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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.
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Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery

Examples of Ukranian embroidery

Date: 1985-04-02
Description: Ten color slides. Various images of Ukranian embroidery. Images include dolls, shirts, and other textiles, many created before 1900. Images created as field work for the 1985 Florida Folk Festival 2 April 1985
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Examples of Ukranian embroidery

Folklife Apprentice Tent at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1985-05-26
Description: Seven color slides. 1193: Apprentice tent; 1194: Susie Billie and Agnes Cypress; 1195: George Pilatos playing tsabouna; 1196: Pilatos, Nikitas, Tony, and Debbie Tsimouris. 1197-1199: Kazuko Law -- Tamari (an ancient Japanese embroidery style).
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Folklife Apprentice Tent at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Greek embroiderer Panayiota (Penny) King

Date: 1988
Description: Seventeen 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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Greek embroiderer Panayiota (Penny) King

Greek embroiderer Penny King

Date: 1988-01
Description: One proof with 19 black and white images (plus negatives). King learned to embroider with a treadle sewing machine by watching her mother in Greece. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant,the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
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Greek embroiderer Penny King

Date: 1988-01
Description: Twenty-seven color slides. King learned to embroider with a treadle sewing machine by watching her mother in Greece. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant,the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
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Greek embroiderer Penny King

Greek embroidery at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Date: 1989-06-24
Description: Nineteen color slides. Greek embroidery displayed. Brief biographies of the embroiderers (some pictured) can be found in the folder. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Greek embroidery at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Hardanger embroidery

Date: 1987
Description: Two color prints. Hardanger was a form of embroidery that dates back to the Renaissance, and began in Scandinavia. 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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Hardanger embroidery

Date: 1987-10-10
Description: Ten color slides. Hardanger was a form of embroidery that dates back to the Renaissance, and began in Scandinavia. 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 project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Hardanger embroidery

Hungarian embroiderer Margaret Horvath and apprentice Sylvia Daniels

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Description: Three proof sheets with 92 black and white images. Both Daniels and Horvath were born in Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian embroidery dates back for centuries, with four major regions, each with their own distinctive patterns and motfis. Daniels worked as an apprentice to Horvath in 1990-1991. This was Horvath's second time as a master artist(she also participated in 1985). For information on them, see S 1644, box 8, folder 6. 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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Hungarian embroiderer Margaret Horvath and apprentice Sylvia Daniels

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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 Ukranian embroidery	Examples of Ukranian embroidery	Still Image	Material culture Embroidery Textile arts Textiles Woven goods Clothing and dress Sewing Dolls Domestic arts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Folklife Apprentice Tent at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival	Folklife Apprentice Tent at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Apprentices Tsabouna Musicians Musical instruments Seminole Indians Craft Demonstrations Greek Americans Arts, Asian Tamari Embroidery	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Greek embroiderer Panayiota (Penny) King	Greek embroiderer Panayiota (Penny) King	Still Image	Embroiderers Needleworkers Fieldwork Needlework Embroidery Greek Americans Decorative arts Textile arts Sewing Clothing Arts, Greek	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Greek embroiderer Penny King	Greek embroiderer Penny King	Still Image	Embroiderers Needleworkers Fieldwork Greek Americans Arts, Greek Embroidery Sewing Machinery Sewing machines Machine sewing Needlework Thread Pressing of garments Ironing boards Decorative arts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Greek embroiderer Penny King	Greek embroiderer Penny King	Still Image	Embroiderers Needleworkers Fieldwork Greek Americans Arts, Greek Embroidery Sewing Machinery Sewing machines Machine sewing Needlework Thread Pressing of garments Ironing boards Decorative arts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Greek embroidery at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival	Greek embroidery at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival	Still Image	Embroiderers Needleworkers Arts, Greek Greek Americans Folk festivals Special events Demonstrations Embroidery Needlework Design Material culture Decorative arts Craft	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Hardanger embroidery	Hardanger embroidery	Still Image	Needleworkers Storytellers Fieldwork Embroidery Hardanger needlework Decorative arts Material culture Needlework Hardanger needlework Patterns	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Hardanger embroidery	Hardanger embroidery	Still Image	Embroiderers Fieldwork Textile arts Embroidery Hardanger needlework Hardanger needlework Patterns Decorative arts Material culture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Hungarian embroiderer Margaret Horvath and apprentice Sylvia Daniels	Hungarian embroiderer Margaret Horvath and apprentice Sylvia Daniels	Still Image	Embroiderers Needleworkers Fieldwork Arts, Hungarian Hungarians Americans Embroidery Needlework Textile arts Sewing Apprentices Material culture Decorative arts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery

Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery

Examples of Ukranian embroidery

Examples of Ukranian embroidery

Folklife Apprentice Tent at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Folklife Apprentice Tent at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Greek embroiderer Panayiota (Penny) King

Greek embroiderer Panayiota (Penny) King

Greek embroiderer Penny King

Greek embroiderer Penny King

Greek embroiderer Penny King

Greek embroiderer Penny King

Greek embroidery at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Greek embroidery at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Hardanger embroidery

Hardanger embroidery

Hardanger embroidery

Hardanger embroidery

Hungarian embroiderer Margaret Horvath and apprentice Sylvia Daniels

Hungarian embroiderer Margaret Horvath and apprentice Sylvia Daniels

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Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery

Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery

Examples of Ukranian embroidery

Examples of Ukranian embroidery

Folklife Apprentice Tent at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Folklife Apprentice Tent at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Greek embroiderer Panayiota (Penny) King

Greek embroiderer Panayiota (Penny) King

Greek embroiderer Penny King

Greek embroiderer Penny King

Greek embroiderer Penny King

Greek embroiderer Penny King

Greek embroidery at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Greek embroidery at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Hardanger embroidery

Hardanger embroidery

Hardanger embroidery

Hardanger embroidery

Hungarian embroiderer Margaret Horvath and apprentice Sylvia Daniels

Hungarian embroiderer Margaret Horvath and apprentice Sylvia Daniels