GUIDELINES NOW AVAILABLE FOR 2025 LIVING TRADITIONS FELLOWSHIPS
Missouri Folk Arts invites nominations for the 2025 Living Traditions Fellowships. These awards seek to recognize the excellence and lifetime achievement of living traditional artists and community scholars in the Show Me State. The fellowships…
William Graves
When William Graves was asked in 1987 if there was anything in particular he wanted to include in Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program publicity about his art or his life, he wanted it known that he’d…
“A Handful of Dinky”: African American Storytelling in Missouri
ViewWho We Are
Missouri Folk Arts identifies, documents, and promotes folk and traditional arts in our state. Staff folklorists coordinate apprenticeship team activities each year; co-produce folk arts activities around the state; and work with local and regional arts organizations to further their missions.
Educational Programs
Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and Missouri Arts Council, the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Pro...
Show Me Folk
Show Me Folk is an initiative that identifies traditional arts regionally, documents traditions locally, and shares Missouri traditional arts stories more widely.
Grants
On behalf of the Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Folk Arts also manages Folk Arts Grants, which are awarded to Missouri-based, tax-exempt, not-for-profit organizations to sustain and showcase folk and traditional arts in local communities. Funded projects include concerts, festivals, workshops, exhibitions, and other artistic events.