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Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Application Deadline Extended: October 31, 2022

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Oregon Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program Announces New Application Deadline Extended to October 31, 2022

Photo is of John Meade (left), a 2021-2022 TAAP awardee who teaches Appalachian banjo and fiddle tunes.

EUGENE, Ore. – (Sept 28, 2022) – The University of Oregon’s Oregon Folklife Network has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts plus $40,000 from Oregon Arts Commission to support Oregon’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.

Oregon Folklife Network is accepting applications until October 31, 2022 for the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) for projects in 2023. The program offers folk and traditional master artists and culture keepers a $3,500 stipend to teach their art form to apprentices from their same communities, Tribes, sacred or occupational groups. The stipend supports master artists in sharing their knowledge, skills and expertise with apprentices of great promise who will be empowered to carry on and strengthen Oregon’s living cultural traditions. Artist may make public presentations through the Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Oregon’s 2022 TAAP awards supported hip-hop emcee and educator, Mic Crenshaw (Portland); Hindustani and Rajasthani vocal and instrumental music performer and teacher, Nisha Joshi (Portland); Appalachian old-time musician and scholar, John Meade (Albany), Irish musician, singer and linguist, Brian Ó hAirt (Portland); and Persian Santoor maestro, Hossein Salehi (Beaverton). All mentored apprentices from their own culture groups in the traditional forms noted, with OFN providing technical support as needed for socially distanced teaching, learning, and presenting.

Oregon Folklife Network encourages applications from Oregonians practicing cultural traditions emerging from their heritage or Tribes. This program does not fund historic reenactments or cultural appropriation.

To learn more about application procedures and eligibility or to recommend a TAAP applicant, visit our website, email ofn@uoregon.edu, or call 541-346-3820. Oregon Folklife Network staff members are available to provide application advice and will review and provide feedback on draft applications prior to submission.Completed applications are due no later than 5 pm on October 31 at the Oregon Folklife Network, 242 Knight Library, 6204 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-6204. NOTE: This is NOT a postmark deadline.

Call to Action – Paid Advisory Council for Oregon Folklife Network (OFN)

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We are actively seeking funding to establish an advisory council of traditional artists and cultural services administrators to help guide our 3-year strategic plan and 10-year vision of statewide folk and traditional arts programming. Are you interested in serving? Artist council member positions will be paid, and terms of service will be defined by the first year’s council. We envision convening the advisory council quarterly with less than 5 hours of commitment per month (reading and commenting on proposals) in between meetings.

If you are interested, please add your name through this Advisory Council Survey.

Staff Spotlight – Timothy Herrera

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OFN welcomes Timothy Herrera as the new program coorStaff member standing outside of the Knight Library at the University of Oregondinator. Timothy recently graduated with a PhD in cultural anthropology at the University of Oregon and has previous experience as a program coordinator for Centro Latino Americano.  In addition to bringing deep skills for working reciprocally with communities, Timothy is a Spanish speaker. He will be the primary contact for the Traditional Arts and Apprenticeship Program (TAAP), the Cultural Keepers Roster, Culture Fest, and the Statewide Survey.

As the new program coordinator, Timothy has helped execute our Oregon Culture Night series in the month of August. He has help coordinate the translations of TAAP guidelines, did bilingual outreach for the 2023 call for applications, helped develop a newsletter specifically for the artists on our Cultural Keepers Roster, has conducted an interview in Spanish while simultaneously doing English interpretation for the statewide survey, is supervising student employees and interns, and is currently helping equity & inclusion initiatives with the public programs team at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Timothy expressed: “I am grateful for this opportunity to serve the diverse communities of Oregon; to collaborate with state’s cultural keepers and helping address any needs they may have so that they can sustainably continue their traditions; to use the ethnographic skills that I have developed for public programming purposes; and to further develop OFN’s relationships with Oregon’s vast Spanish speaking communities”

We are excited to welcome him to the OFN team, to support our programs, and to better serve Oregon’s Spanish speaking traditional artists!

2023 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program Call for Applications

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EUGENE, Ore. – (Sept 8, 2022) – The University of Oregon’s  Oregon Folklife Network has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts plus $40,000 from Oregon Arts Commission to support Oregon’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. TAAP is also funded in part by the Oregon Historical Society and University of Oregon.

Oregon Folklife Network is accepting applications until Monday, October 3, 2022 for the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) for projects in 2023. The program offers folk and traditional master artists and culture keepers a $3,500 stipend to teach their art form to apprentices from their same communities, Tribes, sacred or occupational groups. The stipend supports master artists in sharing their knowledge, skills and expertise with apprentices of great promise, empowering them to carry on and strengthen Oregon’s living cultural traditions. Artist may make public presentations through the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at University of Oregon.

Oregon’s 2022 TAAP awards supported hip-hop emcee and educator, Mic Crenshaw (Portland); Hindustani and Rajasthani vocal and instrumental music performer and teacher, Nisha Joshi (Portland); Appalachian old-time musician and scholar, John Meade (Albany), Irish musician, singer and linguist, Brian Ó hAirt (Portland); and Persian Santoor maestro, Hossein Salehi (Beaverton).

Oregon Folklife Network encourages applications from Oregonians practicing cultural traditions emerging from their heritage or Tribes. This program does not fund historic reenactments or cultural appropriation.

To learn more about application procedures and eligibility or to recommend a TAAP applicant, view our guidelines online, email ofn@uoregon.edu, or call 541-346-3820. Oregon Folklife Network staff members are available to provide application advice in English and Spanish, and will provide feedback on draft applications up to two weeks prior to the deadline.

Completed applications are due no later than 5 pm on October 3 at the Oregon Folklife Network, 242 Knight Library, 6204 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-6204. NOTE: This is NOT a postmark deadline.  

Culture Keepers Roster Reboot!

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You asked and we listened. OFN’s newly revised Culture Keepers Roster incorporates numerous changes you requested. Please check out the new format and review your personal artist page before we make a public announcement about the new site. You can send your approval or request for edits through our roster survey. Here’s how:

  • Visit the Roster
  • Type your name into the Name box and click Search. Your profile should come up.
  • Once you review your roster page, please fill the roster survey to indicate your approve or what, if any, corrections need to be made.

Approving your profile helps us empower tradition keepers like you with paid opportunities to support your work preserving Oregon’s rich cultural heritage. Without your approval, we must deactivate your profile.

I couldn’t be prouder of what we’ve all accomplished. Thank you for participating in the Roster, for giving us your feedback, and to all of our staff, interns, and website development team for their care and attention to this project over the years. Ultimately, it is you artists who make OFN and the Oregon Culture Keepers Roster a success. Bravo!