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Maryland Traditions

Maryland Traditions is a program of the Maryland State Arts Council. Its mission is to discover, share and sustain our living traditions. Maryland Traditions receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Infrastructure Initiative.

Maryland's cultural traditions take many forms, from deeply rooted local forms that reflect Maryland's long history to the skills and artistry of more recent migrants to our State. These traditions help to give Maryland its unique and distinctive identity as a place. Traditional arts and community culture often exist outside of formal institutional settings but represent a great storehouse of knowledge and value. Maryland Traditions seeks to draw attention to this resource for residents and visitors and support its practitioners to sustain and transmit their knowledge to the next generation.

Maryland Traditions offers Apprenticeship Awards and Project Grants, produces public events, and engages in strategic partnerships to develop a statewide infrastructure for traditional arts and culture.

Last fall, UMBC and the Maryland Traditions program announced an exploratory partnership for the 2010-2011 academic year. Now, as that year is coming to a close, Maryland Traditions and UMBC are looking back on a year of working together—and are excited about what has been accomplished.

For more information, visit the Maryland Traditions Website.

Contact:Clifford Murphy, Program Director, 410-767-6450.