THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS THE ARTS IN RURAL AMERICA Photos appearing throughout this publication illustrate projects which are supported with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. The cover photo: Herman Johnson of Oklahoma instructs Illinois apprentice Amy Quackenbush, one of many young fiddlers who attend the Bethel Youth Fiddle Camp. Held each year in Bethel, Missouri the camp allows young fiddlers from across the country to receive instruction from master fiddlers. The National Endowment for the Arts is a Federal agency advised by the National Council on the Arts Chairman, John E. Frohnmayer August 1991 Letter from the Chairman Rural America is home to art in many forms. Americans in rural communities have been produc- ing, presenting, enjoying, sharing and preserving art for as long as anyone remembers. Dance, drama, poetry, storytelling, painting, photog- raphy, quilting, lacemaking, crafts, music- making (in too many forms to recount) — these homegrown arts activities enrich the communities that nourish them. In a time of rapid change, many rural communities are struggling to preserve the traditions that form part of their heri- tage. Many also want to know more about art from other places — whether it be art from other parts of America or from other countries. But, because of geographic or eco- nomic factors, many rural communities find it difficult to realize their aspirations in the arts. I have made support for arts activities in rural communities one of the priorities of the National Endowment for the Arts. The Endowment seeks to promote and support the arts that exist in rural areas, to share them with other Americans, and to give rural communities more opportunities to learn about or experience art from other areas of the country and the world. It does so through direct support and through support to its public partners, the local, state and regional arts agencies. The Con- gress also recognized the importance of the arts in rural America when, in the Endowment’s 1990 reauthorization, it set aside funds “to stimulate artistic activity and awareness and broaden public access to the arts and arts resources in rural. . . communities. . 2 The agency’s rural initiatives will focus on com- munities that typically: • Have a population of less than 20,000. • Are more than an hour’s drive from a community of more than 50,000. • Do not have a college or university with a stu- dent population over 5,000. • Are limited in material resources and/or have generally low incomes. • Have an economy based primarily on agriculture, extraction industries, or tourism. • Have no more than one major manufacturing plant in the community. • Have limited access to the work of professional artists or arts organizations. • Rely primarily on volunteers to provide oppor- tunities to experience the arts. Because definitions of “rural” differ from state to state and because each community’s circumstances are likely to be unique, the above list serves only as a guide. This brochure serves to introduce the work of the National Endowment for the Arts and to highlight those programs likely to be of special interest to rural communities. Chairman The National Endowment for the Arts is a small Federal agency in the Executive branch of our government. Its mission is to foster the excellence, diversity, and vitality of the arts in the United States and to help broaden the availability and appreciation of the arts. To carry out its mission, the Endowment offers grants in national competi- tion to support arts activities in all art forms and fields: matching grants to nonprofit organizations, nonmatching fellowships and project grants to indi- viduals. Each year the Endowment receives about 18,000 applications and awards about 4,500 grants. The Arts Endowment s programs (listed on page 14) have grant categories that provide funding directly to artists and arts organizations in communities large and small, urban and rural, throughout the United States. The Endowment also supports many other projects that bring performances, exhibitions or services to rural communities (see page 12). Of particular interest to rural communities are those categories listed below, which are designed spe- cifically to support arts activities in rural areas. 