Since 2001, Mass Cultural Council's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program has funded a wide variety of apprenticeships in long settled and new immigrant communities across the state -- from wooden boat building to Wampanoag regalia making, Cape Breton fiddling to Albanian folk dance, and Puerto Rican mask-making to Chinese calligraphy and seal carving. We encourage applicants practicing traditional music and instrument making, sacred and secular crafts, occupational traditions, folk and ethnic dance, and expressive culture associated with seasonal celebrations.
Funding is provided for master artists to mentor apprentices in one-on-one learning experiences of traditional music, craft, or dance. Grants cover master artists’ teaching time, as well as supplies, materials, and travel expenses.
The Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program is designed to:
To allow for more in-depth learning and to take advantage of the summer months, starting in 2020, Mass Cultural Council is extending this program from 10 months to a two-year apprenticeship. Applicants may request up to $10,000 per year, for a total of up to $20,000 per apprenticeship.
Whether handcrafted or performed, traditional art reflects a community’s shared sense of aesthetics and meaning. Traditional art forms are typically passed from generation to generation, most often within familial, ethnic, tribal, religious, or occupational communities. During the current pandemic, funding apprenticeships is a vital way of ensuring artist income, promoting inter-generational learning, and safeguarding cultural traditions that are endangered.
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Project Website: click here
State: Massachusetts
Category: Apprenticeship, Artist Employment, Education, Underserved Community Outreach, Youth Services
Funding is provided for master artists to mentor apprentices in one-on-one learning experiences of traditional music, craft, or dance. Grants cover master artists’ teaching time, as well as supplies, materials, and travel expenses.
The Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program is designed to:
- Fund mentorships where apprentices learn directly by observing, imitating, and processing the critique of the master artist
- Support traditional arts lacking a strong infrastructure for cultural transmission, especially those that may be endangered; and
- Help communities preserve their cultural heritage.
To allow for more in-depth learning and to take advantage of the summer months, starting in 2020, Mass Cultural Council is extending this program from 10 months to a two-year apprenticeship. Applicants may request up to $10,000 per year, for a total of up to $20,000 per apprenticeship.
Whether handcrafted or performed, traditional art reflects a community’s shared sense of aesthetics and meaning. Traditional art forms are typically passed from generation to generation, most often within familial, ethnic, tribal, religious, or occupational communities. During the current pandemic, funding apprenticeships is a vital way of ensuring artist income, promoting inter-generational learning, and safeguarding cultural traditions that are endangered.
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Project Website: click here
State: Massachusetts
Category: Apprenticeship, Artist Employment, Education, Underserved Community Outreach, Youth Services