| Chieri Esposito making temari | Chieri Esposito making temari | Still Image | Healer
Paper art
Paper work
Fieldwork
Apprentices
Arts, Japanese
Arts, Asian
Temari
Origami
Japanese Americans
Needlework
Craft
Material culture
Decorative arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Chieri Esposito making temari
- Date
- 1985-07
- Description
- Ten color slides. Espasito, daughter to master folk artist Kasuko Law, making temari. She served as apprentice to Law in 1984-1985. Temari is the traditional Japanese art of decorating spheres by winding and lacing colored threads in intricate patterns around a core ball. 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
| Folk Arts Day at the Museum of Science and History in Jacksonville | Folk Arts Day at the Museum of Science and History in Jacksonville | Still Image | Craft
Museums
Demonstrations
Children museums
Special events
Exhibits
Origami
Quilting
Gospel music
Music performance
Egg decoration
Singers
Artisans
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Folk Arts Day at the Museum of Science and History in Jacksonville
- Date
- 1985
- Description
- Thirteen color slides. 818-822: Fahed Iwais performing traditional Arabic songs; 823: Mrs. J. Simoneux quilting; 824: Ann Duffy with her Ukranian eggs; 825-826: Yasuko Dawson, Japanese origami demonstration; 827-830: Gospel quartet, The Dixie Jubilees, performing. For more of this festival, see S 1577, volume 40, slides S86-4454 - S86-4590. For more images of these artisans, see S 1577, v. 36-39. For video recordings of this event, see videos FV-20 through FV-22, in S 1615. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_88_d01-023 | Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance & Dance Stage) (Tape 1) | Sound | Artisans
Educators
Net maker
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Origami
Paper art
Paper work
Arts, Japanese
Asian American arts
Minorcan Americans
Education
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Netmaking
Fishing nets
Net makers
Maritime folklore
Space flight
Manned space flight
Navigation (Astronautics)
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| Hisako Williams making origami umbrellas | Hisako Williams making origami umbrellas | Still Image | Paper work
Paper art
Origami
Demonstrations
Japanese Americans
Arts, Asian
Arts, Japanese
Children
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Hisako Williams making origami umbrellas
- Date
- 1982-09-22
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Williams making miniature umbrellas out of cigarette packets. She was joined by a young girl in many images.
- Collection
| Images of the 1984 Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival in Pensacola | Images of the 1984 Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival in Pensacola | Still Image | Material culture
Leather craft
Quilting
Domestic arts
Craft
Festivals
Folk festivals
Drums
Musicians
Netmaking
Origami
Asian American arts
Music performance
Arts, Asian | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the 1984 Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival in Pensacola
- Date
- 1984-11-04
- Description
- Thrity-two color slides. 769-773: Vera Sanders making quilts; 774-776: Hubert Whitworth displaying his cast nets; 777-778: Jim Archer making saddles; 779-780: example of Alma Watson's tatting; 781-784: the US Navy Steel Drum band performing; 785-788: Musicians of the Past program; 789-798: Razuko Law doing origami and Temari (tradional Japanese crafts).
- Collection
| a_s1640_20_tape08 | Interview with Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito | Sound | Artisans
Paper art
Paper work
Fieldwork
Apprentices
Arts, Japanese
Arts, Asian
Temari
Origami
Japanese Americans
Needlework
Craft
Interviews
Decorative arts
Life histories
Family history
Emigration and immigration
Dollmaking | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito
- Date
- 1985-02-14
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview with master folk artist Kasuko Law and her daughter (and apprentice) Chieri. They discuss family history and life in Japan and China (Law's father supplied the Japanse Army during the second world war); immigration to the United States in 1952; the uses of, designs for, and processes in temari making; origami; doll making; and learning and teaching temari and origami. Temari is the traditional Japanese art of decorating spheres by winding and lacing colored threads in intricate patterns around a core ball. For a transcript of the interview, see S 1640, Box 2, folder 13. 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
| Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito making temari | Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito making temari | Still Image | Artisans
Paper art
Paper work
Fieldwork
Apprentices
Arts, Japanese
Arts, Asian
Temari
Origami
Japanese Americans
Needlework
Craft
Material culture
Decorative arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito making temari
- Date
- 1985-02
- Description
- Fifty-one color slides. Espasito, daughter to master folk artist Kasuko Law, making temari with Law. She served as apprentice to Law in 1984-1985. Temari is the traditional Japanese art of decorating spheres by winding and lacing colored threads in intricate patterns around a core ball. 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
| Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito making temari | Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito making temari | Still Image | Artisans
Paper art
Paper work
Fieldwork
Apprentices
Arts, Japanese
Arts, Asian
Temari
Origami
Japanese Americans
Needlework
Craft
Material culture
Decorative arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito making temari
- Date
- 1985-04
- Description
- One proof sheet with twenty-one black and white images (plus negatives). Espasito, daughter to master folk artist Kasuko Law, making temari with Law. She served as apprentice to Law in 1984-1985. Temari is the traditional Japanese art of decorating spheres by winding and lacing colored threads in intricate patterns around a core ball. 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
| Musical instrument maker Dick Wagner playing for students | Musical instrument maker Dick Wagner playing for students | Still Image | Schools
Demonstrations
Classrooms
Japanese Americans
Students
Teaching of folklore
Education
Origami
Paper work
Paper art
Craft
Arts, Japanese
Asian American arts
Asian Americans
Kimonos
Clothing and dress
Art
Musical instrument maker
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Musical instrument maker Dick Wagner playing for students
- Date
- 1985-01
- Description
- Twenty-seven color slides. Images are of Wagner playing instruments that he made for students at Mami Agnes Elementary School, including a banjo, guitar, and fiddle. An interview with Wagner can be found in S 1576, Box 22, C86-178/179. Slides 1924 and 1925 are close-up images of his guitar and banjo. 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 curricula. 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.
- Collection
| Yasuko Dawson demonstrating to students how to do origami | Yasuko Dawson demonstrating to students how to do origami | Still Image | Schools
Demonstrations
Classrooms
Japanese Americans
Students
Teaching of folklore
Education
Origami
Paper work
Paper art
Craft
Arts, Japanese
Asian American arts
Asian Americans
Kimonos
Clothing and dress
Art
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Yasuko Dawson demonstrating to students how to do origami
- Date
- 1985-03-19
- Description
- Thirty-seven color slides. Demonstration at Stockton Elementary School. Origami is the Japanese art of paperfolding to create sculptures and symbolic shapes. 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 curricula. 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.
- Collection
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