a_s1576_t90-004a | Alfonso Jennings discussing white oak baskets at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Basket maker Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events African Americans Basket work Basket making Basketry Demonstrations Oral performance Oral communication | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Alice Osceola making a coil basket | Alice Osceola making a coil basket | Still Image | Seminole Indians Native Americans Indian reservations Basket making Basket work Basketry Sweetgrass baskets Sewing Material culture Demonstrations Basket maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alice Osceola making a coil basket
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- 1982
- Description
- Thirty-seven color slides. Images are of Alice Osceola making a coil grass basket. Traditionally, Seminoles baskets were shallow and woven from palmetto fronds. Circa 1930, sweetgrass baskets, inspired perhaps by African American arts, were designed to represent 'authentic' Seminole culture for the tourist trade. Over time, they became traditional. The images were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other with traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
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Alphonso Jennings basket making demonstration | Alphonso Jennings basket making demonstration | Still Image | Basket maker Fieldwork Teaching of folklore African Americans Children Workshops (Adult education) Basket making Baskets White oak Weaving Material culture Demonstrations Basket work | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ann Prescott and her baskets | Ann Prescott and her baskets | Still Image | Basket maker Fieldwork Basket work Basketry Material culture Decorative arts Baskets Containers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ann Prescott and her baskets
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- 1986
- Description
- Five color slides. Picture with her husband. 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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Apprenticeship exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center | Apprenticeship exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center | Still Image | Apprentices Furniture Furniture makers Exhibits Education Woodwork Teaching of folklore Chair-makers Wood craft Photography Baskets Basket work Oyster tongs | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apprenticeship exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center
- Date
- 1987-11
- Description
- Eight 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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Basket maker Jean Clark and her work | Basket maker Jean Clark and her work | Still Image | Basket maker Fieldwork Palms Trees Material culture Workshops Basket work Basket making Workplace Decorative arts Basketry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Basket maker Jean Clark and her work
- Date
- 1986-12-31
- Description
- Eighteen color slides. 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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Basket maker Lucille Jones at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Basket maker Lucille Jones at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Basket maker Folk festivals Festivals Folklore revival festivals African Americans Basket making Basket work Basketry Baskets Sweetgrass baskets Material culture Demonstrations | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Basket maker Lucreaty Clark and carver John Albert talking with students | Basket maker Lucreaty Clark and carver John Albert talking with students | Moving Image | Basket maker Fieldwork Elementary schools Classrooms Basket making African Americans Basket work Wood carvers Wood carving White oak Carvers (Decorative artists) Children Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Basket maker Margaret Garrison at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Basket maker Margaret Garrison at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Special events Folklore revival festivals Festivals Material culture Basket making Basket work Basketry Baskets African Americans Domestic arts Demonstrations Basket maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Basket maker Margaret Garrison at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1983-05
- Description
- One color slide. Garrison grew up in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, but lived in Jacksonville from the 1960s on. She learned sweetgrass basket making, a New World adaptation of an Old World skill, at age three from her family in South Carolina. She made her basket by coiling pine needles and sweetgrass, then sewing them with palmetto frond strips, using a spoon (called a bone) to help bind the strips through.
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Basket maker Margaret Garrison at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Basket maker Margaret Garrison at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Special events Folklore revival festivals Festivals Material culture Basket making Basket work Basketry Baskets African Americans Domestic arts Demonstrations Basket maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Basket maker Margaret Garrison at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1983-05
- Description
- Three color slides. Garrison grew up in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, but lived in Jacksonville from the 1960s on. She learned sweetgrass basket making, a New World adaptation of an Old World skill, at age three from her family in South Carolina. She made her basket by coiling pine needles and sweetgrass, then sewing them with palmetto frond strips, and using a spoon (called a bone) to help bind the strips through.
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