| a_s1576_02_c78-050 | Interview with painter Pharaoh Baker | Sound | Interviews
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Painting
Art
Art and religion
Life histories
Fieldwork
African Americans
Christianity
African Americans Segregation
Racism
Racial discrimination
Cotton
Sculptors
Artists
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with painter Pharaoh Baker
- Date
- 1978-05-03
- Description
- One audio cassette. Side 1, C78-50: Baker, born in Sneeds, Florida, discusses how he started painting seriously in his early twenties and used the GI Bill to study art at Florida A & M University from 1947 to 1949. He also describes the cotton picking trading system in which the laborers would trade coupons for finished cotton goods for payment. Baker also discusses his paintings: "The Sharecropper," "A Hero's Welcome," "Lord, Make My Burden Lighter," "The Dead Christ," "The Soul Searchers." He also talks about what has influenced his art; his school days; the murder of Emmett Till; and growing up as an African American in Jim Crow Florida. Side 2: Baker talks about his religious background and its influence in his art; how long it takes him to paint a picture; how he sculpts; the materials he uses to paint; and house and sign painting.
- Collection
| a_s1576_11_c84-002 | Interview with painters Pharaoh Baker and his apprentice Ellis Wright | Sound | Painters
Sculptors
Fieldwork
African Americans
Apprentices
Interviews
Life histories
Oral histories
Teaching of folklore
Painting
Art
Sculpture
Artists studios
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with painters Pharaoh Baker and his apprentice Ellis Wright
- Date
- 1984-01-12
- Description
- One audio cassette. Baker served as a master artist to apprentice Wright in the 1984-1985 apprenticeship program. In the interview, they discuss learning painting; where they paint; subjects and inspirations; influences (Picasso, Van Gogh, El Greco); sculpture; African American culture; the goals of an artist; various mediums; and art perspectives. 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
| a_s1576_78_d98-037 | Sunday performances at the 1998 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 4) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Personal experience narratives
Life histories
Oral narratives
Batik
Painting
Guitar music
Flamenco music
Guitar music (Flamenco)
Fiddling
Indian arts
Indian Americans
Fiddle music
Irish Americans
Arts, Irish
String instruments
Music performance
Dance music
Musicians
Fiddlers
Drummers (Musicians)
Artists
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s2034_07_cd07-037 | The Cowboy Artist Association of Florida panel at the 2007 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Stage | sound | Folk festivals
Florida Folk Festival
Oral narratives
Cowboys -- Florida
Painting
Cowboy art | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s2034_07_cd07-050 | The Cowboy Artist Association of Florida panel at the 2007 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Stage | sound | Folk festivals
Florida Folk Festival
Oral narratives
Cowboys -- Florida
Painting
Cowboy art | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1618_04_tape21 | Evelyn Coskey interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Librarians
Artisans
Field recordings
Oral narratives
Interviews
Polish Americans
Easter eggs
Egg decoration
Painting
Calendar rites
Pysanky | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Evelyn Coskey interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1988-06-29
- Description
- One audio casette. A third-generation Polish American originally from New Jersey, Coskey discusses Polish American folk arts, especially pysanky. Pysanky (East European egg decoration)is created when patterns are drawn on eggs with wax, which then protects the covered areas from the dye that is applied. By repeating this process with different colors of dye, a multi-colored pattern is built up. She also discusses Polish calendar rites; Polish holidays; Polish Americans; and books she has written.
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| a_s1618_04_tape04 | Hope Odzak interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Painting
Devotional objects
Ceremonial objects
Religious symbolism
Icons
Religious imagery
Christianity | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Hope Odzak interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1988-07-07
- Description
- One audio tape. The North Carolina-born Odzak, a sales assistant, explains iconographic painting. She discusses joining the Greek Orthodox Church (she is of Anglo ethnicity); learning Greek Orthodox iconography; learning painting from Elias Katsaris, a Greek Orthodox priest who paints for churches across the nation; use of icons in the church; various types of icons; history and styles of icons; icons in the home; processes for making an icon; materials needed; and tools used.
- Collection
| a_s1680_02_tape05 | Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley | Sound | Artisans
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Fieldwork
Arts, Ukrainian
Ukrainian American art
Ukrainian Americans
Decorative arts
Pysanky
Egg decoration
Eggs
Painting
Interviews
Life histories
Oral histories
Emigration and immigration
Oral communication
Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley
- Date
- 1989-04-11
- Description
- Sixteen color slides. Gurley talks about egg decoration; learning the craft from her mother; symbolism of the craft; and immigration from the Ukraine in 1947 to the US. For images of her eggs, see S 1680, box 1, folder 5.
- Collection
| Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating | Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating | Still Image | Education
Schools
Classrooms
Elementary schools
Students
Teaching of folklore
Egg decoration
Eggs
Easter eggs
Craft
Demonstrations
Painting
Holidays and festivals
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating
- Date
- 1985-04-03
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Duffy, an East European, demonstrates traditional methods for decorating Easter eggs to San Pablo Elementary students. 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
| Apalachicola sign art | Apalachicola sign art | Still Image | Fieldwork
Signs (commercial)
Signs and signboards
Art
Painting
Restaurants
Maritime life | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apalachicola sign art
- Date
- 1986-11-09
- Description
- Four color slides. 237: Sign on truck trailer; 238: Sign on building; 239-240: Painting on Water Street building. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
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