21 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Tradition Bearer is exactly "Jennings, Alphonso, 1962-"
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Apprentices at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival

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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Alfonso Jennings discussing white oak baskets at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Alfonso Jennings discussing white oak baskets at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date
1990-05-25
Description
One reel to reel recording. Hansen served as the emcee. Jennings learned to make baskets from white oak strips from his grandmother, Lucreaty Clark. He talks about how to make baskets.
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Alphonso Jennings basket making demonstration

Alphonso Jennings basket making demonstration

Date
1995-07-12
Description
Twelve color slides. Jennings of Jefferson County learned to make white oak baskets from his grandmother, Lucreaty Clark.
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Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Date
1997-05-23
Description
One audio cassette recordings. Alphonso Jennings, an African-American split-oak basket maker interviewed by Jerrilyn McGregory, discusses making white oak baskets, how it is done, what types of tools he uses and the amount of wood and time that go into making baskets.
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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

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

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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Interview with white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael Steen

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

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.
Collection
Split white oak basket making, 1990

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.
Collection
The Craft Sales Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

The Craft Sales Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Date
1986-05
Description
Thirty-one color slides.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Apprentices at the 1994 Florida Folk FestivalApprentices at the 1994 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageArtisans
Basket maker
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Baskets
Basket making
White oak
Arts, Cuban
Masks
Paper art
Craft
Material culture
Apprentices
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a_s1576_t90-004aAlfonso Jennings discussing white oak baskets at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)SoundBasket maker
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
African Americans
Basket work
Basket making
Basketry
Demonstrations
Oral performance
Oral communication
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Alphonso Jennings basket making demonstrationAlphonso Jennings basket making demonstrationStill ImageBasket maker
Fieldwork
Teaching of folklore
African Americans
Children
Workshops (Adult education)
Basket making
Baskets
White oak
Weaving
Material culture
Demonstrations
Basket work
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a_s1576_67_c97-067Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)SoundBasket 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
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Images of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael SteenImages of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael SteenStill ImageBasket maker
Fieldwork
Apprentices
White oak
Basket making
African Americans
Basket work
Basketry
Baskets
Weaving
Axes
Tools
Wood craft
Woodwork
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Images of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael SteenImages of white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael SteenStill ImageBasket maker
Fieldwork
Apprentices
White oak
Basket making
African Americans
Basket work
Basketry
Baskets
Weaving
Axes
Tools
Wood craft
Woodwork
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a_s1640_24_tape16Interview with white oak basket maker Alphonso Jennings with apprentice Michael SteenSoundBasket maker
Fieldwork
Apprentices
White oak
Basket making
African Americans
Basket work
Basketry
Baskets
Weaving
Axes
Tools
Wood craft
Woodwork
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Lucreaty Clark teaching Alfonso Jennings white oak basket makingLucreaty Clark teaching Alfonso Jennings white oak basket makingStill ImageBasket maker
Apprentices
Teaching of folklore
Fieldwork
Basket making
White oak
African Americans
Baskets
Material culture
Basketry
Basket work
Houses
Woodwork
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Split white oak basket making, 1990Split white oak basket making, 1990Still ImageBasket making
Demonstrations
Material culture
African Americans
Containers
Basket maker
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The Craft Sales Area at the 1986 Florida Folk FestivalThe Craft Sales Area at the 1986 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageCarvers (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
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