Apprentices at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival | Apprentices at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Artisans Basket maker Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Baskets Basket making White oak Arts, Cuban Masks Paper art Craft Material culture Apprentices | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apprentices at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1994-05
- Description
- Thirty-five color slides. Many of the slides are blurry. Images of 1994 Florida Folk Artists apprenticeship demonstrators, including white oak basket maker Jennings and Steen, and David and Isaac Duenas, who made Cuban gigantes.
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a_s1576_t90-004a | Alfonso Jennings discussing white oak baskets at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Basket maker Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events African Americans Basket work Basket making Basketry Demonstrations Oral performance Oral communication | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Alphonso Jennings basket making demonstration | Alphonso Jennings basket making demonstration | Still Image | Basket maker Fieldwork Teaching of folklore African Americans Children Workshops (Adult education) Basket making Baskets White oak Weaving Material culture Demonstrations Basket work | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
a_s1576_67_c97-067 | Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7) | Sound | Basket maker Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Oral performance Life histories Interviewing African Americans Basket making Basket work Basketry White oak Woodwork Wood craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Images of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael Steen | Images of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael Steen | Still Image | Basket maker Fieldwork Apprentices White oak Basket making African Americans Basket work Basketry Baskets Weaving Axes Tools Wood craft Woodwork | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael Steen
- Date
- 1994-07-23
- Description
- 56 color slides. Apprentice Steen agreed to learn from Jennings to select, cut, split, and shape white oak strips, and weave them into baskets: four small trash baskets, one market basket, one Easter basket, one laundry basket, and one cotton basket. For more information on Noble, see S 1644, box 11, folder 26. 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, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Images of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael Steen | Images of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael Steen | Still Image | Basket maker Fieldwork Apprentices White oak Basket making African Americans Basket work Basketry Baskets Weaving Axes Tools Wood craft Woodwork | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael Steen
- Date
- 1994
- Description
- Five proof sheets with 166 black and white images (plus negatives); 52 color slides. Apprentice Steen agreed to learn from Jennings to select, cut, split, and shape white oak strips, and weave them into baskets: four small trash baskets, one market basket, one Easter basket, one laundry basket, and one cotton basket. For more information on Noble, see S 1644, box 11, folder 26. 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, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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a_s1640_24_tape16 | Interview with white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael Steen | Sound | Basket maker Fieldwork Apprentices White oak Basket making African Americans Basket work Basketry Baskets Weaving Axes Tools Wood craft Woodwork | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael Steen
- Date
- 1994-01-15
- Description
- One audio cassette. Apprentice Steen agreed to learn from Jennings to select, cut, split, and shape white oak strips, and weave them into baskets: four small trash baskets, one market basket, one Easter basket, one laundry basket, and one cotton basket. For more information on Noble, see S 1644, box 11, folder 26. 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, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Lucreaty Clark teaching Alfonso Jennings white oak basket making | Lucreaty Clark teaching Alfonso Jennings white oak basket making | Still Image | Basket maker Apprentices Teaching of folklore Fieldwork Basket making White oak African Americans Baskets Material culture Basketry Basket work Houses Woodwork | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Lucreaty Clark teaching Alfonso Jennings white oak basket making
- Date
- 1984-04
- Description
- Two proof sheets with 54 black and white images (plus negatives). Clark and her grandson Jennings were among the first participants in the Florida Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program in 1983-1984. As a master folk artist, she taught him how to make white oak baskets. Includes images of Jennings and Clark weaving baskets and chopping white oak, and images of Jennings' home and family. 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 until 2003.
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Split white oak basket making, 1990 | Split white oak basket making, 1990 | Still Image | Basket making Demonstrations Material culture African Americans Containers Basket maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Split white oak basket making, 1990
- Date
- Description
- Twenty-five color slides. Images of Jennings teaching participants how to make split oak baskets. Also includes two black and white proof sheets with 35 images. 10 March 1990.
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The Craft Sales Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival | The Craft Sales Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Demonstrations Craft Selling Baskets Woodwork Material culture Gourds Painting Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Dolls Musical instruments | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |