| The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit in Tallahassee | The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit in Tallahassee | Still Image | Exhibits
Demonstrations
Teaching of folklore
Education
Apprentices
Folklore collections
Secretaries of State (State governments) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit in Tallahassee
- Date
- 1985-09
- Description
- Twenty-six color slides. Images of the exhibit in Secretary of State George Firestone's office about the Folk Arts Apprenticeship program. Contains images, descriptions, and examples of work made by master artists and their apprentices (e.g. saddles, paintings, and embroidery.) 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| Sculptor Stanley Papio's art and museum | Sculptor Stanley Papio's art and museum | Still Image | Welders (Persons)
Sculptors
Fieldwork
Museums
Exhibits
Sculpture
Metal craft
Figurines
Art
Material culture
Decorative arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Sculptor Stanley Papio's art and museum
- Date
- 1977-02
- Description
- Eleven color slides. Known locally as Barefoot Stanley, Papio moved from Canada to Key Largo in 1948 where he began creating welded art. He eventually opened a museum at his studio to display his art.
- Collection
| Sculptor Nicario Jimenez with his work, retablos | Sculptor Nicario Jimenez with his work, retablos | Still Image | Artists
Sculptors
Fieldwork
Latinos
Peruvian Americans
Art
Material culture
Museums
Exhibits
Sculpture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Sculptor Nicario Jimenez with his work, retablos
- Date
- 1988-10
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Retablos are a mix of Spanish and Native American traditions. They originated with the personal shrines carried by Spanish soldiers, and later combined with Indian motifs and stories.
- Collection
| Robert Rudd and his apprentice Neil Brooks making bent cypress furniture | Robert Rudd and his apprentice Neil Brooks making bent cypress furniture | Still Image | Furniture maker
Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Furniture
Furniture makers
Cypress
Chairs
Woodwork
Apprentices
Material culture
Flora
Plants
Wicker furniture
Chair-makers
Exhibits
Tree felling
Trees | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Robert Rudd and his apprentice Neil Brooks making bent cypress furniture
- Date
- 1986-10
- Description
- 109 color slides. Rudd and Brooks making wicker (bent cypress) furniture. Includes images of the entire process from gathering cypress tress and cutting the wood to constructing the furniture and finally having them on display at the Stephen Foster Center. Slides S93-05, S93-06, S93-16, and S93-66 are missing. 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| Quilts displayed at the Boynton Beach Library | Quilts displayed at the Boynton Beach Library | Still Image | Quiltmakers
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Quilted goods
Quilts
Design
Decorative arts
Material culture
Needlework
Textile arts
Textiles
Libraries
Exhibits | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Quilts displayed at the Boynton Beach Library
- Date
- 1987-07-30
- Description
- Eight color slides. 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
| Painters Frog Smith and Pharaoh Baker exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center | Painters Frog Smith and Pharaoh Baker exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center | Still Image | Painters
Exhibits
Art
Painting
Sculpture
Figurines
African Americans
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1640_26_tape01 | Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit | Sound | Music performance
Bagpipe music
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Bouzouki
Arts, Scottish
Scottish Americans
Exhibits
Musicians
Bagpipers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
- Date
- Description
- One eight-track cassette. Used for an exhibit, contains Skordilis on bouzouki and Keith on the bagpipe. 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, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Model of a Florida Folklife Exhibit | Model of a Florida Folklife Exhibit | Still Image | Models
Models, architectural
Exhibits
Teaching of folklore
Folklife | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Model of a Florida Folklife Exhibit
- Date
- 1983
- Description
- Twenty color slides. No information is available on whether or not this exhibit was ever produced. Appears to have been planned for the Stephen Foster Center.
- Collection
| Model boats in Key West | Model boats in Key West | Still Image | Model builders
Boatbuilders
Fieldwork
Libraries
Exhibits
Boats
Models and modelmaking
Miniature craft
Miniatures
Woodwork
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Model boats in Key West
- Date
- 1993-02-17
- Description
- Four color slides. Boats on display at the local public library.
- Collection
| a_s1708_04_tape12 | Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum | Sound | Fieldwork
Museum collection
Museums
Cypress
Woodwork
Trees
Decorative arts
Exhibits
Material culture
Tourism
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Life histories
Interviews
Sound recordings
Woodworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum
- Date
- 1987-01-15
- Description
- Four audio cassettes. 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 arts project 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.
- Collection
Listen: The Folk Program
