Partners &
Supporters
Our collaborators are integral to our work.
Partners are individuals and organizations that collaborate with Southern Ohio Folklife locally and beyond.
J.D. Emnett and the South Central Ohio Educational Service Center
Dr. Andrew Feight and the Center for Public History, Shawnee State University. Project: History Harvests with the 14th Street Community Center, funded by a grant from Ohio Humanities. 2022.
Los Herederos, Las Culturas del Sur de Ohio podcast series
Supporters are financial and in-kind/barter donors who build the capacity of Southern Ohio Folklife and help fund special projects.
Susan Eleuterio, M.A. Independent Folklorist and Instructor for the Masters in Cultural Sustainability program at Goucher College.
Pablo Salinas, PhD. Department of English at Shawnee State University.
Center for Public History at Shawnee State University
Ohio Humanities has supported a planning grant and a quarterly grant to establish our work with Latine communities in our region. The organization’s financial support has been essential to jumpstarting our organization and allowing us time and space to think with community members. In 2024, Ohio Humanities supported the translation of the Las Culturas del Sur de Ohio podcast episodes into Spanish, the revamp of some of our organizational webpages, a marketing campaign for the podcast, and hosting community events to get feedback on our work.
Central Appalachia Living Traditions, a program of Mid Atlantic Arts, is supporting the Las Culturas del Sur de Ohio podcast.
Ohio Arts Council supported an ArtsRISE grant that funded Lua Project perform two assemblies for over 700 students at Portsmouth Elementary School, a meeting with teachers and interpreters at Portsmouth City Schools to discuss strategies for incorporating cultural activities into schools, and an evening performance of Mexilachian music at Cantina Ixtaccíhuatl.
Learn more about how you can support Southern Ohio Folklife.
