| 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| Arabic music demonstration | Arabic music demonstration | Still Image | Schools
Teaching of folklore
Demonstrations
Drums
Music performance
Performing arts
Arab Americans
Education
Drummers (Musicians)
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Arabic music demonstration
- Date
- 1985-03-05
- Description
- Fourteen color slides. Performing traditional Arabic music at Loretto Elementary School. 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.
- Collection
| Bon Festival at the Morikami Museum | Bon Festival at the Morikami Museum | Still Image | Performers
Drummers (Musicians)
Fieldwork
Festivals
Holidays and festivals
Japanese Americans
Arts, Japanese
Asian Americans
Asian American arts
Arts, Asian
Clothing and dress
Kimonos
Ullambana
Festivals Japan
Lanterns
Drums
Percussion instruments | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bon Festival at the Morikami Museum
- Date
- 1987-08-16
- Description
- Eighteen color slides. The Bon Festival is the Morikami Museum version of Obon (Ullambana), a traditional three-day Japanese festival to honor the dead. Traditionally, the day ends with lighted lanterns to guide souls back to the afterlife. In additions to the lanterns, images of the Bon Festival feature folk dancing, street performers, Japanese cultural demonstrations, and Taiku drumming. The festival was held each August. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t90-078 | Caribbean Carnival Traditions Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area) | Sound | Artisans
Storytellers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Demonstrations
Trinidadians
Masks
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
Holidays and festivals
Carnivals
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Craft demonstration area at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival | Craft demonstration area at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Singers
Drummers (Musicians)
Whip maker
Embroiderers
Quiltmakers
Farmers
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Festivals
Demonstrations
Craft
Performing arts
Performers
Quilting
Musicians
Whip making
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
Wood carving | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1576_t90-114a | Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Apprentices
Drum music
Drum performance
Drums
Cuban Americans
Arts, Cuban
Drummers (Musicians)
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)
- Date
- 1990-05-25
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. Parada and Hernandez apprenticed under drummer Baro in 1990 through the FFP Apprenticeship program. 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.
- Collection
| Demo recording by the Red Tam Blues Band | Demo recording by the Red Tam Blues Band | Still Image | Fieldwork
Recording equipment
Bass guitars
Drums
Keyboards (music)
Guitar
Guitarists
Drummers (Musicians)
Music performance
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Bands (Music)
Blues singers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Demo recording by the Red Tam Blues Band
- Date
- 1988-08-03
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Images of the Red Tam Blues Band making a demo recording at a Jacksonville studio. The band consisted of Red Tam (aka Tony McQueen)(lead guitar, leader); Mike Gallen (keyboard); Kenny Holt (bass); and Kenny Johnson (drums). For an interview with Red Tam (McQueen), see S 1618, Box 4, tape 10. For a copy of the demo tape, see S 1618, box 4, tape 12. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-075 | Fiesta Guajiro radio show on WQBA | Sound | Fieldwork
Music performance
Latinos
Cuban Americans
Musical groups
Performers
Performing arts
Arts, Cuban
Drummers (Musicians)
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Fiesta Guajiro radio show on WQBA
- Date
- 1985-08-18
- Description
- One reel to reel tape. (Copied onto C86-117) Recording (in Spanish) of a radio program by Fiesta Guajiro in WQBA, which began broadcasting in 1948 in Cuba, and in 1978 in the US. Fiesta Guajiro is a six-member group with four singers (Martiea, Agaptic Gonzales, Miguel Ramirez, and Rocardo Capote), two musicians (Bertz Acebedo on laud-- a Cuban style of mandolin -- and Teodoro Maya on guitar). All were native Cubans. Their program aired Sundays 9-10am, WQBA, 108 am. They discuss history of the group and show; the Decima tradition (a 17th century 10-line improvised verse form); personal histories; and themes of decima improvisations. For more information see field notes in S 1628, Box 1, folder 10. 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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