Oregon artists sought for Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program grants
Application deadline is
Feb. 29
The Oregon Folklife Network seeks
traditional artists to apply for grants
available through our Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program (TAAP).
TA AP facilitates the passing down of
traditional arts from generation to gen
eration within the culture groups where
they originated. These traditional arts
are defined as artistic practices that have
a community base (for example, Tribal,
ethnic, occupational or religious) and
express that community’s heritage.
Among the many traditional folk arts
of Oregon are Native American basket
weaving, Southeast Asian dance, Northwest
logger poetry, Middle Eastern embroidery,
Americana fiddling, African-American
gospel singing, and saddle making and
rawhide braiding for working cowboys.
Oregonians who engage in cultural
art forms that have been handed down
within their heritage communities are
encouraged to apply.
Mentors and apprentices apply
together - as a team - and the applications
are scored based on criteria concerned
with both parties’ artistic excellence (or
potential), their relationships to the com
munity from which the art originates, as
well as any threat of perpetuity that may
exist to the culture or the art.
The National Endowment for the Arts
provides funding for TAAP, recognizing
traditional artists and raising awareness
of the diverse heritage treasures present
in the United States. Oregon Folklife
Network serves as a pass-through for this
funding, increasing public investment in
the preservation of these traditional ways
and the cultures that practice them.
Applications can be found on the
Oregon Folklife Network website at ofn.
uoregon.edu or by contacting OFN at
541-346-3820 or ofn@uoregon.edu .
Scholarships available through Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation
The Oregon Agricultural Educa
tion Foundation (OAEF) is pleased to
announce that applications are available
for two scholarship programs for the
2012-2013 academic year.
Oregon Farm Bureau Memorial
Scholarships (OFBMS) with 10-12
awards annually are open to any Oregon
high school graduate preparing for an
agriculture or forestry-related career.
Students attending institutions outside of
Oregon also are eligible.
The goal of the OFBMS program is
to support students who will have a posi
tive impact on production agriculture and
other agriculture-related fields.
The deadline for applications is
March 15.
The Oregon Farm Bureau Associate
Member Scholarship, funded by COUN
TRY Financial, provides one award of
$1,000 that is open to any Oregon high
school graduate/resident with an associate
membership (non-farming/non-voting) or
a dependent child of an associate member
in Oregon Farm Bureau preparing to con
tinue his or her education through a junior
college or a four-year college or university
with intent to seek a bachelor’s degree.
Students attending institutions outside of
Oregon also are eligible.
Employees of Oregon Farm Bureau
and COUNTRY Financial and their
immediate families are not eligible for
this scholarship.
The goal of this scholarship is to help
future community and business leaders
obtain a baccalaureate education with
the aim of strengthening understanding,
cooperation and mutual respect among
rural, urban and suburban Oregonians.
The deadline for applications is
March 15.
Scholarship procedures, applications
and additional information are available
on the Oregon Farm Bureau website at
oregonfb.org/programs/ofb-scholarships/.
Contact Andréa Kuenzi, OAEF
scholarship coordinator, at andrea@
oregonfb.org.
About OAEF
The Oregon Agricultural Education
Foundation (OAEF) is a 501(c)(3) non
profit organization formed to support,
provide and encourage education, training
and study in the field of agriculture. This
foundation offers educational opportuni
ties and research in subjects that relate to
or benefit Oregon agriculture and farmers,
such as the Oregon Century Farm and
Ranch Program, the Oregon Farm Bureau
Memorial Scholarship Program and the
Summer Ag Institute.
About Oregon Farm Bureau
Oregon Farm Bureau is Oregon’s
largest agricultural advocacy organiza
tion. Founded as a statewide, voluntary
membership organization in 1932 and
with county roots dating to 1919, Oregon
Farm Bureau today represents nearly
9,000 Oregon farm and ranch families.
NAPT announces open call for Native media makers and video projects
LINCOLN, Neb. - Native American
Public Telecommunications, Inc. (NAPT)
has announced a March 16 deadline for
proposals from media makers.
With funding from the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the NAPT
Public Media Content Fund will award
support to video projects with significant
Native involvement - particularly projects
that profile American Indian leaders,
activists and artists - and help bring the
projects to national broadcast on public
television. Submitted proposals must be
postmarked by March 16, 2012.
“The purpose of the Content Fund is
to increase the diversity of voices in public
media,’’ said Shirley K. Sneve (Rosebud
Sioux), NAPT executive director. “There
are very few avenues open to documentary
filmmakers and NAPT believes that our
organization has a great responsibility
to support the creation, promotion and
distribution of Native media. NAPT also
believes that support from NAPT can
help open other doors for various forms
of other funding.”
Projects in any phase of production
are eligible to apply for funding with
NAPT. Awards for research and devel
opment range from $5,000 to $20,000,
awards for production or completion can
be up to $100,000 and new media awards
range from $5,000 to $20,000.
NAPT does not fully fund programs
and awardees are required to seek addi
tional funding from other sources. Projects
funded through NAPT will be considered
for additional distribution opportunities,
such as educational and home DVD dis
tribution through VisionMaker, theatrical,
non-theatrical, television (free, pay syndi
cated and video-on-demand), multimedia
and Internet broadcasting (including
podcasting and streaming).
“First and foremost, NAPT is looking
for compelling Native stories. Priority
will be given to projects intended for
the series Native Word: Stories Past &
Present," said Georgiana Lee (Navajo),
NAPT assistant director. “Second, NAPT
would like to see programs that accurately
illuminate aspects of contemporary Tribal
cultures or peoples. The primary audience
is PBS viewers, so NAPT wants stories
that transcend Native culture.”
New this year, NAPT also is request
ing stories for the upcoming public
television series Growing Native. This
seven-part series will focus on reclaiming
traditional knowledge and food ways to
address critical issues of health and well
ness, the environment and human rights.
Episodes will focus on seven geo
graphic regions, including the Northwest,
Southwest, Southern Plains/Oklahoma,
Northeast, Southeast, Northern Plains/
Canada and Alaska. Segments intended
for Growing Native will be five to 15
minutes in length and also will be part of
rich, web-based interactive media.
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and Native history and resource experts
will review submissions and recommend
proposals for funding. Additionally, NAPT
assists producers with fundraising and
navigating the public television system for
national broadcast and marketing efforts.
For NAPT Public Media Con
tent Fund guidelines and application
materials, please visit nativetelecom.
org/2012_public_media_content_fund
or nativetelecom.org/growingnative for
more information on Growing Native.
About NAPT
Native American Public Telecom
munications, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3)
that receives major funding from the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
shares Native stories with the world by
supporting the creation, promotion and
distribution of Native media.
Founded in 1977, through various
media - public television, public radio and
the Internet - NAPT brings awareness of
Indian and Alaska Native issues. NAPT
operates VisionMaker - your premier
source for quality American Indian educa
tional and home videos. All aspects of our
programs encourage the involvement of
young people to learn more about careers
in the media - to be the next generation
of storytellers.
NAPT is located at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln. It offers student
employment, internships and fellowships.
Reaching the general public and the
global market is the ultimate goal for the
dissemination of Native-produced media.