Traditional Arts Apprenticeships Grant

Traditional Arts Apprenticeships Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Idaho Commission on the Arts
Amount: Up to US $3,000
Last Updated: December 06, 2025

Summary

The Traditional Arts Apprenticeships grant, provided by the Idaho Commission on the Arts, fosters mentorship by pairing experienced artists with apprentices to preserve cultural art forms. Eligible applicants must be practicing artists, at least 18 years old, and U.S. citizens or legal residents. The apprenticeships, lasting up to ten months, must culminate in a public demonstration. This initiative not only supports the continuation of artistic traditions but also strengthens community engagement through the arts.

Overview

The Idaho Commission on the Arts is a state agency dedicated to bringing the arts to all Idahoans. Arts Idaho strengthens our communities through the arts. We create a diverse network of arts champions throughout Idaho by bringing stakeholders together for conversation, collaboration, and creative visioning. We convene local and regional gatherings for artists and arts administrators, provide grants and technical assistance to arts and cultural organizations, and facilitate capacity building in communities to support arts jobs and businesses. Traditional Arts Apprenticeships This annual grant opportunity supports a learning partnership between a recognized mentor artist and one or more qualified apprentices to continue artistic traditions of a shared cultural heritage. An apprentice should have some background in the art form and indicate a commitment to practice the art form after the apprenticeship has been completed.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicant (mentor artist) must be a practicing artist.Applicant must be at least 18 years old. Apprentices may be under 18.Applicant must be a United States citizen, legal resident, or refugee.Apprentices must live in Idaho.Final reports for past Commission grants must be submitted and approved.The length of the apprenticeship must not exceed ten months.Apprenticeships must include a public presentation or demonstration.

Ineligibility

What We Cannot Fund: Establishment of or contributions to an endowment; Fundraising projects that do not raise funds for the arts; Prizes, scholarships, or free tickets; Projects or programs to generate or attract audiences; Offsetting of debt, payment of fines, penalties, or legal fees; Activities that are primarily promotional or created for mass distribution, such as duplication of CDs, creation of portfolios, private gallery announcements, brochures, or websites; Self-published books Student exhibitions, anthologies, publications, or performances, unless those activities document an arts education grant; Costs associated with any degree or professional certification, such as tuition, fees, and teaching materials; Projects or activities already completed or beginning before the eligible start date or documentation of previously completed projects; Documentation of projects except for arts education activities; Projects primarily recreational, vocational, or religious; Activities restricted to an organization’s membership; Costs for consecutive attendance at annual activities that are routinely within an arts organization’s budget including, but not limited to, conferences of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Americans for the Arts, American Folklore Society, or the Western Arts Alliance; Pageants, festivals, or celebrations unrelated to arts, ethnic, or cultural activities; Journalism; Historical or academic documentary film and electronic media arts that do NOT demonstrate significant artistic emphasis, consideration, and distinction; Scholarly or academic works in history, languages, archeology, and political science; Lobbying expenses or political activities; Hospitality expenses such as food and drink, alcohol, flowers, etc. Any such expenses included in a project approved for funding must be paid with applicant funds; Capital expenses for an individual; or Writing intended for youth.