We are delighted to announce the next round of Traditional Arts Apprenticeships funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Master artists will work one-on-one with apprentices in the following traditional art forms: wooden boatbuilding and restoration, the design and making of wooden steering wheels, Cambodian traditional ornamentation, West African dance and drumming, Cape Breton and Scottish fiddle, Cape Breton step dance, and North Indian Mithila art. Apprenticeships last for ten month and culminate in some sort of a public event.
Wooden boatbuilding and restoration: Harold A. Burnham, master artist and Alden Burnham, apprentice.
Wooden ship steering wheels: Bob Fuller, master artist and John O’Rourke, apprentice
Cambodian traditional ornamentation: Yary Livan, master artist and Panit Mai, apprentice
West African dance and drumming: Sidi “Joh” Camara, master artist and Tiemoko Camara, apprentice
North Indian Mithila art: Sunanda Sahay, master artist and Anindita Lal, apprentice
Cape Breton and Scottish fiddle: Emerald Rae Forman, master artist and Elizabeth Kozachek, apprentice
Cape Breton step dance: Mary C. MacGillivray, master artist and Jennifer Schoonover, apprentice
dTraditional Arts Apprenticeships are awarded every other year. If you are interested in applying, the next deadline won’t be until April of 2018.
