Registration deadline: March 3
Application deadlines: May 1, July 1, September 5

The Presentation category supports activities that present folk arts and artists to the public including concerts, festivals, lecture/demonstrations, residencies, and programs presenting oral narratives. Applicants may apply for only one type of activity or a series of thematically related activities that may involve different modes of presentation .

The Program supports folk arts events and series. If a project is a component of a larger festival or series, it must be distinguished from non-folk arts elements.

Requests in this category may include preparatory expenses to identify and professionally document the traditions of folk artists as a basis for the selection of artists to be included in a presentation.

Applicants are encouraged to disseminate information about activities within the communities practicing the traditions through ethnic and local media, ethnic organizations, restaurants, houses of worship, and other community sites.

Multi-year support is available for ongoing presentation activities, and for two-year projects that consist of a planning and documentation phase.

Application Instructions

The on-line application form includes the following questions, and a project budget. Please complete the Events Schedule form as part of this application. Required support materials are listed below.

Application Narrative Questions

1. Program Overview
Describe the theme of the event(s) and the kinds of traditions to be presented, with examples of artists. Does this program build on previous activity, or does it represent a new programming direction? If this is a multi-year project involving planning and field research in the first year, describe the pan of work and the planning document that will result.

2. Format
Indicate the format(s) (such as a concert lecture/demonstration or festival) for the types of presentations to occur, describing how artists will be presented and the structure of each type of activity.

3. Project Personnel
Describe how your organization arrives at programming decisions for its folk arts presentations. List the project personnel responsible for selecting and interpreting the artists to be presented, along with the personnel administering this project, summarizing their backgrounds and credentials.

4. Interpretation
Describe the interpretive components of this project, including printed materials, signage, verbal introductions to presentations, lecture/demonstrations, and pre-concert events.

5. Participation
Describe any participatory dimensions of the program (hands-on workshops, dance involving audience members, etc.).

6. Facilities
Provide a description of the facility or facilities for this project.

7. Context, Collaboration, and Community Involvement
Describe how communities represented through this project will participate in its planning and implementation. What other organizations in the community present programs similar or different to those proposed in this project? Describe any plans to collaborate with those or other organizations in the implementation of this project.

8. Finances
Describe plans, projects, and activities for meeting expenses for this project.

9. Marketing
How will this activity be promoted and marketed, both within the community whose traditions will be represented and to general audiences?

10. Field Research
If this project involves field research, describe the traditions and artists to be documented and the credentials of the consultant carrying out this field research. Indicate the archive receiving the documentation produced through this project.

Support Materials

Support material must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the program by the application deadline. If you want support materials returned, provide a self-addressed stamped envelope.

1. Brief biographical information of representative artists to be included in the project.

2. Up to 10 slides, CD-ROM or up to 5 minutes of audio or video tape of representative artists to be included in the presentation(s). Complete a slide script to accompany your images.

3. If your organization has been supported in this category in the past, provide printed materials produced for the most recent project.

4. Resumés of consultants involved in artist selection, documentation and/or interpretation.

5. If this project involves field research, provide samples of documentation previously undertaken by relevant project personnel through slides, audio or video tapes, or disks, and sample release forms.