CALT Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships - Mid Atlantic Arts
Submit an application as a foodways tradition bearer from Central Appalachia, or nominate someone for a $5,000 fellowship and handcrafted award.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- annual cycle, check dates
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $5,000
- Location
- Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (award ceremony)
- Exhibition window
- Mar 4, 2027 → Mar 7, 2027
About
Overview
Mid Atlantic Arts partners with Grow Appalachia of Berea College and the Appalachian Studies Association on the Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships. These fellowships honor, celebrate, and support foodways tradition bearers in Central Appalachia who have made significant contributions to sustaining and supporting the foodways heritage of their communities. Fellows may include home cooks and bakers, seed savers, farmers, community elders, keepers of recipes and traditional foodways knowledge, hunters, and foragers.
Key Dates
- Application Open: Thursday, July 9, 2026
- Applications Due: Monday, August 17, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Award Ceremony: March 4-7, 2027 at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference)
Eligibility
Fellows must be from an Appalachian Regional Commission-designated county. Priority is given to applicants from Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia. A practitioner may apply on their own behalf, or a community member may nominate a foodways practitioner for the Fellowship.
Award
Each Fellow receives $5,000 in unrestricted funding and a unique physical award created by an Appalachian traditional artist.
Contact
- Ellie Dassler, Program Director, Folk and Traditional Arts: [email protected]
- Joel Chapman, Program Associate, Folk and Traditional Arts: [email protected]
- Award
- $5,000 in unrestricted funding and a unique physical award created by an Appalachian traditional artist
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- Honors and supports foodways tradition bearers in Central Appalachia who have made significant contributions to sustaining and supporting the foodways heritage of their communities.
- Eligibility
- Applicants must be foodways tradition bearers from an Appalachian Regional Commission-designated county; priority given to those from Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia. Self-nominations and community nominations accepted.
- Priority given to
- Ohio, Virginia, or West Virginia residency
- Audience
- Foodways tradition bearers in Central Appalachia (home cooks, bakers, seed savers, farmers, community elders, keepers of recipes, hunters, foragers)
- Contact
- [email protected]
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