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Ana de Diaz making lace at her home

Date: 1988
Description: Twelve color slides. Diaz learned lace making after moving to Florida from Puerto Rico in 1983. She learned from Eva Ponton in San Juan and Ana Blanco in Jacksonville. For more information on Diaz, see S 1640, box 8, folder 6. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the traditions alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Ana de Diaz making lace at her home

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Date: 1988-03
Description: Seven black and white negatives. Rufus Adams and apprentice(stepdaughter) Annie Sellers making corn shuck bottomed chairs. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.'
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Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Apprenticeship area at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1985-05-27
Description: One proof sheet with twenty-six black and white images, plus negatives. 1-5: Liliane Louis and Fernande Forte learning Haitian tales; 6-10: Fernande Forte; 11-13: Carl Hansen making fishing lures; 14-16: Jason Kiel making fishing lures; 17-19: Carl Hansen and Jason Kiel; 20-23: Ana Diaz and Carmen Lindstrom; 24-25: Carmen Lindstrom; 26: Ana Diaz.
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Apprenticeship area at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Date: 1988-03
Description: Four proof sheets with 98 black and white images (plus negatives). Master folk artist Lefcourte took on two apprentices in 1988: Levanthal and McGlamory. Ikebana (Way of the Flower) is the Japanese tradition of flower arranging. It originated in China in the 6th century. Lefcourte was born in Osaka, Japan, where she learned the art of the tea ceremony and flower arranging. She moved to Florida in 1975. For more info on Lefcourte, see S 1644, box 3, folder 11. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Date: 1988-03
Description: Forty-six color slides. Master folk artist Lefcourte took on two apprentices in 1988: Levanthal and McGlamory. Ikebana (Way of the Flower) is the Japanese tradition of flower arranging. It originated in China in the 6th century. Lefcourte was born in Osaka, Japan, where she learned the art of the tea ceremony and flower arranging. She moved to Florida in 1975. For more info on Lefcourte, see S 1644, box 3, folder 11. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Barbering demonstration

Date: 1991-03
Description: Fourteen color slides. Demonstration of African American hair cutting styles and barbering at the Stephen Foster Center. Many of the images are dark. Images of Isaac Moore cutting Teddrick Moore's hair.
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Barbering demonstration

Barbering demonstration at the Stephen Foster Center

Date: 1991-03
Description: Four color slides. See also S 1577, Box 14, folder 3.
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Barbering demonstration at the Stephen Foster Center

Basket maker Mary Nell Bailey at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1989-05
Description: Eleven color slides.
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Basket maker Mary Nell Bailey at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Date: 1988-12
Description: 37 black and white photographic prints, with negatives. Bobby Johns in his workshop in Pensacola. Photos 32-37 are of a nearby sawmill.
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Bobby Johns in his workshop

Boeuf mask

Date: 1989-11
Description: Twenty-five color slides. Haitian carnival mask.
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Boeuf mask

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Ana de Diaz making lace at her home	Ana de Diaz making lace at her home	Still Image	Needleworkers Fieldwork Bobbin lace Lace and lace making Lace bobbins Lacemaking Needlework Puerto Ricans Latinos Decorative arts Material culture Tatting	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams	Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams	Still Image	Material culture Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Domestic arts Woodwork Apprentices Women apprentices Fieldwork (educational method) Craft African Americans Chair caning Furniture maker Chair-makers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Apprenticeship area at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival	Apprenticeship area at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Craft Workshops (Adult education) Folklife Fishing lures Tales Artisans Apprentices Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana	Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana	Still Image	Artisans Flower arrangers Apprentices Flowers Arts, Asian Asian American arts Asian Americans Arts, Japanese Japanese Americans Material culture Plants Decorative arts Decoration and ornament Teaching of folklore Flower arrangement, Japanese	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana	Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana	Still Image	Artisans Flower arrangers Apprentices Flowers Arts, Asian Asian American arts Asian Americans Arts, Japanese Japanese Americans Material culture Plants Decorative arts Decoration and ornament Teaching of folklore Flower arrangement, Japanese	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Barbering demonstration	Barbering demonstration	Still Image	Barbering African Americans Haircutting Demonstrations Hair Hair styling Barbers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Barbering demonstration at the Stephen Foster Center	Barbering demonstration at the Stephen Foster Center	Still Image	Barbering Hair Haircutting Occupational groups African Americans Hair styling Barbers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Basket maker Mary Nell Bailey at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival	Basket maker Mary Nell Bailey at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Basket maker Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Demonstrations Basket making Basket work Basketry Children Baskets Craft	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bobby Johns in his workshop	Bobby Johns in his workshop	Still Image	Wood carvers Carvers (Decorative artists) Material culture Woodwork Wood carving Artisans Tools Craft Sawmills Lumber trade	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Boeuf mask	Boeuf mask	Still Image	Material culture Fieldwork Decorative arts Masks Haitian Americans Arts, Haitian	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Ana de Diaz making lace at her home

Ana de Diaz making lace at her home

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Apprenticeship area at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Apprenticeship area at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Barbering demonstration

Barbering demonstration

Barbering demonstration at the Stephen Foster Center

Barbering demonstration at the Stephen Foster Center

Basket maker Mary Nell Bailey at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Basket maker Mary Nell Bailey at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Boeuf mask

Boeuf mask

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Ana de Diaz making lace at her home

Ana de Diaz making lace at her home

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Apprenticeship area at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Apprenticeship area at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana

Barbering demonstration

Barbering demonstration

Barbering demonstration at the Stephen Foster Center

Barbering demonstration at the Stephen Foster Center

Basket maker Mary Nell Bailey at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Basket maker Mary Nell Bailey at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Boeuf mask

Boeuf mask