4 The Arts Endowment has several programs targeted to reach artists and arts organizations in rural areas. The supports the folk and traditional arts that have grown through time within the many groups that make up our nation — groups that share the same ethnic heritage, language, occupation, religion, or geographic area. These folk arts include music, dance, poetry, stories, oratory, crafts, and various types of visual arts forms. The Program provides grants to organ- izations for the presentation of traditional arts and artists of the highest artistic quality and for media preservation and presenta- tion of traditional arts. For further information, call 202 / 682 - 5449 . The Folk Arts Program also pro- vides national recognition annu- ally to a small number of exem- plary master folk artists and artisans through its National Heritage Fellowships, the major- ity of which go to artists from rural areas. The supports professionally directed arts organizations that are deeply rooted in and reflective of cultur- ally diverse, inner city, rural, or tribal communities. Funds are available to help create, exhibit or present artistic work reflective of a community, to provide a Chester “Chet” Olsen of Wakonda, South Dakota explains the process of fiddle making at the 1989 South Dakota Centennial Folk Festival. community with access to all types of quality art, and to help train talented persons aspiring to be professional artists. The Pro- gram is especially interested in encouraging applications from rural arts organizations that offer the arts to low income, isolated populations; projects should involve the indigenous artists of the applicant organization’s com- munity. For further information, call 202 / 682 - 5443 . The promotes excellence in the fields of architecture, landscape archi- tecture, urban design and plan- ning, historic preservation, interi- or design, industrial and product design, and graphic design. Pro- ject Grants for Rural and Small Communities are available to assist rural and small towns in their efforts to solve complex design problems through design assis- tance and demonstration projects. 5 In addition, the Design Arts Pro- gram conducts special education and demonstration projects through cooperative and interagency agree- ments. In conjunction with the National Trust for Historic Preser- vation, the Program is sponsoring “Your Town,” a series of training programs for individuals who provide technical assistance to rural communities on design and devel- opment issues. With the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Program has placed landscape architects in Resource Conserva- tion and Development Areas in Georgia, Iowa and Utah to show how scenic assessment techniques, visual simulation and other design skills can benefit resource conser- vation, management and enhance- ment. The Program also supports Project Grants for Heritage Con- servation and for Design Educa- tion. For further information about the Design Arts Program, call 202/682-5437. The Literature Program supports Residencies for Writers and Reading Series for published writers of poetry, fiction, and crea- tive nonfiction; performance poets; and translators. Preference is given to projects that develop new audi- ences for creative writers of the highest quality, particularly those just achieving recognition, and that support literary programs in communities and populations tra- ditionally underserved. For further information, call 202/682-5451. The Museum Program offers support for small regional and rural institutions to organize and/or borrow exhibitions that will present arts not generally seen in their communities. In addition, the Program’s Touring Initiative offers support for museums and regional and ser- vice organizations to organize and tour exhibitions at low rental fees to small regional and rural institutions and audiences that have limited access to diverse exhibition programs. For further information, call 202/682-5442. Grants to Individual Artists Several Endowment programs offer grants to individual artists, wherever they may live. The Dance Program awards Choreographers’ Fellowships and Dance/Film/Video grants; the Design Arts Program offers USA Fellowships for designers and those in design related pro- fessions as well as Project Grants for Individuals that advance design practice, research, theory, and communication. The Literature Program offers Fellowships for Creative Writers and Translators of creative literature, the Media Arts Program offers Film/Video Production grants for individuals, and the Museum Program funds Fellowships for Museum Profes- sionals. The Music Program offers Composers and Collaborative Fellowships, Jazz Fellowships, and Solo Recitalists Fellowships. 6 The Theater Program provides fellowships for solo performanee theater artists, distinguished theater artists, playwrights, and stage designers. The Visual Arts Program provides fellowships for practicing professional artists working in a wide variety of visual media: painting, sculpture, photography, crafts, printmaking, drawing, artists books, video, performance art, conceptual art, and new genres. In addition, the Inter-Arts, Media Arts and Visual Arts Programs offer fellowships through regional organizations. The Endowment also offers Arts Administration Fellowships that provide arts administrators with a work-study opportunity at the Endowment. Janine Pease Windy Boy (Crow) (left) and Austin Two Moons (Northern Cheyenne) address the 1990 Big Sky Market in Billings, Montana. Indians from the Northern Plains gather for three days to demonstrate their traditional and contemporary arts and crafts, to participate in cultural activities and to sell their artifacts. The general population is invited. 