Traditional Arts Apprenticeships

for an apprenticeship with Munawwar Abdulla to teach Uyghur calligraphy, a historically significant traditional art form with over a dozen styles.

for an apprenticeship with Nazario Daishuan to teach traditional brain-tanning, paddle-making, wampum, and other crafts, via oral tradition.

for an apprenticeship with Rebecca MacInnes to teach the violin in traditional Greek music, both repertoire and improvisation.

for an apprenticeship with Jesse Collins to teach lutherie, construction, and restoration of traditional and ethnic string instruments.

for an apprenticeship with Brittany Owens to teach Samba Traditional do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brasil.

for an apprenticeship with Eva Meier to teach the traditional art form of the uilleann pipes, the national bagpipe of Ireland.

for an apprenticeship with Sandra Marcelino to teach Bomba and Plena: African Retention in Puerto Rico; North, West and South-East African ancients roots

for an apprenticeship with Adah Hetko to teach Yiddish song tradition and Yiddish dance leading.

for an apprenticeship with Micah Rose to teach Taiko as it has developed in a North American context with roots in the Asian American movement.

for an apprenticeship with Fern Tamagini-O’Donnell to teach regional styles of traditional Irish fiddling.

for an apprenticeship with Abby Lin to teach Long ribbon dance of Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618) about one though five hundred years ago.

for an apprenticeship with Ira Klein to teach Country Blues repertoire and guitar techniques invented by African-American songwriters in the 1920s.

for an apprenticeship with Christine Brown to teach quilting utilizing fabric that has been naturally dyed through the growing and harvesting of plants.

for an apprenticeship to teach Leonardo Mirabal Dominican Carnival traditions (including parade, mask-making and costumes).

for an apprenticeship with Anjana Bhargava to teach Mithila painting, an ancient art form practiced by rural women near the Indian border with Nepal.

for an apprenticeship with Nandini Lal to teach Kathak, a North Indian classical dance that emphasizes footwork, pirouettes, and improvisation.

for an apprenticeship with Lori Greene to teach traditional sign painting, Celtic knot work, and decorative painting from Ireland.

for an apprenticeship with Jayson Wang to teach Chinese traditional papercutting with a pair of scissors.