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Friday performances at the 1998 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance & Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Date: 1998-05-22
Description: One digital audio tape (DAT).
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Friday performances at the 1998 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance & Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)

Date: 1997-05-23
Description: One audio cassette recordings. Side A: Catalina Delgado, a trunk and Mexican paper artist and Eileen Brautman, a Jewish paper artist are interviewed by Laurie Sommers. Delgado discusses paper-cutting techniques and how designs are made. Brautman explains traditional and contemporary calligraphy and paper cutting according to the European tradition. She tells of making stories from the Bible, use of animals and other designs and the making of a Ketubah (Jewish marriage contract). Side B: Sonny Treadway (Deerfield Beach, FL), sacred steel guitarist is interviewed by Laurie Sommers. He discusses sacred steel guitar and gospel music as well as his musical influences such as his father, other family members and church musicians. He plays by ear and has written several original songs.
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Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Date: 1997-05-23
Description: One audio cassette recordings. Mary Proctor, an African-American artist interviewed by Jerrilyn McGregory, discusses religious/visionary art and the moral messages in her art.
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Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6)

Date: 1997-05-23
Description: One audio cassette recordings. Mary Johns, a Seminole artist interviewed by John D'Agostino, discusses traditional Seminole folk stories - specifically creation myths.
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Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6)

Frog Smith painting of the Florida Folk Festival

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Description: 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 of the Florida Folk Festival

Frog Smith painting: On Our Way to Church, 1919

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Description: One color print. Image of Smith's painting of Frog and his family in a wagon on way to church. Original painting was 12 x 16.
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Frog Smith painting: On Our Way to Church, 1919

Furniture painted by Barbara Browning

Date: 1993-12-08
Description: Four color slides.
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Furniture painted by Barbara Browning

Greek icon paintings by Hope Odzak

Date: 1987
Description: Four color prints. 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 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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Greek icon paintings by Hope Odzak

Henry Wesley Stewart interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Date: 1984-09-09
Description: 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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Henry Wesley Stewart interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Iconographic paintings by Hope Odzak

Date: 1988-07
Description: 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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Iconographic paintings by Hope Odzak

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a_s1576_67_c97-070	Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)	Sound	Artisans Artists Musicians Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Oral performance Life histories Interviewing Arts, Jewish Jewish Americans Jewish art and symbolism Ketubah Calligraphy Marriage contracts Decorative arts Arts, Mexican Mexican Americans Paper art African Americans Steel guitars Musical tradition, sacred Gospel (Black) Gospel musicians Gospel music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_67_c97-065	Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Oral performance Life histories Interviewing African Americans Art Religious art Art and religion Artists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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: 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
Furniture painted by Barbara Browning	Furniture painted by Barbara Browning	Still Image	Painters Fieldwork Material culture Painting Furniture Tables Chairs Decorative arts Flowers in art Artists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Greek icon paintings by Hope Odzak	Greek icon paintings by Hope Odzak	Still Image	Painters Artists Fieldwork Painting Iconography Icons Religious art Art and religion Christian art and symbolism Christianity Decorative arts Material culture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
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
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

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Friday performances at the 1998 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance & Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 1998 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance & Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6)

Frog Smith painting of the Florida Folk Festival

Frog Smith painting of the Florida Folk Festival

Frog Smith painting: On Our Way to Church, 1919

Frog Smith painting: On Our Way to Church, 1919

Furniture painted by Barbara Browning

Furniture painted by Barbara Browning

Greek icon paintings by Hope Odzak

Greek icon paintings by Hope Odzak

Henry Wesley Stewart interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Henry Wesley Stewart interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Iconographic paintings by Hope Odzak

Iconographic paintings by Hope Odzak

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State Library of Florida

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Friday performances at the 1998 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance & Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 1998 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance & Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6)

Frog Smith painting of the Florida Folk Festival

Frog Smith painting of the Florida Folk Festival

Frog Smith painting: On Our Way to Church, 1919

Frog Smith painting: On Our Way to Church, 1919

Furniture painted by Barbara Browning

Furniture painted by Barbara Browning

Greek icon paintings by Hope Odzak

Greek icon paintings by Hope Odzak

Henry Wesley Stewart interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Henry Wesley Stewart interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Iconographic paintings by Hope Odzak

Iconographic paintings by Hope Odzak