7 The Vigilante Theatre Company, a national repertory traveling theatre, tours seven states in the northwest region. The company is in its 11th season. Shown (left to right) “Skip” Haroldsen, Gwyn Ganjeau, John Hosking and Rhonda Smith. Murals of life size kachinas, by artists Alex and Kenneth Seowtewa adorn the interior of a 17th century mission church — part of a major tourist area. The Missouri Arts Council’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) continues the tradition of musical arts of Missouri through the teachings of master artists. 8 The Old Creamery Theatre Company, Inc. children’s touring production Warriors of the Mystic Word. During the Skaneateles Festival, musicians perform chamber music at a local daycare center, one of six local outreach performances. Two young musicians “jam” at the Vandalia gathering, the annual folk life event coordinated Jazz concerts presenting the music of Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge—free to the public. by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. 9 Through Our Public Partners The Arts Endowment also sup- ports arts activities in rural areas through grants awarded to its public partners: local, state and regional arts agencies. The State and Regional provides Basic State Grants to the arts agencies in the 50 states and six special jurisdic- tions and Regional Arts Program- ming Grants to the seven regional arts organizations. The state arts agencies play a major role in pro- moting access to the arts, expan- ding audiences, assisting artists, supporting cultural institutions, and promoting the arts in educa- tion. They support, among other arts activities, touring and pre- senting of performances and exhibitions, arts education, and local arts agency development, all of which reach into many rural areas. Among their other activities, the regional arts orga- nizations provide cost-effective regional performing arts touring and regional fellowships for visual artists. The State and Regional Program also offers grants to state arts agencies for Arts Projects in Underserved Communities that promote the arts by raising the artistic and managerial capabili- ties of developing arts organiza- tions and/or stimulating artistic activity and awareness and broadening public access to the arts. The State and Regional Program has assisted state arts agencies in supporting a variety of projects in rural areas, includ- ing, for example, an arts festival network, a program to expand the capabilities of rural visual arts presenters, the creation of interdisciplinary work to tour in rural areas, community cultural planning, artists’ residencies, and a program to provide technical assistance and professional devel- opment for Native American museums and cultural centers. i lien Green (left) and Bernice Banks at the summer 1990 Sapelo Island Basket Making Workshop in the state of Georgia. 10 For further information, call the State and Regional Program at 202/682-5429 or contact your state arts agency (see listing on page 15). The. Locals Program seeks to enhance the quality and availability of the arts by foster- ing expansion of public support for the arts at the local level and by improving local arts agency planning and program processes. Many of the nation’s more than 2,000 local arts agencies are in rural areas. The Program offers Local Government Incentive Grants both directly to local arts agencies and indirectly through state arts agencies and Local Arts Agency Development Grants for Leadership Training and Services Grants and Planning and Profes- sional Staff Grants. Through its Assistance to Developing Local Arts Agencies in Rural, Inner City and Underserved Areas category, the Program offers support for state arts agencies to provide technical assistance and basic salary assis- tance to local arts agencies in rural areas and other areas that are underserved artistically. For further information, call 202/682-5431. The Arts awards Arts Education Partnership Grants to state arts agencies for programs that pro- vide substantial arts education experiences for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students and that seek to make the arts a basic part of their education. Through artist residencies arranged by the state arts agencies, students are introduced to practicing