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2009
Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants
Cultivating Our Heritage
Each year, the Traditional Arts Program supports the preservation of traditional arts by funding Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grants, which support a master artist to teach an experienced apprentice in one-to-one sessions.
In Fiscal Year 2009, the State Arts Council will support nine master/apprentice teams for a total of $31,526. The grantees represent a diversity of traditions. National Endowment for the Arts funds make it possible for the State Arts Council to support Border State Apprenticeships, wherein one member of the team must be a resident of New Hampshire and the other may be from one of the neighboring states of Vermont, Maine, or Massachusetts.
Master and apprentice teams typically meet for 80 to 120 hours over a six- to 10-month period. Funds awarded cover a modest fee for the master artist’s time, supplies and mileage essential to the apprenticeship. In order to take full advantage of this unique opportunity, the apprentice is expected to have the fundamentals of the art form well in place before applying for the grant.
- For more information on traditional arts & folklife in New Hampshire visit: www.nh.gov/folklife
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