Applications Now Open for 2021-2022 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
The Vermont Folklife Center is pleased to announce the 29th year of the Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (VTAAP). In partnership with the Vermont Arts Council, VTAAP provides stipends of up to $2,000 to master artist and apprentice pairs to cover time, materials, and travel expenses. Under the auspices of the program, traditional arts such as Burundian women’s dancing, American hand-weaving, and Nepali sarangi playing, have received support. 2021 applications from master artist and apprentice pairs will be accepted through September 3rd.
Threading the loom at the Marshfield School of Weaving with master artist Kate Smith
A traditional arts apprenticeship brings teachers and learners together who share a commitment to sustaining these art forms. It pairs a community-recognized master artist who has achieved a high level of expertise in their art form with a less-experienced apprentice. The master artist and apprentice jointly plan when, where and what they expect to accomplish during the apprenticeship. Apprenticeship schedules reflect the time constraints of both master and apprenticeship, and range from short-term, intensive sessions to meetings spread over a year.
More than 375 apprenticeships supported during the first 28 years of the program represent a broad spectrum, from the arts and cultural practices of Abenaki, Yankee, and Franco-American regional cultures, to the arts of Somali Bantu, Tibetan, Bosnian, Bhutanese Nepali and other communities from immigrant and refugee backgrounds.
Click below for information and application forms. Please contact Kate Haughey at (802) 388-4964 or online at khaughey@vermontfolklifecenter.org with any questions.
