Traditional Oregon artists can self-nominate for $5,000 stipends

Published 9:00 am Wednesday, August 18, 2021

SALEM — The Oregon Folklife Network and Oregon Arts Commission have opened the call for self-nominations for the Traditional Arts Recovery Program.

Oregon traditional artists who would like to be considered for the Traditional Arts Recovery Program may self-nominate between now and Aug. 31.

The program will provide stipends of $5,000 to 15 Oregon traditional artists for the creation of new work. Eligible artists will use a range of art forms to represent and express Oregon’s diverse ethnic, sacred, occupational and regional cultural arts.

Traditional artists who would like to be considered should email Emily Hartlerode, associate director of the Folklife Network, at eafanado@uoregon.edu by 5 p.m. on Aug. 31. The Traditional Arts Recovery Program is supported by National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Plan Act funds allocated to the Arts Commission.