We're thrilled to announce the 10 artists and their apprentices who will receive this year's Master-Apprentice Artist Awards. The recipients were nominated by community members and selected by a panel of cultural leaders and peers. SFA provided assistance to nominees and applicants virtually during the application process, to ensure an equitable, …
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Culture & Climate in Community: Call for Pitches & Participants
We’re building a cadre of community storytellers, journalists, documentarians, ethnographers, and artist-researchers to dive deep into the intersections of folklife and the climate crisis and produce stories for BorderLore, our monthly journal of culture & heritage. How might stories from the US-Mexico borderlands contribute to …
Life and Death Matters on Nov. 19
We're pleased to partner with the Arizona State Museum on a day of public programming in conjunction with "Walking Each Other Home: Cultural Traditions at End of Life," an exhibit inside the museum presenting our work over the past decade with communities and individuals around end-of-life traditions Saturday, Nov. 19 10am-1pm Arizona State …
Listen to Audio Stories of End-of-Life Caregivers
In 2020-2021, we paired five ethnographers with five end-of-life, home caregivers to observe, document, and record their stories and knowledge. Conversations between caregivers and ethnographers took place during the pandemic, over Zoom and later in person. The pairs created meaningful relationships, and their conversations not only help us “see” …
Exhibit on Cultural Practices at End-of-Life Sept. 10-Feb. 25
Walking Each Other Home: Cultural Practices at End of Life An exhibit at the Arizona State Museum September 10, 2022 - February 25, 2023 At once solo and communal, death, dying, mourning, and honoring are part of the circle of life. What makes this universal experience unique are the cultural practices, values, and beliefs that communities …
We are hiring!
Operations Manager: Full-time The Southwest Folklife Alliance seeks an Operations Manager to support its work celebrating the everyday expressions of culture, heritage, and diversity—work that requires partnership, communication, trust, creativity, and well organized systems of operation. As SFA expands its local, regional and national impact, …