Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats | Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats | Still Image | Artisans Fieldwork Palm frond weaving Palmetto weaving Hats Plants Flora Minorcans Craft Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats
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- 1988-10
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Images created as fieldwork for the Folk Arts 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, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Agricultural fields in Hastings, Florida | Agricultural fields in Hastings, Florida | Still Image | Artisans Fieldwork Agriculture Crops Plants Farming Minorcans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
a_s1622_04_tape08 | Al Ballard interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project | Sound | Beekeepers Field recordings Beekeeping Beehives Honey Apiaries Bees (insects) Citrus fruits Plants Harvesting Agriculture Interviews Oral histories | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Al Ballard interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
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- 1988-01-27
- Description
- Two audiocassettes. Ballard was born in Myakka City, where his family dates back to 1860. His father was a beekepper, and when Al retired from the U.S. Army in 1978, he began beekeeping. In the interview, he discusses his family history with beekeeping; main prime product: honey; his business Ballard's Apiary; selling honey: methods, equipment, and buyers; handling swarms and queens; tools used; bee hive boxes; transportation; use of citrus, palmetto and mangrove for pollinating; bee bahvior and life cycle; disease control; myths about bees and honey; ideal bee weather; and Africanized bees.
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a_s1622_04_tape11 | Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project | Sound | Field recordings Interviews Oral narratives Life histories Occupational folklore Agricultural implements Family farms Farm life Farming Sales Watermelons Vegetables Plants | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
- Date
- 1987-11-23
- Description
- One audiocassette. Curry was a farmer since the 1940s. He discusses getting started in farming: clearing fields; developing his process, and deciding on crops. He also discusses his crops: watermelons, cucumbers, tomatoes; special needs for each; changes to the environment; main issue: water control; debt; financing; small farmers; plastic farming; and cattle raising (his other business).
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Artist Pam Maneeratana's carved fruit and vegetables | Artist Pam Maneeratana's carved fruit and vegetables | Still Image | Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Fruit Vegetable carving Vegetables Plants Decorative arts Arts, Asian Asian Americans Thai Americans Artisans Carvers (Decorative artists) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artist Pam Maneeratana's carved fruit and vegetables
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- Description
- Six color slides. Images of artist Pam Maneeratara's carved fruit and vegetables. Csllerd kae Sa Luk. This is a 700-reay old craft taught to school girls in learning culinary skills. The usal motifs is floral. She uses a bird's beak knife, specially ordered from Thailand. She is not pictured. Pam's mother was the cook for Bahn Thai, a family-owned restaurant in Tallahassee.
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Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana | Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana | Still Image | Artisans Flower arrangers Apprentices Flowers Arts, Asian Asian American arts Asian Americans Arts, Japanese Japanese Americans Material culture Plants Decorative arts Decoration and ornament Teaching of folklore Flower arrangement, Japanese | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana
- Date
- 1988-03
- Description
- Four proof sheets with 98 black and white images (plus negatives). Master folk artist Lefcourte took on two apprentices in 1988: Levanthal and McGlamory. Ikebana (Way of the Flower) is the Japanese tradition of flower arranging. It originated in China in the 6th century. Lefcourte was born in Osaka, Japan, where she learned the art of the tea ceremony and flower arranging. She moved to Florida in 1975. For more info on Lefcourte, see S 1644, box 3, folder 11. 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.
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Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana | Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana | Still Image | Artisans Flower arrangers Apprentices Flowers Arts, Asian Asian American arts Asian Americans Arts, Japanese Japanese Americans Material culture Plants Decorative arts Decoration and ornament Teaching of folklore Flower arrangement, Japanese | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Atsuko Lefcourte and her apprentices demonstrating ikebana
- Date
- 1988-03
- Description
- Forty-six color slides. Master folk artist Lefcourte took on two apprentices in 1988: Levanthal and McGlamory. Ikebana (Way of the Flower) is the Japanese tradition of flower arranging. It originated in China in the 6th century. Lefcourte was born in Osaka, Japan, where she learned the art of the tea ceremony and flower arranging. She moved to Florida in 1975. For more info on Lefcourte, see S 1644, box 3, folder 11. 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.
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Broom making in Jefferson County | Broom making in Jefferson County | Still Image | Fieldwork Broom making Brooms Plants Flora Elderly, the Craft Domestic arts Broom makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cane grinding at James Johnson's home | Cane grinding at James Johnson's home | Still Image | Fieldwork Cane syrup Sugarcane Sugarcane products Sugarcane grinding Milling Cookery (syrups) Food preparation Plants Wagons Food African Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cane grinding at James Johnson's home
- Date
- 1981-11-28
- Description
- Eighteen color slides. 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.
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Cane syrup-making demonstration | Cane syrup-making demonstration | Still Image | Festivals Folk festivals Demonstrations Craft Cane syrup Cookery (syrups) Sugarcane Sugarcane products Sugarcane grinding Plants Food industry and trade Food preparation Food Ovens Syrups Syrup industry Cooks Farmers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cane syrup-making demonstration
- Date
- 1981-09-01
- Description
- Sixty-five color slides. Demonstration of sugarcane grinding and cane syrup- making.
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