| 1990 apprenticeship program master artists | 1990 apprenticeship program master artists | Still Image | Teaching of folklore
Dancers
Banjoists
Drummers (Musicians)
Fiddlers
Musicians
Tattoo artists
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
1990 apprenticeship program master artists
- Date
- 1990
- Description
- Seven color slides. 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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| African-Cuban bembe drumming | African-Cuban bembe drumming | Still Image | Musicians
Fieldwork
Drums
Percussion instruments
Musical instruments
African Americans
Cuban Americans
Arts, Cuban
Performing arts
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Afro-Cuban drummer Florencia Baro and his apprentices performing | Afro-Cuban drummer Florencia Baro and his apprentices performing | Still Image | Drummers (Musicians)
Apprentices
African Americans
Cuban Americans
Arts, Cuban
Drums
Music performance
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Afro-Cuban drummer Florencia Baro and his apprentices performing
- Date
- 1989
- Description
- Six color slides; 18 negatives. 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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| Ana Blanco making lace | Ana Blanco making lace | Still Image | Needleworkers
Arts, Cuban
Needlework
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Lace and lace making
Decorative arts
Lacemaking
Sewing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ana Blanco making lace
- Date
- 1988-08
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Blanco won the FLorida Folk Heritage Award in 1990.
- Collection
| Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July | Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July | Still Image | Fieldwork
Cooking and dining
Barbecue cookery
Pigs
Outdoor cookery
Cookery, Cuban
Cookery (Pork)
Pork
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Fourth of July
Holidays
Community culture
Cooks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Billy Sanchez explainging sugar cane growing and cutting | Billy Sanchez explainging sugar cane growing and cutting | Still Image | Fieldwork
Classrooms
Schools
Elementary schools
Education
Occupational training
Cuban Americans
Sugar
Sugar crops
Sugarcane
Oral education
Agricultural implements
Agriculture
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Children
Farm workers
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Billy Sanchez explainging sugar cane growing and cutting
- Date
- 1987-04-28
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Images of Sanchez talking one on one with students. Sanchez oversees cane burning and cutting, as well as recruiting workers for a local sugar grower. His father was rancher in Cuba, who left as political exiles in the 1960s. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
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| Blues singer Bo Diddley with others at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival | Blues singer Bo Diddley with others at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Guitarist
Musical groups
Performers
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Music
Performing arts
African Americans
String instruments
Guitarists
Rock music
Musical instruments
Arts, Cuban
Cuban Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Decimas, Cuban American (Spanish)
Blues singers
Musicians
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blues singer Bo Diddley with others at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1995-05-27
- Description
- Two proof sheets with sixty-seven black and white images, plus negatives. Images of Diddley performing on the amphitheater, along with Remembranzas del Conuco, a Cuban guajiro decima group, and Seminole singer-guitarist James Billie. Diddley was one of earliest and most influential rock and roll performer sin the 1950s, creating a riff-driven sound that can be found in contemporaries such as Buddy Holly and Rolling Stones, as well as the harder rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s. Originally a classical violinist, Diddley turned to blues and rock, eventually signing with Chess records. He was known for his live performers and influence than for his hits. One of his trademarks was a square guitar. Though born in Mississippi, by 1995, he resided in Archer, Florida. At the time, singer-guitarist Billie was president of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Decima musical tradition was a 10-line improvised verse dating back to the 17th Century. Diddley's performance can be found in S 1576, box 44, tapes D95-29 and D95-30.
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| Botanica Nena in Little Havana | Botanica Nena in Little Havana | Still Image | Fieldwork
Santeria
Herbs
Figurines
Crosses
Crucifixes
Religious symbolism
Religion
Christianity
Christian art and symbolism
Specialty stores
Stores, retail | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Botanica Nena in Little Havana
- Date
- 1980-06-02
- Description
- Thirty color slides. A botanica was a place where believers in Santeria could buy herbs and other supplies. Santeria is a New World version of the Yoruba religion. Catholic items such as crucifixes and statues of saints were also for sale. Slides S80-177, S80-180, S80-185, S80-189, and S80-191 are missing.
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| Bread and pastries at the Cuban Bakery of Jacksonville | Bread and pastries at the Cuban Bakery of Jacksonville | Still Image | Fieldwork
Workplace
Occupational groups
Food preparation
Bread
Delicatessens
Desserts
Food industry and trade
Cuban Americans
Cookery (Guava)
Cookery, Cuban
Bakery
Baked products
Bakers and bakeries
Cooks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bread and pastries at the Cuban Bakery of Jacksonville
- Date
- 1984-08
- Description
- Forty color slides. Images of workers at a Cuban bakery making bread, guava pastries, and Cuban sandwiches. For an interview with the owner Bobby Ulloa, see S 1576, Box 22, C86-192/193. 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, and 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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| Bufo theater performing Juan (Bolito) Landa applying blackface | Bufo theater performing Juan (Bolito) Landa applying blackface | Still Image | Fieldwork
Cosmetics
Blackface entertainers
Minstrel shows
Theatrical makeup
Theater
Comedy
Entertainment
Performing arts
Vaudeville
Actors
Entertainers
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bufo theater performing Juan (Bolito) Landa applying blackface
- Date
- 1985-07-28
- Description
- Eleven color slides. Juan (Bolito) Landa was an actor at Miami's Pro Teatro Cubano, which presents bufo theater productions (Cuban vaudeville/satirical comedies). Bufo theater was often performed in Havana before Fidel Castro came to power. The character Landa played was El Negrito, a trickster figure who worked for Gallego, a Spanish businessman. For more of Landa and Pro Teatro Cubano, see S1577, v. 43, S87-1027 - S87-1043. For an interview with Landa, see S 1576, reel T85-141. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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