About the Folk and Traditional Artists Roster

This resource features Iowa folk and traditional artists and performing groups. The IAC has reviewed these artists based on their excellence and how their ethnic, occupational, regional, or religious traditional skills and knowledge reflect their community's aesthetics and heritage. Most traditional arts have endured through several generations. Skills and traditions are typically learned informally and passed from one generation to the next by observation and imitation rather than through academic or formal means.

To learn more about Folk & Traditional Arts in Iowa, please visit these resources as well:

Iowa Folklife Volume II - http://www.uni.edu/iowaonline/folklife_v2/

Folklife Education Curriculum - http://www.uni.edu/iowaonline/folklife/intro/index.htm

Iowa Roots - http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/programs/folk-and-traditional-arts/iowa-roots/index.shtml

Cultural Express - http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/funding/cultural-express/index.shtml


Application Form and Guidelines (Word Doc)