Mid Atlantic Tours Roster Artists Announced | |
We're excited to announce the Roster Artists for Mid Atlantic Tours! Mid Atlantic Tours provides presenters in the mid-Atlantic region who engage a Roster Artist with up to a 50% subsidy for presenter capacity support and artist compensation. Presenters work directly with Roster Artists' tour managers to negotiate terms, engagement dates, and compensation. Once terms are confirmed, the presenter completes an application to Mid Atlantic Arts. Visit the website to register for webinars on November 7 and 19. | |
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The 2025-2026 Mid Atlantic Tours Roster Artists are:
Regional Roster Artists:
International Roster Artists:
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Image: The Experience Band & Show. Credit: Nick Moreland. | |
Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships Deadline Extended | |
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Due to the devastating destruction of Hurricanes Helene, the Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowship application deadline has been extended to Thursday, October 31.
The Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships is a program in partnership with Grow Appalachia of Berea College, the Appalachian Studies Association, and Mid Atlantic Arts' Central Appalachian Living Traditions (CALT) initiative. These fellowships honor, celebrate, and support foodways tradition bearers in Appalachian Regional Commission-designated counties. Fellows receive $5,000 in unrestricted funding and a unique physical award created by an Appalachian traditional artist. The Fellows are honored each year at the Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference.
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ArtsCONNECT and Special Presenter Initiatives Guidelines Announced | |
ArtsCONNECT supports touring projects collaboratively developed by two or more presenters working together in the mid-Atlantic region. | Special Presenter Initiatives provide additional opportunities for the support of small to mid-sized performing arts presenters in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Virginia, and Native nations that share this geography. | |
Performing Arts Global Exchange 2025-2026 Countries Announced | |
Performing Arts Global Exchange, a national grant program, will be supporting tours of performing artists from Morocco and South Africa in the 2025-2026 season. Non-profit venues and venues that are units of city or state government from across the US that book an artist off the curated roster can receive up to 50% of the artist fee as a grant. Want to help select the final group of touring artists? A survey will be sent to presenters in the coming weeks for you to provide feedback on artists being considered, and the final roster will be announced in winter 2024. Questions? Learn more online or contact Program Director, International Andrew Alness Olson. | Image: Tarwa N-Tiniri. Credit: Courtesy of the Artist. | |
National Appalachian Black Storytellers Fellows Announced | |
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Congratulations to the 2024 National Appalachian Black Storytellers Fellows!
The The National Association of Black Storytellers, in partnership with South Arts and Mid Atlantic Arts' Central Appalachian Living Traditions initiative, awards one Fellowship per year in each of the six eligible states: Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Fellows receive $5,000 in unrestricted funding, a unique physical award created by a Black Appalachian artist, and NABS membership during their award year. The Fellows are honored each year at the “In the Tradition…” National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference.
The 2024 Fellows from the Mid Atlantic region are:
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Janice Lynn Cooley
Greenbriar County, West Virginia
Janice Cooley, a native of Lewisburg, West Virginia, is the past President and current board member of the Greenbrier County Historical Society. Janice has curated a series of Black Appalachian exhibits. Invisible Roots and Legends was presented to the public through stories that provided an opportunity to not only observe but to be drawn in—to clearly understand the lives and lifestyles of individuals and how they contributed and impacted the growth and development of the Greenbrier County community through different perspectives.
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Eric “Monstalung” Jordan
Fayette and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia
Eric “Monstalung” Jordan was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but raised in Ansted and Morgantown, West Virginia. He has been creating and releasing hip hop music since 1990 but has been performing since age seven with his father, Norman Jordan, a leading African American poet and playwright from the Black Arts Movement. In June of 2024, Monstalung released his album, “An Appalachian Hip Hop Story Pt.1.” In August he was featured on the Appalachian Hip Hop compilation album “No Options,” executive produced by Dr. Ted Olson and Dr. William Turner, which is distributed on Appalshop Records.
