| Apalachicola sign art | Apalachicola sign art | Still Image | Fieldwork
Signs (commercial)
Signs and signboards
Art
Painting
Restaurants
Maritime life | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apalachicola sign art
- Date
- 1986-11-09
- Description
- Four color slides. 237: Sign on truck trailer; 238: Sign on building; 239-240: Painting on Water Street building. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| Artisan Jacob Sheiniuk with his art work | Artisan Jacob Sheiniuk with his art work | Still Image | Wood carvers
Sculptors
Fieldwork
Decorative arts
Metal sculpture
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Material culture
Lithuanian Americans
Art | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artisan Jacob Sheiniuk with his art work
- Date
- 1985-08-16
- Description
- Two color slides. Metal sculptor and wood carver Sheiniuk with two examples of his work. Sheiniuk was originally from Lithuania. More images can be found in S 1577, v. 42. An interview can be found in S 1576, T86-18. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 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.
- Collection
| Artist Pharaoh Baker with his painting | Artist Pharaoh Baker with his painting | Still Image | Artists
African Americans
Painting
Art
Artists studios
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings | Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings | Still Image | Artists
Sculptors
Painters
Fieldwork
Sculpture
Painting
Art
Decorative arts
African Americans
Figurines
Artists studios | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings
- Date
- 1979-08
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. Baker with his sculptures and paintings. Several images of Baker's paintings are included. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of a church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when he was a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City, but also created emotionally charged and religiously influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. For an interview with Baker, see S 1576, box 11, C84-2
- Collection
| Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Still Image | Artists
Painters
Fieldwork
Painting
Art
Sculpture
Decorative arts
Figurines
Exhibits | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artwork by Pharaoh Baker
- Date
- 1981-05-23
- Description
- Proof sheet with eleven color images (plus negatives). Also, eleven duplicate prints.
- Collection
| Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Still Image | Painters
Sculptors
Fieldwork
Painting
Art
Decorative arts
African Americans
Material culture
Sculpture
Figurines
Metal craft
Metal sculpture
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artwork by Pharaoh Baker
- Date
- 1987-10
- Description
- Thirty color slides. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of a church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when he a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City and made emotionally charged and religiously influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. For an interview with Baker, S1576, box 11, C84-2. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
- Collection
| Baskets | Baskets | Still Image | Baskets
Basket making
Material culture
Craft
Art
Domestic arts
Containers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Baskets
- Date
- Description
- 31 black and white prints, mounted for display. Duplicate with negatives and proofs in S 1577, Box 17, folder 123.
- Collection
| Boats at dock in Key West | Boats at dock in Key West | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats
Docks
Sails
Art
Transportation
Waterways | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boats at dock in Key West
- Date
- 1993
- Description
- One proof sheet with twenty-seven black and white images (plus negatives). Images include artwork painted on the boats.
- Collection
| Boats at dock in Key West | Boats at dock in Key West | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats
Docks
Sails
Art
Transportation
Waterways
Hammocks
Furniture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boats at dock in Key West
- Date
- 1993-02-16
- Description
- Twenty-eight color slides. Images include artwork painted on the boats, and the interiors of the boats.
- Collection
| Bobby Johns wood carvings | Bobby Johns wood carvings | Still Image | Wood carvers
Material culture
Woodwork
Wood craft
Wood carving
Wood
Art
Cypress | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bobby Johns wood carvings
- Date
- 1989-01
- Description
- Seven color slides. Examples of Johns's work, including carved walking canes and wooden handled knives.
- Collection
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