<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/09/fairmont-state-commissions-new-performances-inspired-tradition-frank-jane-gabor-west-virginia-folklife-center.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>09/03/2025 02:00:00 PM</pubDate><title>Call for Applicants: Fairmont State Commissions New Performances Inspired by Tradition at the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center</title><description>Fairmont State University has received funding from Mid Atlantic Arts to launch Accessing the Archives: New Works and Old Traditions at the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center. This initiative will commission new creative works inspired by the Folklife Center’s archival collections and is open to artists, musicians, scholars, and community members. </description><image><img src="/_images/news/folklife_center_fall22-news.jpeg" alt="The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center"/></image><tags><tag>Folk Life</tag><tag>News</tag></tags></item>