| Yiddish katubut (ketubah) art | Yiddish katubut (ketubah) art | Still Image | Jews
Religious art
Religion
Marriage
Marriage rites
Judaism
Jews United States
Marriage contracts
Art
Painting
Legal contract
Legal practices
Material culture
Ketubah
Arts, Jewish
Decorative arts
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Yiddish katubut (ketubah) art
- Date
- 1979-06-15
- Description
- Three black and white prints with negatives. Nancy Greenberg displaying her Jewish marriage contract art, known as Katubut/Katabbah. Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A katubbah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees her financial rights upon his death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community. 15 June 1979.
- Collection
| WPA mural of the Barefoot Mailman in the West Palm Beach Post Office | WPA mural of the Barefoot Mailman in the West Palm Beach Post Office | Still Image | Artists
Fieldwork
Painting
Mural painting and decoration
Murals
New Deal, 1933-1939
United States. Work Projects Administration
Postal service
Post office buildings
Art
Decorative arts
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
WPA mural of the Barefoot Mailman in the West Palm Beach Post Office
- Date
- 1987-09-23
- Description
- Three color slides. Painted in 1940 as part of the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)by artist Stevan Dohanos. The three paintings were part of a six-panel narrative series about James Hamilton, known locally as the Barefoot Mailman. He delivered mail in the then wild South Florida environs. He died in 1887 while on the job. Artist Dohanos of Ohio was known for his 100-plus Saturday Evening Post covers. 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
| Woman painting pysanky eggs | Woman painting pysanky eggs | Still Image | Egg decoration
Eggs
Decorative arts
Decoration and ornament
Painting
Pysanky
Painters
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Wall painting at a domino park in Little Havana | Wall painting at a domino park in Little Havana | Still Image | Fieldwork
Art
Decorative arts
Community culture
Arts, Cuban
Painting
Murals
Mural painting and decoration
Street art | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Virgen de Gaudalupe altar | Virgen de Gaudalupe altar | Still Image | Fieldwork
Research methods
Art
Artifacts
Religious art
Religion
Catholics
Painting
Christianity
Arts, Mexican
Ethnicity, Mexico
Mexican Americans
Art and religion
Children
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Virgen de Gaudalupe altar
- Date
- 1985-03-08
- Description
- Nine color slides. Images of a religious painting by Rey Reyes Castillo for use as an altar. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 5 of 15) | Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 5 of 15) | Moving Image | Dancers
Basket maker
Artists
Weavers
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Special events
Seminole Indians
Arts, Irish
Irish dance
Painting
Palmetto weaving
Stepdancing
Basket making
Basket work
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
| Ukranian decorated eggs | Ukranian decorated eggs | Still Image | Fieldwork
Decorative arts
Egg decoration
Eggs
Design
Material culture
Painting
Decoration and ornament
Italian Americans
Ukrainian Americans
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ukranian decorated eggs
- Date
- 1988-08
- Description
- Eighteen color slides. Ukranian decorated eggs by Monsorno, a Ukranian-Italian-American. For an interview with Monsorno, see S 1618, Box 4, tape 1. 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.
- Collection
| Traditional Ukranian egg painting | Traditional Ukranian egg painting | Still Image | Material culture
Craft
Food habits
Painting
Art
Egg decoration | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| The Scull Sisters and their paintings | The Scull Sisters and their paintings | Still Image | Painting
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Art
Painters
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
The Scull Sisters and their paintings
- Date
- 1985-11-10
- Description
- Thirty seven color slides. Images of the painters Haydee and Sarah Scull, and their paintings. Includes their son, and sometime co-artist, Miguel (Michael). Their paintings showcase scenes of pre-Castro Cuba. Miguel adds 3-D figurines to some of the paintings. For more images of the Scull twins, see S 1577, v. 43, S86-5093 - S85-5112. The Metro-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
| The Madison, a painting by E. A. | The Madison, a painting by E. A. | Still Image | Rivers
Boats and boating
Art
Painting
Steamboats
River steamers
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
The Madison, a painting by E. A.
- Date
- 1983-09
- Description
- Three color slides. Image of artist Frog Smith's painting, The Madison. Images created as research for the Steamboating in Florida Conference.
- Collection
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