For More Information, Contact:
Jennifer L. Swain, 570-265-7455

For Immediate Release
June 17, 2008

Fellowship & Apprenticeship Opportunities Available for Traditional Artists

Are you an artist practicing a living, traditional art in your community? Are you seeking funding opportunities to support your work? Do you want to expand your repertoire and skills? Would you like to pass your mastery on to others? Never applied for a grant before?

The Northern Tier Cultural Alliance will host a workshop on fellowship and apprenticeship grant opportunities available to individual artists on:

Tuesday, July 1, 10:30am
Washington Street Station
One Washington Street, Towanda
(4th Annual Ag Heritage Day begins at the Station at 1pm)

Led by Lisa Rathje, Arts and Heritage Specialist with the Institute for Cultural Partnerships, the workshop will describe the various PCA-funded grant programs, review the application process, provide information regarding the new eGRANT system, discuss successful applications, and provide an opportunity for questions. (You can obtain more information about these programs and application forms by visiting the ICP website at www.culturalpartnerships.org.)

For more information or to register, please contact the Northern Tier Cultural Alliance (NTCA) at (570) 265-7455 or info@ntculturalalliance.org.

NTCA serves as one of five Regional Folk Arts Support Centers in the Commonwealth. The Institute for Cultural Partnerships and PA Council on the Arts partnered to "develop a statewide Folk Arts Infrastructure Initiative that seeks to strengthen awareness and understanding, as well as participation in, traditional arts across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

In this role, NTCA engages in field work, provides technical assistance, and develops programming and grant opportunities for traditional artists and organizations. NTCA now offers support to artists and organizations from 10 northern counties: Bradford, Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming.

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