| 1990 Rural Folklife Days | 1990 Rural Folklife Days | Still Image | Bee culture
Beekeeping
Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Food preparation
Food habits
Sawmilling
Soap
Occupational folklore
Domestic arts
Household items
Insects
Material culture
Demonstrations
Folklife | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
1990 Rural Folklife Days
- Date
- 1990-11
- Description
- Three photographic proof sheets, with 99 black and white images. Index available with sheets. Sheet 1: Images 1-23: Unidentified people making lye soap Images 27-30, 31-33,35: Marie Navis making cane sugar Images 34, 36: Ruby Shaw making peanut brittle Sheet 2 Images 2-13:
- Collection
| Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats | Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats | Still Image | Artisans
Fieldwork
Palm frond weaving
Palmetto weaving
Hats
Plants
Flora
Minorcans
Craft
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats
- Date
- 1988-10
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Images created as fieldwork for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. 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.
- Collection
| Ana de Diaz and Carmen Linstrom making lace at her home | Ana de Diaz and Carmen Linstrom making lace at her home | Still Image | Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Bobbin lace
Lace bobbins
Lace and lace making
Lacemaking
Needlework
Puerto Ricans
Latinos
Decorative arts
Material culture
Tatting | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ana de Diaz and Carmen Linstrom making lace at her home
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- Twenty-three black and white prints (plus negatives). 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 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| 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 |
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.
- Collection
| 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 |
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.'
- Collection
| 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 |
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.
- Collection
| a_s1640_20_tape20 | Atsuko Lefcounte teaching her apprentices about ikebana | Sound | Artisans
Flower arrangers
Apprentices
Arts, Japanese
Flower arrangement, Japanese
Flowers
Japanese Americans
Asian American arts
Asians
Oral communication
Oral performance
Lecturers
Sound recordings | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Atsuko Lefcounte teaching her apprentices about ikebana
- Date
- 1988-03-14
- Description
- One audio cassette. 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.
- Collection
| 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
- 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.
- Collection
| 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
- 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.
- Collection
| 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
- 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.
- Collection
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