| 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 demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center | Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center | Still Image | Demonstrations
Craft
Wood carving
Toys
Dollmaking
Dolls
Material culture
Embroidery
Textile arts
Dollmakers
Artisans
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center
- Date
- Description
- Thirty-five black and white negatives. 1-7: Pat Chase, pine needle crafts; 8-11: Carolee Jandrean, dolls; 12-14: Christine Schreier, dolls; 15-21: Margaret Horvath, Hungarian embroidery; 22-24: Greg Gage, wood craft; 25-31: Don Marshal, wood carvings; 32-35: Greg Gage.
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| Czechoslovakian embroidery | Czechoslovakian embroidery | Still Image | Embroidery
Textile arts
Sewing
Woven goods
Material culture
Craft
Embroiderers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Despina Calles Greek needle work | Despina Calles Greek needle work | Still Image | Sewing
Needlework
Textile arts
Embroidery
Craft
Material culture
Needleworkers | /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 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.
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| 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.
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| Examples of Jamaican embroidery | Examples of Jamaican embroidery | Still Image | Embroiderers
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Embroidery
Needlework
Jamaican Americans
Decorative arts
Textile arts
Textiles | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Examples of Jamaican embroidery
- Date
- 1985-08
- Description
- Seven color slides. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 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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| Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery | Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery | Still Image | Needleworkers
Embroiderers
Fieldwork
Hungarians Americans
Needlework
Textile arts
Embroidery
Decorative arts
Design
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery
- Date
- 1984-11
- Description
- Twenty-four 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
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