Folk and Traditional Arts
Can you apply?
This grant is for administering organizations seeking to develop and operate a statewide Folk and Traditional Arts program in California. Eligible applicants demonstrate capacity for regional and statewide reach. The program serves artists from family, ethnic, occupational, religious, and regional cultural communities practicing traditional art forms.
Traditional expressions include crafts, music, dance, ritual, and technical skills. The CAC anticipates funding one administering organization to centralize local artists and their practices. This recognizes artists as essential to community vitality and social progress.
This grant is for administering organizations seeking to develop and operate a statewide Folk and Traditional Arts program in California. Eligible applicants demonstrate capacity for regional and statewide reach. The program serves artists from family, ethnic, occupational, religious, and regional cultural communities practicing traditional art forms.
Traditional expressions include crafts, music, dance, ritual, and technical skills. The CAC anticipates funding one administering organization to centralize local artists and their practices. This recognizes artists as essential to community vitality and social progress.
Program description
The AO will work directly with artists who belong to family, ethnic, occupational, religious, and/or regional cultural communities that practice traditional art forms. The forms of traditional expression can include but are not limited to: crafts, music, dance, ritual, and technical skills. This program centralizes local artists, and their artistic processes as vehicles for community vitality. The CAC is ideally looking to fund one AO that has demonstrated capacity for statewide and regional reach. This funding opportunity recognizes that artists are integral to healthy communities, and that the arts are a societal cornerstone that brings people together, builds community, and fosters social progress. Project RequirementsThe CAC will award funds to an Administering Organization (AO) that will develop and administer the Folk and Traditional Arts program statewide.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
Details
This grant is for administering organizations seeking to develop and operate a statewide Folk and Traditional Arts program in California. Eligible applicants demonstrate capacity for regional and statewide reach. The program serves artists from family, ethnic, occupational, religious, and regional cultural communities practicing traditional art forms.
Traditional expressions include crafts, music, dance, ritual, and technical skills. The CAC anticipates funding one administering organization to centralize local artists and their practices. This recognizes artists as essential to community vitality and social progress.
How to apply
Application links
Program contact
- 📧 folkartsgrant@arts.ca.gov
- 📞 1-916-322-6555
Funding track record
Past applications & awards under this program (California Grants Portal) — how competitive it is.
By fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Applications | Awarded | Award rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | 17 | — | 0% |
Source: California Grants Portal
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