a_s1576_67_c97-066 | Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6) | Sound | Storytellers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Oral performance Life histories Interviewing Seminole Indians Art Storytelling Tales Native Americans Creation Mythology Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Frog Smith painting of the Florida Folk Festival | Frog Smith painting of the Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Artists Painters Painting Art Folk festivals Decorative arts Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Frog Smith painting of the Florida Folk Festival
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- One color print. Image of Smith's painting the Florida Folk Festival's main stage, with several well known performers represenetd including Thelma Boltin and Curly Dekle. Also shows a string band, and a square deance troupe.
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Frog Smith painting: On Our Way to Church, 1919 | Frog Smith painting: On Our Way to Church, 1919 | Still Image | Artists Painters Painting Art Wagons Decorative arts Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Graffiti in an abandoned church | Graffiti in an abandoned church | Still Image | Fieldwork Graffiti Street art Art Decorative arts Concrete walls Church buildings Churches Architecture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Graffiti in an abandoned church
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- 1987-01-08
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- Forty color slides. The name of the church was Bethelehem Baptist Church, an abandoned African American church. Images are very dark and difficult to see. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Graffiti in Jacksonville Beach | Graffiti in Jacksonville Beach | Still Image | Fieldwork Graffiti Written tradition Speech play Writing Obscenity Art Street art Walls Concrete walls | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Graffiti in Jacksonville Beach
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- 1990-06
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- Seventeen color slides. The graffiti was found on 1st and 18th streets in Jacksonville Beach. 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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a_s1576_22_c86-167 | Henry Wesley Stewart interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Fieldwork Art Woodwork Selling Wood craft Toothpicks Toothpick models Decorative arts Material culture Sculpture Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Henry Wesley Stewart interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
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- 1984-09-09
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- One audio cassette. Stewart was well-known for his toothpick art work. Born in South Carolina, he was a former messenger for WMVR Radio. He discusses origins of his toothpick artwork; various sculptures he has made; the process of making the sculptures; inspiration sources; selling objects to people such as Minnie Pearl, publisher Katherine Graham, and Liberace; tools used; and the importance of traditions. Stewart did not allow any photographs to be taken of his artwork. 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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Iconographic paintings by Hope Odzak | Iconographic paintings by Hope Odzak | Still Image | Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Life histories Painting Art Art and religion Iconography Religious pictures Imagery Icons Christian art and symbolism Religion Christianity Church decoration and ornament Icons, Byzantine Churches Catholics Painters Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Iconographic paintings by Hope Odzak
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- 1988-07
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- Thirty-four color slides. Images of Odzak icon paintings (religious paintings within the Greek Orthodox Church used to represent the church's beliefs), and of Odzak. Includes several images of her icon paintings in a Greek Orthodox church. For an interview with Odzak, see S 1618, box 4, tape 4. 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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Images from the 1954 Florida Folk Festival | Images from the 1954 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Dance Choir singing Performers Demonstrations Seminole Indians Native Americans Art Creek Indians Painting Painters Musicians Guitarist Singers Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images from the 1954 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1954-05-06
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- Eight black and white prints. P82-44 Josie Billie, Billy Bowlegs III, Fred Beaver P82-45 Billy Bowlegs III, Fred Beaver P82-46 Fred Beaver and his art work P82-47 Group photo: Josie Billie, two people, unidentified, Billy Bowlegs III, unidentified, Fred Beaver, Alton Morris P82-48 Square dancers and string band, with Fred Beaver onstage P82-49 African American gospel choir performing P82-50 Square dancers and pianist P82-51 Ruth Neal of Gainesville singing and playing guitar. Fred Beaver was a Creek Indian artist from Oklahoma. Billy Bowlegs and Josie Billie were members of the Florida Seminole people. For recordings of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival, see S 1576, reels T76-1 though T76-9.
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Images of the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Images of the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Bands (Music) Musicians Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance String bands String instruments Art Basket making African Americans Artists Painters Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the 1993 Florida Folk Festival | Images of the 1993 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Music Performers Performing arts Demonstrations Art Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the 1993 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1993-05
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- 126 black and white images, plus negatives. No identifications included. Various perfomers at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival.
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