kimi Eisele Leave a Comment

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 13, 2020 By //  by Kimi Eisele Leave a Comment

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 …

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