Ohio Arts Council Offers Traditional Arts Apprenticeships - Deadline to Apply is January 15
by Jami Goldstein

The Ohio Arts Council Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program keeps alive traditional and folk arts by supporting apprenticeships between master artists and dedicated apprentices. The folk and traditional arts grow out of particular cultures and are recognized as the artistic expressions of ethnic, linguistic, occupational or regional groups. Master artists preserve these traditions. Apprentices are Ohio residents who want to develop and continue these artistic expressions.

The Ohio Arts Council knows there are many wonderful master artists who are local treasures. The OAC wants to support these artists and apprentices who share their traditions. The Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program provides support of up to $2,500 for a master artist and one or more apprentices to work together in an intensive individual study program that preserves traditional art forms of Ohio communities and ethnic groups.

Deadline to submit grant applications is January 15, 2006. When a deadline falls on a holiday or weekend applications are due the following business day.

Traditional Arts Apprenticeships grants have funded Polish paper cutting, blues music, stone carving, Appalachian fiddling, embroidery, Laotian khene playing, icon painting, Irish step dancing, woodcarving, Chicano corrido singing, quilting, polka and more.

To learn more visit our website at www.oac.state.oh.us or contact Irene Finck, Program Coordinator, Ohio Arts Council, 727 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43205-1796; email irene.finck@oac.state.oh.us, phone 614/466-2613 or call the Ohio Relay Service at 1-800-750-0750 for TTY/TDD.

The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically.

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