Ethnic and Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program

The Ethnic and Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program recognizes the vital role of the master artist/apprentice relationship in the preservation of the state’s cultural heritage. The program helps communities preserve their own culture by providing an opportunity for master traditional artists to pass on their skills to a qualified apprentice in a time-honored method. Suspended since 2009 as the result of state budget cuts, the IAC was pleased to be able to reinstate the Master Apprentice Program in FY2012 with the aid of funding received from the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Infrastructure grant program.

To access the FY13 guidelines and application materials follow this link: http://www.arts.illinois.gov/files/content/MAP13.pdf