Idaho Traditional Arts Apprenticeships

Practicing mentor artists at least 18 who are U.S. citizens, legal residents, or refugees may apply to teach traditional folk arts to qualified Idaho apprentices. Apprentices must live in Idaho and commit to continuing the art form after the apprenticeship.

Grants up to $3,500 fund a learning partnership lasting up to ten months and must include a public presentation or demonstration. Funds are disbursed to the mentor artist.

Apply annually by January 31 through grants.arts.idaho.gov. Idaho Commission on the Arts lists this as a live individual-artist grant while broader merit fellowships remain suspended pending program redesign.

The Idaho Commission on the Arts is the state agency supporting folk and traditional arts preservation.