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Basketmaker Pauline Hodges with her apprenctices

Date: 1987-03
Description: Six color slides. For the 1987 program, Hodges served as a master artist to two apprectices: Reba Harrison and Dorothea Kent. Both learned to make pine needle baskets. 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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Basketmaker Pauline Hodges with her apprenctices

Examples of pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Date: 1986-01-13
Description: Seven color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
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Examples of pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Folklife in Jacksonville

Date: 1994-08-24
Description: One proof sheet with 36 black and white images. Images of North Florida Folklife. 1-6: Jesus Rodriguez playing the Venezuelen harp. 7-12: Ana Maria de Arnes playing Venezuelen harp; 13-28: Pine needle baskets in Jacksonville; 29-34: Reba Harrison, Pauline Hidges, and Dorothea Kent making pine needle baskets 35-36: Pauline Hodges making pine needle baskets.
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Folklife in Jacksonville

Pauline Hodges demonstrating basket making to students

Date: 1986-01-13
Description: Twenty-two color slides. Hodges demonstrating pine needle basket making to students at Venetia Elementary School. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
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Pauline Hodges demonstrating basket making to students

Pauline Hodges making cast nets and baskets

Date: 1986-03-07
Description: One video recording (VHS).
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Pauline Hodges making cast nets and baskets

Pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Date: 1986-11
Description: Fourteen color slides. For the 1987 program, Hodges served as master artist to two apprectices: Reba Harrison and Dorothea Kent. Both learned to make pine needle baskets. Slide S80-256 is missing. 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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Pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Pine needle crafts by Pauline Hodges and their apprentices Dorothea Kent and Reba Harrison

Date: 1987-03
Description: Forty color slides. Harrison and Kent served as apprentices to Hodges between 1986 and 1987. Images include their crafts as well as their making of the crafts. 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.
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Pine needle crafts by Pauline Hodges and their apprentices Dorothea Kent and Reba Harrison

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Pine needle crafts by Pauline Hodges and their apprentices Dorothea Kent and Reba Harrison	Pine needle crafts by Pauline Hodges and their apprentices Dorothea Kent and Reba Harrison	Still Image	Fieldwork Apprentices Women apprentices Teaching of folklore Basketry Pine needle crafts Basket work Basket making Baskets Material culture Decorative arts Artisans Basket maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Basketmaker Pauline Hodges with her apprenctices

Basketmaker Pauline Hodges with her apprenctices

Examples of pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Examples of pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Folklife in Jacksonville

Folklife in Jacksonville

Pauline Hodges demonstrating basket making to students

Pauline Hodges demonstrating basket making to students

Pauline Hodges making cast nets and baskets

Pauline Hodges making cast nets and baskets

Pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Pine needle crafts by Pauline Hodges and their apprentices Dorothea Kent and Reba Harrison

Pine needle crafts by Pauline Hodges and their apprentices Dorothea Kent and Reba Harrison

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Basketmaker Pauline Hodges with her apprenctices

Basketmaker Pauline Hodges with her apprenctices

Examples of pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Examples of pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Folklife in Jacksonville

Folklife in Jacksonville

Pauline Hodges demonstrating basket making to students

Pauline Hodges demonstrating basket making to students

Pauline Hodges making cast nets and baskets

Pauline Hodges making cast nets and baskets

Pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Pine needle baskets by Pauline Hodges

Pine needle crafts by Pauline Hodges and their apprentices Dorothea Kent and Reba Harrison

Pine needle crafts by Pauline Hodges and their apprentices Dorothea Kent and Reba Harrison