Is there a tradition you’d like to teach or learn in your Alabama community?

Our Alabama Folk program can provide funding!

Reach out to the AFA today!

We are thrilled to announce a new Traditional Artist-in-Residence program in partnership with Auburn University!

Our inaugural master artist was pine needle basket weaver Annette Jordan of Eutaw, Alabama, in residence October 14-17, 2024. Ms. Jordan taught free workshops in Tuskegee, Shorter, Tallassee, and Auburn that engaged 55 makers.

Stay tuned for details on our next artist, Gee’s Bend quilter Francesca Charley, in residence March 10-14, 2025!

A big thanks to the Mobile Arts Council for hosting Elevating Refugee Voices in March 2024! Co-curated with Dwell Mobile and funded by South Arts. You can still read the stories of resettled refugee families in Mobile, and check us out on FOX10!

Tributaries 17 features research on memory quilts, root healing in Macon County, Loyd family tombstones, rural Jewish memory practices, Black fiddler Earnest Mostella, Sacred Harp singing, mapping the Black experience in South Alabama, and 3 book/podcast reviews.

Join the AFA for your free copy or purchase one at our online shop!