Maryland Traditions

06/29/2023

06/28/2023

Presenting 🥁 Common Ground on the Hill's Roots Music & Arts Festival and the Deer Creek Fiddler's Convention featuring the legendary Tom Chapin

Saturday, July 8th at McDaniel College

🎟️ Reserve your tickets today ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/mstthh5c

06/21/2023

We’re Moving, but not TOO far! Keep up to date with all the latest news, information, and programming from Maryland Traditions over at Maryland State Arts Council

Like and follow now as this account will be archived on July 1!

06/19/2023

Maryland Traditions, the state's traditional arts program, identifies, documents, supports, and presents traditional arts.

Activities include grants to organizations and individuals, festivals and other events, direct outreach to artists, and archival activities to support community-based living cultural traditions handed down by example or word of mouth. Learn more about our programs, Folklife Network, and other opportunities on our website: https://bit.ly/43lIElh

MSAC’s traditional arts program Maryland Traditions identifies, documents, supports, and presents Maryland’s traditional arts, defined as living cultural traditions handed down by example or word of mouth.

06/15/2023

Maryland Traditions social media is moving!

We won't be going far and you can stay up to date with our programming over at Maryland State Arts Council or be sure to check out our website!
https://bit.ly/43lIElh

06/14/2023

The Maryland State Archives is now receiving applications for our grant-funded workshop: "Indigenous Education in Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore" to be held August 1-4, 2023 at the Edward H. Nabb Center on the campus of Salisbury University.

Apply by midnight on June 18th, here: https://bit.ly/3WXcnPl

Please direct any questions you have about the application to Co-director of Maryland State Archives Indigenous Peoples Program, Maria Day [email protected].

06/12/2023

There is a *new* public resource on music and archival work from our very own Folklife Specialist, Ryan Koons. Ryan Koons is a certified archivist and has oversight of the Maryland Traditions Archives housed at UMBC.

Be sure to check out this new resource, here:
https://tinyurl.com/5ew9883b

06/09/2023

Did you know there are eight regional folklife centers in Maryland?!
Folklife Network grants fund organizations serving as regional folklife centers in Maryland.

Grants are administered through Maryland Traditions and support activities that identify, document, support, or present the living cultural traditions of Maryland’s diverse communities.

Learn more about them on our website, here: https://bit.ly/3EK8TIB

Folklife Network grants provide continuing funding for regional folklife centers, or continuing programmatic or educational efforts made by organizations to identify, document, support, or present traditional arts.

06/07/2023

It's the first Wednesday of the month, so be sure to check out Common Ground Downtown at the Carroll Arts Center!

Common Ground on the Hill a regional folklife center in Carroll County, and the Carroll County Arts Center are hosting music jams, you can check out three separate jams (blues/folk, bluegrass/old-time, and Celtic) occurring simultaneously at the Carroll Arts Center. All ages and skill levels are welcome, as well as listeners! Leaders will help everyone take part.

No enrollment necessary. FREE, but donations welcome.

06/06/2023

Calling all artists, the Maryland Folk Festival wants you! Submit your designs for their OFFICIAL poster here: https://mdfolkfest.com/poster/