profes- sional artists; participating schools are often in rural communities. For further information, call 202/682-5426 or contact your state arts agency. The xpat through its Rural Arts Initiative, awards grants of up to $40,000 per year for no more than three years to state arts agencies. These funds, along with a state arts agency match, are then regranted by state arts agencies to rural arts organizations to support organiza- 11 tional stability and development. Funds may be used for the hiring of administrative staff, develop- ment, marketing, or enhancement of the artistic capacity of the organization. For further infor- mation, call 202/682-5443 or contact your state arts agency. In addition, the through its State Apprenticeship Programs, assists state arts agencies and other appropriate organizations to set up and manage apprenticeships between senior traditional artists/ artisans and talented mid-level learners, bringing the contribu- tions of these artists to local and statewide attention and helping to assure the survival of tradi- tional arts. Through its Services to the Field category, the Folk Arts Program also offers grants for full-time, highly qualified local or statewide folk arts coor- dinators. Fifty of the 56 states and special jurisdictions have folk arts coordinators who repre- sent a valuable resource in identi- fying and encouraging local arts activities. For further information, contact your state arts agency. The Endowment is also partici- pating in the by providing the President’s Coun- cil on Rural America with infor- mation about rural arts activities, supporting the work of the pilot State Rural Development Councils, and participating in the Initiative’s Rural Demonstration Program. The Arts Endowment supports touring and presenting programs that bring arts activities to many rural areas. The Dance, Inter-Arts, Music and Theater Programs all support presenters and festivals throughout the country. Many Expansion Arts grants support touring to rural as well as inner city communities. The Opera- Musical Theater Program supports regional touring to bring opera and musical theater performances of high quality to locales where they are generally not otherwise available. Dance on Tour, funded jointly by the Endowment’s Dance, Inter- Arts, and States and Regionals Programs, seeks to strengthen dance and dance audiences in America by assisting state and regional arts agencies to circulate exemplary dance performances around the country in ways that are responsive to dance com- panies and their artists, pre- senters, and audiences. The Museum Program encourages museums to share their resources with community centers, librar- ies, and other alternative exhibi- tion spaces as a means of making art more readily available to com- munities lacking collections, either through collection exchanges or long-term loans. The Program also supports educational outreach 12 programs in these communities for both students and adults intended to broaden the under- standing and appreciation of the visual arts. The Literature Program supports the publication of contemporary creative writing by small presses and literary magazines through- out the nation and works to assure distribution to as wide an audience as possible. The Media Arts Program supports the devel- opment of national arts program- ming for radio and TV broad- casts, reaching wide audiences throughout the nation. “Live from Lincoln Center,” “Great Per- formances,” “American Play- house,” “Mountain Stage,” and “Fresh Air” are examples of Endowment funded programs. The Endowment also has who conduct workshops about the Endowment, provide technical assistance to applicants, keep the agency informed about developments in their region, and assist the agency in pursuing its priorities, including rural arts activities. For the name of the Regional Representative for your state, call 202/682-5523. Quentin Rhody of Cedar Lake, South Dakota demonstrates his wood carving technique at the 1989 South Dakota Centennial Folk Festival. 13 Arts Endowment Program Offices Challenge and Advancement 202/682-5436 Dance 202/682-5435 Design Arts 202/682-5437 Expansion Arts 202/682-5443 Folk Arts 202/682-5449 Inter-Arts 202/682-5444 International Activities 202/682-5422 Literature 202/682-5451 Media Arts 202/682-5452 Museum 202/682-5442 Music 202/682-5445 Opera-Musical Theater 202/682-5447 Theater 202/682-5425 Visual Arts 202/682-5448 Public Partnership Arts in Education 202/682-5426 Locals 202/682-5431 State and Regional 202/682-5429 Other Arts Administration Fellowship Program 202/682-5786 Public Information 202/682-5400 Office for Special Constituencies 202/682-5532 Cassette recordings of this pamphlet are available for visually or learning impaired persons, by calling or writing this office. Voice/TDD 202/682-5496 Mailing Address National Endowment for the Arts Nancy Hanks Center 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20506 Composers (left to right) Laurie Anderson, Roger Reynolds and Pauline Oliveros meet at the 1990 Composer-to- Composer festival, at The Telluride Institute in Telluride, Colorado. 