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 …
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Announcing “Plain View” Fellowship for Ethnographers, Documentarians, or Artist-researchers
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 …
SFA Announces 2020 Master-Apprentice Artist Awardees
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 …
Drylands & Baskets: A CLIMATELORE Conversation
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, …
SFA Receives CARES Act Support from AZ Humanities
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 …
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 …