| Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings | Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings | Still Image | Artists
Sculptors
Painters
Fieldwork
Sculpture
Painting
Art
Decorative arts
African Americans
Figurines
Artists studios | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings
- Date
- 1979-08
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. Baker with his sculptures and paintings. Several images of Baker's paintings are included. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of a church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when he was a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City, but also created emotionally charged and religiously influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. For an interview with Baker, see S 1576, box 11, C84-2
- Collection
| Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Still Image | Painters
Sculptors
Fieldwork
Painting
Art
Decorative arts
African Americans
Material culture
Sculpture
Figurines
Metal craft
Metal sculpture
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artwork by Pharaoh Baker
- Date
- 1987-10
- Description
- Thirty color slides. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of a church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when he a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City and made emotionally charged and religiously influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. For an interview with Baker, S1576, box 11, C84-2. 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.
- Collection
| Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Still Image | Artists
Painters
Fieldwork
Painting
Art
Sculpture
Decorative arts
Figurines
Exhibits | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artwork by Pharaoh Baker
- Date
- 1981-05-23
- Description
- Proof sheet with eleven color images (plus negatives). Also, eleven duplicate prints.
- Collection
| Baby quilts by Merle Barfield | Baby quilts by Merle Barfield | Still Image | Quiltmakers
Fieldwork
Material culture
Quilted goods
Quilts
Needlework
Textile arts
Decorative arts
Figurines | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Baby quilts by Merle Barfield
- Date
- 1986-11-17
- Description
- Three color slides. 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.
- Collection
| Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets | Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets | Still Image | Wood carvers
Basket maker
Fieldwork
Craft
Shells
Decorative arts
Material culture
Pine needle crafts
Baskets
Workshops
Figurines
Wood carving | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets
- Date
- 1987-06
- Description
- Fourteen color slides. Images of Bill's wood carving, and Doris' baskets. He was from Chunn's Cove, North Carolina, and she from Alabama. For more information on them, see S 1704, box 1, folder 1. They both dabbled in many crafts. 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.
- Collection
| Botanica Nena in Little Havana | Botanica Nena in Little Havana | Still Image | Fieldwork
Santeria
Herbs
Figurines
Crosses
Crucifixes
Religious symbolism
Religion
Christianity
Christian art and symbolism
Specialty stores
Stores, retail | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Botanica Nena in Little Havana
- Date
- 1980-06-02
- Description
- Thirty color slides. A botanica was a place where believers in Santeria could buy herbs and other supplies. Santeria is a New World version of the Yoruba religion. Catholic items such as crucifixes and statues of saints were also for sale. Slides S80-177, S80-180, S80-185, S80-189, and S80-191 are missing.
- Collection
| Circus miniatures by Howard Dunn | Circus miniatures by Howard Dunn | Still Image | Carvers (Decorative artists)
Wood carvers
Fieldwork
Miniatures
Circus
Miniature craft
Figurines
Wood carving
Wood craft
Decorative arts
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Circus miniatures by Howard Dunn
- Date
- 1988-03
- Description
- Twenty color slides. 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.
- Collection
| Columbia Festival | Columbia Festival | Still Image | Fieldwork
Wood carving
Figurines
Material culture
Decorative arts
Decoration and ornament
Art
Festivals
Special events
Latinos
Painting
Wood carvers
Artisans
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Columbia Festival
- Date
- 1985-07-20
- Description
- Twenty-one color slides. Images of the Columbia Festival in Miami. Includes eight slides of Orta's wood carvings and three slides of Bustos' paintings. 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.
- Collection
| Cypress woodcarver Leslie McKee | Cypress woodcarver Leslie McKee | Still Image | Carvers (Decorative artists)
Wood carvers
Fieldwork
Cypress
Wood carving
Decorative arts
Woodworking tools
Art
Figurines
Selling
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cypress woodcarver Leslie McKee
- Date
- 1984-11
- Description
- Nine color slides. From Ohio, McKee makes carvings from cypress knees. Images created as fieldwork for the 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| Dollmaker Laverne Cole with her crafts | Dollmaker Laverne Cole with her crafts | Still Image | Needleworkers
Dollmakers
Fieldwork
Dolls
Household items
Material culture
Needlework
Figurines
Toys | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
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