2023.11.17 IACA Reminder - FY24 Master Apprentice Deadline is Friday, December 1, 2023

The deadline for the Illinois Arts Council’s (IAC) Fiscal Year 2024 Master/Apprentice Program is Friday, December 1, 2023, at 11:59pm.  Only individuals may apply for this grant.

Applications are submitted via the IACA’s online Salesforce system and no late applications will be accepted.

Master/Apprentice Program
The Ethnic and Folk Arts Master/Apprentice Program (MAP) 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.

Master artists are recognized within their community as an exemplary practitioner of their traditional folk or ethnic art form as well as being an important repository for the wisdom and knowledge of their ancestors.

The MAP award is a fixed amount of $3,000 and is awarded in its entirety to the master artist. The bulk of the $3,000 award should be set aside for the master artist’s teaching fee.

A recorded webinar reviews the FY24 Master/Apprentice Program and the Salesforce grants management/application system.

For questions regarding MAP please contact Susan Dickson, IACA Program Director at susan.dickson@illinois.gov or John Gardner, consultant for the Ethnic & Folk Arts and Master/Apprentice Programs at john@companyoffolk.org.

The IAC staff continues to work remotely, it is best to contact any IAC member via their email address, which can be found here.

The IAC acknowledges ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Arts.