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.
Maryland Traditions Archives
The Maryland Traditions Archives (MTA) is a community center full of thousands of stories featuring folk and traditional artists across Maryland. Housed at the University of Maryland Baltimore County with MSAC oversight, it holds a treasure trove: oral histories, audio and video recordings, historic and contemporary photographs, papers and manuscripts, textiles and clothing, many objects, and original artworks documenting Maryland’s community-based living cultural traditions.