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Mini-Grant Program
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The Folk & Traditional Arts Mini-Grant (FTA) offers quick response small-scaled grants up to $1,000 to artists and arts organizations practicing or supporting folk traditions. The Folk Arts Program supports projects that are developed in close consultation and collaboration with the communities whose traditions are to be presented. Individuals and organizations are encouraged to use folklorists, ethnomusicologists, or other specialists for documentation, program development, interpretation of presentations, and program production.
Funding for this program is offered three times during the fiscal year. Upcoming deadlines for FY 2009 Folk & Traditional Arts Mini-Grant Program applications are:
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 7 pm
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7 pm
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 7 pm
Workshops to help artists and organizations fill out applications will be held on the following dates:
Wednesday, July 16, 2008, noon-1:30 pm
Wednesday, December 3, 2008, noon-1:30 pm
Wednesday, March 19, 2009, noon-1:30 pm
All Folk & Traditional Arts Mini-Grant workshops are held at the Commission's office at 1371 Harvard Street NW. For directions, please refer to our
How to Reach Us page.
For more information about the Folk and Traditional Arts program, please email Ebony Blanks or call (202) 724-5613.
View the Folk & Traditional Arts Mini-Grant Program projects funded in FY 2008.*
View the Folk & Traditional Arts Mini-Grant Program projects funded in FY 2007.*
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