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Omope “Mama O” Carter Daboiku
Lawrence County, Ohio, and Wise County, Virginia
Family genealogy rooted Omope in Black Appalachian storytelling; she was expected to learn her maternal and paternal agricultural lineages. She learned timing by listening to elders tell family stories at death wakes, preachers deliver sermons, and winos reciting longform poetry before it was called "spoken word.” As a performer, producer, teaching artist, writer, and agriculturalist, she has shared Black Appalachian folkways internationally, lecturing on quilt traditions (Germany) and storytelling with tandem translation (Turkey, US State Dept).
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Celebrating ArtsHERE Grantees | |
ArtsHERE is a new pilot program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), South Arts, and the other five U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (RAOS). ArtsHERE aims to strengthen organizations’ capacity for community engagement and boost arts participation for underserved groups and communities across the United States and territories. We're thrilled to announce the 112 organizations recommended for awards, with 20 of those organizations in our region! View the full list of ArtsHERE grantees here. | |
Hurricane Relief Resources | |
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Our hearts go out to all people affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Our colleagues at various organizations have compiled lists of resources for artists, arts organizations, and others in the arts and cultural sector. Here are some:
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants Program
The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent, unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies experienced by artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, or choreography. Privacy is guaranteed. Cycle 27 will be open October 29 - November 26 for emergencies occurring April 1, 2024 and after. Learn more here.
Relief for Southern and Central Appalachia
Appalachian Voices has compiled a list of regional, national, and area-specific resources. Learn more here.
Arts North Carolina's Disaster Relief Resources
Our colleagues at Arts North Carolina have a list of resources available for artists and arts organizations. View the list here.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund has support available for craft artists and artisans facing emergencies. For studio protector resources, click here. For emergency relief grants, click here.
South Arts Hurricane Recovery & Resources
South Arts lists resources for South Arts grantees, cultural institutions and artists, emergecy funding, and community resources. View the list here.
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The William Penn Foundation is accepting proposals one- to three-year projects that will increase opportunities for people across the region to engage with a range of high-quality arts and culture experiences. This funding opportunity is for activities beginning in or after February 2025 and will focus on inclusive and equitable opportunities shaped by deep and enduring community relationships. Deadline: Friday, October 25, 2024. Learn more here.
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The Kurt Weill Foundation is accepting applications for projects and productions projects and productions involving the work of Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein in several categories, including both professional and amateur performances. Funding may be requested in the categories of: professional performances, college/university amateur performances, media, and more.
Deadline: Friday, November 1, 2024. Learn more here.
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The Boynes Artist Award invites applications from emerging, mid-career, and established artists in in painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, digital, or sculpture.
Deadline: Sunday, November 3, 2024. Learn more here.
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Visionary Initiatives in Art (VIA) Art Fund invites letters of inquiry for its Artistic Production grant. Eligible applicants include artists, nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions, art production platforms, and biennials or festivals working in contemporary art in the United States and internationally. Organizations applying must provide proof of nonprofit status.
Deadline: Monday, November 4, 2024. Learn more here.
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The Women’s Studio Workshop (WSW) is accepting applications for for its Art-in-Education (AIE) Artist’s Book Residency, which operates in conjunction with the Kingston City School District. The eight-to-10-week residency is awarded to two women and trans, intersex, nonbinary, and genderfluid artists, giving them access to the workspace to create a new artist’s book and teach young people in WSW’s studios.
Deadline: Friday, November 15, 2024. Learn more here.
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The New York Foundation for the Arts invites applications for Queens Arts Fund. Queens Arts Fund (QAF) offers project-based grants to Queens-based artists, artist collectives, and small nonprofit organizations to boost the local production of artwork and cultural programs that highlight, engage, and bolster the diverse communities of the Queens borough. The fund has two opportunities: the Arts Access Grant and the New Work Grant.
Deadline: Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Learn more here.
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Image: Iber Exchange Grantee The Park Theater Foundation Presents their 4th Annual Summer Series Concerts Featuring Pascuala Ilabaca & Fauna at The Crandall Park Performance Shell in Glens Falls, NY. Credit: Jarron Childs. | | | | |
