1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs | 1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs | Still Image | African Americans Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Material culture Demonstrations Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Restaurants Cabinetwork Carpentry Woodwork Quilting Quilts Textile arts Chair caning Quiltmakers Carpenters Cabinetmakers Furniture maker Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs
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- 1978-05
- Description
- Five black and white prints. P79-679 Rufus Adams of Mayo demontrating his corn shuck bottom chairs to crowds. P79-681 Queen Udell and her yo-yo quilt. Yo-yo quilt were quilts made from several circular swatches of cloth swen together. P79-682 Cabinet maker Kjell Lunestad of St. Augustine. P79-683 Reverend Thurlow Reed of Key West playing music with a conch shell. P79-684 Jay Abner in front of his restaurant in White Springs. Karl Holland of the Florida Dept. of Commerce took the photographs. He often worked for the Florida Folk Festival, in which he woudl send all unused Commerce photos to the Florida Folklife Program.
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Alejandrina Ayme weaving at the Florida Museum of Natural History | Alejandrina Ayme weaving at the Florida Museum of Natural History | Still Image | Needleworkers Fieldwork Latinos Peruvian Americans Material culture Museums Exhibits Textile arts Looms Weaving Weavers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library | Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library | Still Image | Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Sewing Native Americans Textiles Demonstrations Textile arts Clothing and dress Material culture Domestic arts Equipment, domestic arts Libraries Needleworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library
- Date
- 1984-04-17
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Images of Seminole Alice Billie sewing traditional Seminole clothing at a Miami public library. Part of a National Endowment for the Arts funded folklife program, presented at various libraries across the state, using local talent. A few of the images of Billie sewing can be found on the Florida photographic Collection website.
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Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch | Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch | Still Image | Quiltmakers Material culture Textiles Craft Quilts Textile arts Domestic arts Quilting Decorative arts Design Porches | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch
- Date
- 1986-03
- Description
- Seven color slides. Created as research for the Craft Demonstration Area of the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. 1186: Quilt hanging on front porch; 1220 - 1225: Alma with her quilts.
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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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Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery | Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery | Still Image | Needleworkers Embroiderers Apprentices Hungarians Americans Embroidery Needlework Textile arts Decorative arts Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery
- Date
- 1985-03
- Description
- Seven color slides. Andrea and Sylvia apprenticed under Margaret Horvath in 1984-1985. 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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Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath | Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath | Still Image | Needleworkers Embroiderers Apprentices Hungarians Americans Embroidery Needlework Textile arts Decorative arts Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Andrea and Sylvia Kolozsvary learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath
- Date
- 1985-04
- Description
- Two proof sheets with twenty-three black and white images (plus negatives). Andrea and Sylvia apprenticed under Margaret Horvath in 1984-1985. 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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Ann Prescott's quilts and white oak baskets | Ann Prescott's quilts and white oak baskets | Still Image | Quiltmakers Basket maker Fieldwork White oak Baskets Containers Quilts Textile arts Decorative arts Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ann Prescott's quilts and white oak baskets
- Date
- 1986
- Description
- Six 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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Anne Lunestad weaving cotton at the Florida Folk Festival, 1970s | Anne Lunestad weaving cotton at the Florida Folk Festival, 1970s | Still Image | Spinner Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Women weavers Weaving Cotton textiles Material culture Demonstrations Spinning wheels Textile arts Weavers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Anne Lunestad weaving cotton at the Florida Folk Festival, 1970s
- Date
- 1970
- Description
- Twelve black and white prints. Anne Lunestad, of St. Augustine, often weaved and spun cotton on the Florida Folk Festival's main stage as other acts performed. She was married to Kjell Lunestad, a cabinet maker who often demonstrated his craft at festivals as well.
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Annie Bert making baskets at Miccosukee Indian Reservation | Annie Bert making baskets at Miccosukee Indian Reservation | Still Image | Needleworkers Fieldwork Material culture Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Mikasuki Indians Native Americans Patchwork Decorative arts Textile arts Indian reservations Sewing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Annie Bert making baskets at Miccosukee Indian Reservation
- Date
- 1987-09
- Description
- Seven color slides. Images are dark. Bert was born approximately in 1925. She spoke little English. She made coiled sweetgrass baskets. Used newer grass, using cotton thread. She made basket bottoms out of palmetto fiber. 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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