| Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery | Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery | Still Image | Needleworkers
Embroiderers
Apprentices
Hungarians Americans
Embroidery
Needlework
Textile arts
Decorative arts
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery
- Date
- 1985-03
- Description
- Seven color slides. Andrea and Sylvia apprenticed under Margaret Horvath in 1984-1985. 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
| Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath | Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath | Still Image | Needleworkers
Embroiderers
Apprentices
Hungarians Americans
Embroidery
Needlework
Textile arts
Decorative arts
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath
- Date
- 1985-04
- Description
- Two proof sheets with twenty-three black and white images (plus negatives). Andrea and Sylvia apprenticed under Margaret Horvath in 1984-1985. 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 embroidery | Arabic embroidery | Still Image | Rug makers
Weavers
Embroiderers
Fieldwork
Rug making
Rugs
Arab Americans
Decorative arts
Textile arts
Textiles
Embroidery | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.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 |
| Czechoslovakian embroidery | Czechoslovakian embroidery | Still Image | Embroidery
Textile arts
Sewing
Woven goods
Material culture
Craft
Embroiderers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Elizabeth Spreckelsen learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath | Elizabeth Spreckelsen learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath | Still Image | Needleworkers
Embroiderers
Apprentices
Hungarians Americans
Embroidery
Needlework
Textile arts
Decorative arts
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Elizabeth Spreckelsen learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath
- Date
- 1985-03-06
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-four black and white images (plus negatives). Spreckelsen apprenticed under Margaret Horvath in 1984-1985. For an interview with Spreckelsen and Horvath, see S 1640, Box 20, tape 10. 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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| Embroiderer Erna Papard | Embroiderer Erna Papard | Still Image | Embroiderers
Knitters (Persons)
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Knitted lace
Knitting
Needlework
Material culture
Clothing
Dolls
Dollmaking
Lace and lace making | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Embroiderer Erna Papard
- Date
- 1986-08-19
- Description
- Nine color slides. Papard grew up in Heidelburg, Germany, where she elarned traditional German embroidery from her mother and grandmother. 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.
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| Embroiderer Nadia Michael | Embroiderer Nadia Michael | Still Image | Embroiderers
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Teaching of folklore
Classrooms
Children
Students
Elementary schools
Education
Palestinian Americans
Embroidery
Needlework
Demonstrations
Clothing and dress
Arab Americans
Ethnicity, Arabic
Decorative arts
Material culture
Textile arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Embroiderer Nadia Michael
- Date
- 1988-02
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. Demonstration for students at Stonewall Jackson 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, 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
| Embroiderer Nadia Michael at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival | Embroiderer Nadia Michael at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Demonstrations
Palestinian Americans
Embroidery
Material culture
Textile arts
Textiles
Domestic arts
Sewing
Embroiderers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Erna Parpard demonstrating German folk arts | Erna Parpard demonstrating German folk arts | Still Image | Embroiderers
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Embroidery
Knitting
Schools
Elementary schools
Teaching of folklore
Education
Demonstrations
Classrooms
German Americans
Children
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Erna Parpard demonstrating German folk arts
- Date
- 1986-12-08
- Description
- Seven color slides. Parpard grew up in Heidelburg, Germany, where she learned traditional German embroidery from her mother and grandmother. For the class, she also demonstrated cooking and knitting. 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
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