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NEA Funds Tucson Meet Yourself 2022

January 12, 2022 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

We are thrilled to share that we've been awarded a $35,000 Grant for Arts Projects from the National Endowment for the Arts in support of our annual folklife festival, Tucson Meet Yourself.  To be included in the NEA's first round of awards for 2022 is an honor, and these funds monies will help us produce TMY 2022 and bring you three days of …

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Announcing the 2021 Master-Apprentice Artist Awardees

December 15, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

We are delighted to announce the SFA Master-Apprentice Artist Awardees for 2021! (Just in time.) This award program supports master traditional artists/culture bearers with $5,000 to work with emerging-artist mentees ($500) in a yearlong exchange to support the transmission of traditional cultural knowledge and practice. The first award program of …

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December 2021: Shining light on new narratives, old words, and ever-present darkness

December 9, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Check out the latest stories from BorderLore: This month: Kimi Eisele visits emerging artists in Douglas and Agua Prieta who are creating safe spaces to shift border narratives, Mele Martinez considers the valuable project of reclaiming language in New Mexico and beyond, and we revisit the archives for a 2017 interview with bereavement specialist …

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From the Folklife PAR Network Blog: Convivencia: Living Together Like Family

December 9, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Participatory Action Research Fellow and theatre-maker Paul Flores writes about his Somos Esenciales project, which documents the stories of Latinx day laborers, domestic workers, and volunteers at the Mission Food Hub and how COVID has, paradoxically, brought people together. Read Paul's blog post and others at the Folklife (PAR) Network.   …

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October 2021: How Ancestral Roots and Foodways Are Nourishing Us Now

November 4, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Check out the latest stories BorderLore.org. This month: Adiba Nelson makes a personal journey to find Black farmers and ranchers in Southern Arizona. Maria Parra Cano, a 2020 SFA Master-Apprentice Artist Awardee, shares how ancestral foods and a new food forest is helping her heal herself, her family, and her community. And Jennifer Nalewicki …

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From the Folklife PAR Network Blog: Ground Zero Is Fertile Ground

October 4, 2021 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Participatory Action Research Fellow Laura Rios-Ramirez writes about how Nahuatlaca Indigenous ways reveal folklife and participatory action work can lead us toward a more liberated and sovereign future. Read her blog post and others at the Folklife (PAR) Network. …

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