New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 12 - COMMUNITY ARTS RESOURCES
Part 10 - APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FOLK ARTS APPRENTICESHIP
Section 4.12.10.6 - OBJECTIVE

To provide for the application process necessary to participate in the folk arts apprenticeship program. The purpose of the folk arts apprenticeship category is to keep alive the traditional folk arts practiced in New Mexico by contracting with master folk artists to teach their art forms to dedicated apprentices. Folk arts are the traditional functional and expressive arts of people passed down informally by word of mouth or by imitation within a cultural group. Common types of cultural groups are: family, community, occupational, ethnic, or religious. Folk arts reflect the values and worldviews of the groups that make them, and are a rich and valuable heritage for all New Mexicans.