CALT Experiences Grants

The CALT Experiences Grants, provided by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, support public projects in Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia that celebrate traditional arts and cultural knowledge. Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations and individual artists from Appalachian Regional Commission-designated areas. Funded activities may encompass workshops, public art, performances, and exhibitions. This initiative fosters community engagement and enhances appreciation of living traditions while promoting artistic skills and cultural heritage.

Central Appalachia Living Traditions (CALT) Experiences grants fund public-facing projects and events in Appalachian counties of Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia that bring community members together around traditional arts and cultural knowledge.
Funded projects will encourage broad public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of living traditions and/or grow and disseminate artistic skill and cultural knowledge within the community.
Non-profit organizations and individual folk and traditional artists/practitioners may apply. To be eligible, you must reside/be based in an Appalachian Regional Commission-designated county in Ohio, Virginia, or West Virginia.
The majority of project activities must take place within ARC-designated counties. Eligible project activities may include:
hands-on learning experiences/workshops public art projects exhibitions performances or performance series film/video radio broadcasts or podcasts archival collections or fieldwork with a significant public-facing component

Eligibility

To receive a CALT Experiences grant, you must be: An individual traditional artist/practitioner OR A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, unit of state or local government, or federally recognized Tribal government Located in a county designated by the Appalachian Regional Commission in Ohio, Virginia, or West Virginia.  In good standing with Mid Atlantic Arts, with no overdue or outstanding required reports and/or grant documents.You must use awarded funding for specific, direct project expenses.

Ineligibility

Fiscal sponsorship is not allowed for this program. You may not use grant funding for indirect expenses. Fundraisers or benefits are not eligible projects for this program. Your organization may not receive a Central Appalachia Living Traditions: Experiences grant and a Folk & Traditional Arts Community Projects grant in the same year.