14 State Arts Agencies Alabama State Council on the Arts One Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36130 (205) 261-4076 Alaska State Council on the Arts 619 Warehouse Avenue Suite 220 Anchorage, AK 99501-2343 (907) 279-1558 American Samoa Council on Culture, Arts & Humanities Office of the Governor P.O. Box 1540 Pago Pago, AS 96799 (011) 684-633-5613 Arizona Commission on the Arts 417 West Roosevelt Phoenix, AZ 85003 (602) 255-5882 Arkansas Arts Council The Heritage Center 225 East Markham Street Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 324-9337 California Arts Council 1901 Broadway, Suite A Sacramento CA 95818 (916) 739-3186 Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities 750 Pennsylvania Street Denver, CO 80203-3699 (303) 894-2617 Connecticut Commission on the Arts 227 Lawrence Street Hartford, CT 06106 (203) 566-4770 Delaware Division of the Arts State Office Building 820 N. French Street Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 571-3540 District of Columbia Commission on the Arts & Humanities 410 8th Street, N.W., 5th Floor Washington DC 20004 (202) 724-5613 Division of Cultural Affairs Florida Department of State The Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 (904) 487-2980 Georgia Council for the Arts 2082 East Exchange Place Suite 100 Tucker, GA 30084 (404) 493-5780 Guam Council on the Arts & Humanities Office of the Governor P.O. Box 2950 Agana, GU 96910 (Oil) 671-477-1455 (Mainland Office) 1729 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-1188 (Hawaii) State Foundation on Culture & the Arts 335 Merchant Street Room 202 Honolulu, HI 96813 (808) 548-4145 Idaho Commission on the Arts 304 West State Street c/o Statehouse Mail Boise, ID 83720 (208) 334-2119 15 Illinois Arts Council State of Illinois Center 100 West Randolph, Suite 10-500 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 814-6750 Indiana Arts Commission 402 West Washington Street, Room 072 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2741 (317) 232-1268 Iowa Arts Council Capitol Complex 1223 East Court Avenue Des Moines, IA 50319 (515) 281-4451 Kansas Arts Commission Jay hawk Towers Suite 1004 700 Jackson Topeka, KS 66603 (913) 296-3335 Kentucky Arts Council 31 Fountain Place Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 564-3757 Division of the Arts Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism P.O.Box 44247 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 (504) 342-8180 Maine Arts Commission 55 Capitol Street State House Station 25 Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 289-2724 Maryland State Arts Council 15 West Mulberry Street Baltimore MD 21201 (301) 333-8232 Massachusetts Cultural Council 80 Boylston Street The Little Building, 10th Floor Boston MA 02116 (617) 727-3668 Michigan Council for the Arts 1200 Sixth Street Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 256-3735 Minnesota State Arts Board 432 Summit Avenue St. Paul, MN 55102 (612) 297-2603 Mississippi Arts Commission 239 N. Lamar Street, Second Floor Jackson, MS 39201 (601) 359-6030 Missouri State Council on the Arts Wainwright Office Complex 111 N. Seventh Street, Suite 105 St. Louis, MO 63101 (314) 340-6845 Montana Arts Council 48 N. Last Chance Gulch New York Block Helena, MT 59620 (406) 443-4338 Nebraska Arts Council 1313 Farnam on-the-Maii Omaha, NE 68102-1873 * (402) 595-2122 Nevada State Council on the Arts 329 Flint Street Reno, NV 89501 (702) 688-1225 New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Phenix Hall 40 North Main Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-2789 New Jersey State Council on the Arts 4 N. Broad Street Trenton, NJ 08625 (609) 292-6130 New Mexico Arts Division 224 East Palace Avenue Sante Fe, NM 87501 (505) 827-6490 16 Wheelwright Douglas Hansen of Letcher, South Dakota demonstrates the craft of building wheels at South Dakota ’s Centennial Folk Festival. New York State Council on the Arts 915 Broadway New York, NY 10010 (212) 614-2900 North Carolina Arts Council Department of Cultural Resources Raleigh, NC 27601-2807 (919) 733-2821 North Dakota Council on the Arts Black Building, Suite 606 Fargo, ND 58102 (701) 239-7150 (Northern Mariana Islands) Commonwealth Council for Arts & Culture PO. Box 553, CHRB CNMI Convention Center Capitol Hill, Saipan Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 96950 (011) 670-322-9982 (Mainland Office) 2121 R. Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20008 (202) 673-5869 Ohio Arts Council 727 East Main Street Columbus, OH 43205 (614) 466-2613 State Arts Council of Oklahoma Jim Thorpe Building, Room 640 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73105 (405) 521-6418 Oregon Arts Commission 835 Summer Street, N.E. Salem, OR 97301 (503) 378-3625 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Finance Building Room 216 Harrisburg, PA 17120 (717) 787-6883 Institute of Puerto Rican Culture Apartado Postal 4184 San Juan, PR 00905 (809) 723-2115 17 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 95 Cedar St., Suite 103 Providence, RI 02903 (401) 277-3880 South Carolina Arts Commission 1800 Gervais Street Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 734-8696 South Dakota Arts Council 108 West 11th Street Sioux Falls, SD 57102 (605) 339-6646 Tennessee Arts Commission 320 Sixth Avenue, North Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37243-0780 (615) 747-1701 Texas Commission on the Arts P.O.Box 13406 Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711 (512) 463-5535 Utah Arts Council 617 E. South Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84102 (801) 533-5895/5896 Vermont Council on the Arts 136 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 (802) 828-3291 Virginia Commission for the Arts 223 Governor Street Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 225-3132 Virgin Islands Council on the Arts 41-42 Norre Gade, 2nd floor St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands 00802 (809) 774-598 4 Washington State Arts Commission 110 9th & Columbia Street Mail Stop GH-11 Olympia, WA 98504-4111 (206) 753-3860 Arts & Humanities Division West Virginia Department of Culture & History Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 (304) 348-0240 Wisconsin Arts Board 131 W. Wilson St., Suite 301 Madison, WI 53702 ( 608 ) 266-0190 Wyoming Arts Council 2320 Capitol Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7742 From Great Performances Dance In America program on Native American dance, The American Indian Dance Theatre: Finding the Circle, Andy Vasquez (standing) and Marty Pinnecoose. 18 Regional Organizations Arts Midwest Hennepin Center for the Arts 528 Hennepin Avenue Suite 310 Minneapolis, MN 55403 (612) 341-0755 IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, ND, OH, SD, WI Consortium for Pacific Arts & Culture 214 1C Atherton Road Honolulu, HI 96822 (808) 946-7381 AS, GU, CM Mid-America Arts Alliance 912 Baltimore Avenue Suite 700 Kansas City, MO 64105 (816) 421-1388 AR, KS MO, NE, OK, TX Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation 11 East Chase Street Suite 2-A Baltimore, MD 21202 (301) 539-6659 DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, VI, WV New England Foundation for the Arts, Inc. 678 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 492-2914 CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT Southern Arts Federation 1401 Peachtree Street, N.E. Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 874-7244 AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN Western States Arts Federation 236 Montezuma Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 ( 505 ) 988-1166 AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY Service Organizations National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies 1420 K Street, N.W. Suite 204 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 371-2830 National Assembly of State Arts Agencies 1010 Vermont Avenue, NW. Suite 920 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 347-6352 TAAC The Association of American Cultures 1225 19th Street, NW. Suite 340 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 463-8222 19 Cover Bethel Youth Fiddle Camp, Bethel, Missouri Amy Skillman Page 5 Chet Olson Explains Fiddle Making Paul Horstead, South Dakota Tourism Page 7 Big Sky Indian Market, Billings, Montana Susan Brain, Montana Institute of the Arts Foundation Page 10 Sapelo Island Basket Making Workshop Coastal Georgia Historical Society Page 13 Quentin Rhody, Wood Carver, Cedar Lake, South Dakota Paul Horstead, South Dakota Tourism Page 14 Composer-To-Composer Leslie Ross Crane, The Telluride Institute, Inc. Page 17 Wheelwright Douglas Hansen Paul Horstead, South Dakota Tourism Page 18 American Indian Dance Theatre: Finding the Circle Dance In America Don Perdue U.S. Map Pages 8 and 9 The Old Creamery Theatre Company Bradley Photographies, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Skaneateles Festival Claire Howard Vigilante Theatre Company JoAnn Eaton West Virginia’s Vandalia Gathering Susan Leffler Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program Missouri Arts Council 20 n n s C/> National Endowment for the Arts Nancy Hanks Center 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20506