| Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey | Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey | Still Image | Apprentices
Wood carving
Teaching of folklore
Decorative arts
Craft
Woodwork
Woodworking tools
Figurines
Workshops
Carpentry tools
Carvers (Decorative artists)
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Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- Thirty-nine color slides. Bill Cooey, who has a mix of Scottish and Yuchi Indian ancestry, grew up in the panhandle. There, he learned pocketknife carving from his mother, a descendant of the Yuchi Indians. His nephew Dale Cooey began to learn the craft with the Apprenticeship program in 1988. For more on Bill Cooey, see S 1644, box 3, folder 1. 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
| Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey | Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey | Still Image | Apprentices
Wood carving
Teaching of folklore
Decorative arts
Craft
Woodwork
Woodworking tools
Figurines
Workshops
Carpentry tools
Pocketknives
Carvers (Decorative artists)
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Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey
- Date
- 1988-04
- Description
- One proof sheet with 24 black and white prints (plus negatives). Bill Cooey, a mix of Scottish and Yuchi Indian ancestry, grew up in the panhandle where he learned pocketknife carving from his mother, a descendant of the Yuchi Indians. His nephew Dale Cooey began to learn the craft with the Apprenticeship program in 1988. For more on Bill Cooey, see S 1644, box 3, folder 1. 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
| Fu-Yung Chang making rice figurines at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival | Fu-Yung Chang making rice figurines at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Artisans
Sculptors
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Demonstrations
Craft
Rice
Sculpture
Figurines
Arts, Asian
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| 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 | Artists
Painters
Fieldwork
Painting
Art
Sculpture
Decorative arts
Figurines
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Artwork by Pharaoh Baker
- Date
- 1981-05-23
- Description
- Proof sheet with eleven color images (plus negatives). Also, eleven duplicate prints.
- Collection
| Wooden carvings by Payton Bembry, Sr | Wooden carvings by Payton Bembry, Sr | Still Image | Artists
Wood carvers
Fieldwork
Art
Wood carving
Wood craft
Woodwork
Sculpture
Metal craft
Figurines
Animals
Material culture
Decorative arts
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Wooden carvings by Payton Bembry, Sr
- Date
- 1981-09-08
- Description
- Thirteen color slides. Slide S82-1007 is missing. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
- Collection
| Pine needle baskets by Helen Bishop | Pine needle baskets by Helen Bishop | Still Image | Basket maker
Fieldwork
Basket making
Basket work
Basketry
Baskets
Decorative arts
Material culture
Containers
Figurines
Pine needle crafts
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Pine needle baskets by Helen Bishop
- Date
- 1987-10-08
- Description
- Twenty-five 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 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
| 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
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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
| 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
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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
| Harold Dunn with his circus wood carvings | Harold Dunn with his circus wood carvings | Still Image | Carvers (Decorative artists)
Fieldwork
Wood carving
Material culture
Decorative arts
Woodwork
Miniatures
Miniature craft
Figurines
Circus
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Harold Dunn with his circus wood carvings
- Date
- 1988-01
- Description
- Sixty-five 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
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