The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) is pleased to announce the opening of the fiscal year 2024 (FY24) Master/Apprentice Program. The application is open in the Illinois Arts Council's online Salesforce system and has a deadline of Dec. 1, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. central time and the awards will be announced in the spring of 2024.

The Ethnic and Folk Arts Master/Apprentice Program (MAP) acknowledges and supports the mentoring relationship that develops between a master artist and their apprentice over time by supporting these individuals as they seek to preserve traditional practices important...