Folk demonstrations at Garden City Elementary School | Folk demonstrations at Garden City Elementary School | Moving Image | Needleworkers Auctioneers Video recording Bobbin lace Oral communication Auctioneering Lacemaking Lace and lace making Lace bobbins Elementary schools Classrooms Students Needlework Occupational groups Occupational folklore | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Folk demonstrations at Garden City Elementary School
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- 1988
- Description
- One video recording. (VHS) 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, and 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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Raw footage of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival | Raw footage of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival | Moving Image | Singers Musicians Artisans Guitarist Needleworkers Fishers Dancers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Video recording Singing Craft Demonstrations Indian arts Indian dance Fiddle music Old time music Cowboys Country music Guitar music String instruments Songs, Irish Lace bobbins Lace and lace making Park Ranger Apprentices Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Raw footage of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1989-05
- Description
- Four video recordings. (3/4" tape) Video footage of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival, including the apprenticeship tent, performance son the main stage, park rangers, and festival crowds. For more details, see individual video descriptions in this database. Video FV-42 is a VHS copy of all four of the original 3/4" tapes.
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Raw footage of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Video 1 of 4) | Raw footage of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Video 1 of 4) | Moving Image | Fishers Artisans Needleworkers Video recording Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Demonstrations Women apprentices Fly fishing Fishing tackle Fishhooks Fishing Equipment and supplies Fishing baits Bobbin lace Lace and lace making Lace bobbins Lacemaking Sewing Needlework Decorative arts Decoration and ornament Fiddle music String instruments Fiddles Arts, Irish Songs, Irish Fiddling Apprentices Fiddlers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Raw footage of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Video 1 of 4)
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- 1985-05-27
- Description
- One video recording. (3/4" tape; 19 minutes) Video of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival. Footage of the Florida Folklife Program's apprentice tent. Hanson and his apprentice Keil demonstrate how to make fly-fishing hooks and lures. Diaz and Lindstrom demonstrated lace bobbin. And Famed irish fiddler Kelly and his two apprentices, Carsey and Gesele, play an Irish fiddle tune. 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 2004.
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a_s1576_22_c86-175 | Interview with tatter Concettina Barone | Sound | Needleworkers Fieldwork Interviews Sound recordings Life histories Oral histories Tatting Cotton textiles Textile arts Italian Americans Lace and lace making Needlework Sewing Emigration and immigration Marriage rites Education | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with tatter Concettina Barone
- Date
- 1985-03-18
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Barone, born in Connecticut to Sicilian parents, is a tatter (lace maker). In the interview, she discusses learning needle work in technical schools and from her mother and learning tatting and knitting at a school club; how her mother learned traditional skills; her family's emigration to the US; growing up in a mixed-ethnic neighborhood; learning English; her courtship and marriage in Italy in 1952; moving to Florida; teaching tatting; and her process/method for teaching the skill. 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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a_s1576_46_fln-014 | Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshops) (Tapes 4) | Sound | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Workshops (Adult education) Fiddle music Music performance Lace and lace making Lacemaking Needlework Decorative arts Textile arts Musicians Fiddlers Needleworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1576_75_c99-088 | Sunday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2) | Sound | Needleworkers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Personal experience narratives Needlework Puerto Ricans Latinos Textile arts Lace and lace making Lacemaking | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Alyne Adams' baby pillow and crochet work | Alyne Adams' baby pillow and crochet work | Still Image | Quiltmakers Needleworkers Fieldwork Quilts Decorative arts Material culture Crocheting Textile arts Lacemaking Lace and lace making | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alyne Adams' baby pillow and crochet work
- Date
- 1986-11-20
- Description
- Twelve 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.
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Ana Blanco making lace | Ana Blanco making lace | Still Image | Needleworkers Arts, Cuban Needlework Cuban Americans Latinos Lace and lace making Decorative arts Lacemaking Sewing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ana Blanco making lace
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- 1988-08
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Blanco won the FLorida Folk Heritage Award in 1990.
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Ana de Diaz and Carmen Linstrom making lace at her home | Ana de Diaz and Carmen Linstrom making lace at her home | Still Image | Needleworkers Fieldwork Bobbin lace Lace bobbins Lace and lace making Lacemaking Needlework Puerto Ricans Latinos Decorative arts Material culture Tatting | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ana de Diaz and Carmen Linstrom making lace at her home
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- Twenty-three black and white prints (plus negatives). Diaz learned lace making after moving to Florida from Puerto Rico in 1983. She learned from Eva Ponton in San Juan and Ana Blanco in Jacksonville. For more information on Diaz, see S 1640, 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Ana de Diaz making lace at her home | Ana de Diaz making lace at her home | Still Image | Needleworkers Fieldwork Bobbin lace Lace and lace making Lace bobbins Lacemaking Needlework Puerto Ricans Latinos Decorative arts Material culture Tatting | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ana de Diaz making lace at her home
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- Twelve color slides. Diaz learned lace making after moving to Florida from Puerto Rico in 1983. She learned from Eva Ponton in San Juan and Ana Blanco in Jacksonville. For more information on Diaz, see S 1640, 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 traditions 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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