The Ward Foundation, Inc. is a proud grantee and member of the State of Maryland Arts Council’s Folklife Network through the Maryland Traditions Folklife Grant. One of eight regional Folklife Centers that support activities that identify, document, support, or present the living cultural traditions of Maryland’s diverse communities.
We are here to assist with your application to the Folklife Apprenticeship Program and Heritage Awards!
State of Maryland Regional Folklife Centers
- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (Talbot County)
- Common Ground on the Hill (Carroll County)
- Creative Alliance at the Patterson (Baltimore City)
- Frostburg State University (Allegany County)
- Sandy Spring Museum (Montgomery County)
- St. Mary’s College of Maryland (St. Mary’s County)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore County)
- The Ward Foundation (Wicomico County)
Lower Shore Tradition
Begun in 2002, the Lower Shore Traditions program is the Ward Foundation’s folklife and traditional arts program dedicated to researching, supporting, and interpreting the region’s rich cultural heritage – in collaboration with regional cultural communities and culture keepers.
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Land Acknowledgment
We acknowledge the lands and waters now known as Maryland are the home of its first peoples: the Accohannock Indian Tribe, Assateague People’s Tribe, Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians, Choptico Band of Indians, Lenape Tribe, Nanticoke Tribe, Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians, Piscataway Conoy Tribe, Piscataway Indian Nation, Pocomoke Indian Nation, Susquehannock Indians, Youghiogheny River Band of Shawnee, and tribes in the Chesapeake watershed who have seemingly vanished since the coming of colonialism. We acknowledge that this land is now home to other tribal peoples living here in diaspora. We acknowledge the forced removal of many from the lands and waterways that nurtured them as kin. We acknowledge the degradation that continues to be wrought on the land and waters in pursuit of resources. We acknowledge the right of the land and waterways to heal so that they can continue to provide food and medicine for all. We acknowledge that it is our collective obligation to pursue policies and practices that respect the land and waters so that our reciprocal relationship with them can be fully restored.