Vermont Folklife Center Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
The Vermont Folklife Center Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program was initiated fifteen years ago to support Vermont's living cultural legacy. The traditional or folk arts historically have been passed from generation to generation without the support of classes or public institutions. They were carried on because they had meaning in people's lives. But in a changing world the link between generations can be broken and time-honored knowledge can be lost.
A traditional arts apprenticeship offers support to bring together teachers and learners who share a common commitment to keeping these art forms alive. It pairs a master artist who is recognized as having achieved a high level of expertise in his or her art form with a less-experienced apprentice. The master and apprentice jointly plan when, where, and what they expect to accomplish during the course of the apprenticeship.
Across the fifteen years of the program we have supported 150 apprenticeships representing a broad spectrum expressive culture--from the arts of native Abenaki and of English, French, and Irish immigrants, to the arts of Lao, Somali Bantu, Congolese, Bosnian, Tibetan and Meshketian refugees. These art forms reflect the cultural history, values, and aesthetics of the group that practices them. They often play an important role in the lives of both the artist and the artist's cultural community.
- For examples of some of our past Traditional Art Apprenticeships, please see here :: link
Applications for 2008-2009 Traditional Arts Apprenticeships must be POSTMARKED BY JULY 1, 2008.
For Program application guidelines and application forms please contact the Vermont Folklife Center at 88 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753; (802) 388-4964 or download the forms here:
Apprenticeship Application Guidelines
Apprenticeship Application Forms
Note: rtf (Rich Text Format) should open in any word processing program. The virtue of using rtf for you application is that you will be able to type directly into the electronic version of the document on your computer.
The Vermont Folklife Center's Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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