Craft demonstration area at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival | Craft demonstration area at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Whip maker Chair-makers Needleworkers Folklore revival festivals Whips Folk festivals Whip making Craft Cornhusk craft Demonstrations Leather craft Decoys (Hunting) Wildlife wood-carving Bobbin lace Chairs Guitar makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Duck decoy carver Michael Berg with his work | Duck decoy carver Michael Berg with his work | Still Image | Fieldwork Wood carving Woodwork Woodworking tools Material culture Workplace Workshops Occupational groups Labor Wood craft Decoys Hunting Artisans Decoys (Hunting) Wildlife wood-carving Decorative arts Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Duck decoy carver Michael Berg with his work
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- 1988-07
- Description
- Forty-nine color slides. Originally from Indiana, Berg is a self-taught wood duck decoy carver. These decoys were used for hunters and at gun ranges. Slides includes images of Berg working on his decoys, as well as examples of his work. 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.
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a_s1576_75_c99-074 | Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 12) | Sound | Wood carvers Woodworkers Storytellers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Personal experience narratives Storytelling Decoys Decoys (Hunting) Carvers (Decorative artists) Wildlife wood-carving Wood carving Arts, Jamaican Jamaican Americans Animal tales | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 12)
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- 1999-05-28
- Description
- One audio cassette tape. Michael Berg of Tallahassee, FL, interviewed by Bob Stone, discusses carving and making decoys out of cork and wood. He describes the procedures for carving. Lucille Fuller of Jamaica discusses her background and how she began telling stories in Jamaica. She tells a story about Brother Nansi and a Pot (spider [Nansi] who takes on human characteristics fills empty pot with food).
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a_s1576_74_c99-064 | Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2) | Sound | Wood carvers Woodworkers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Personal experience narratives Folklorists Decoys (Hunting) Wildlife wood-carving Wood carving Decorative arts Wood craft Hunting Equipment and supplies Carvers (Decorative artists) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1576_75_c99-085 | Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10) | Sound | Carvers (Decorative artists) Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Personal experience narratives Occupational folklore Occupational groups Alligator hunting Alligators American alligator Hunting Folklore Hunting stories Decoys (Hunting) Wildlife wood-carving Wood carving Hunters Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1576_75_c99-086 | Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 11) | Sound | Carvers (Decorative artists) Hunters Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Personal experience narratives Occupational folklore Occupational groups Jump rope rhymes Games Scouts and scouting Hunting Folklore Hunting stories Decoys (Hunting) Wildlife wood-carving Wood carving Girl Scouts Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 11)
- Date
- 1999-05-29
- Description
- One audio cassette tape. Michael Berg continues his discussion of decoys and duck hunting from C99-85. Girl Scout Troup #648 of Lake City, FL demonstrates jump rope tricks and string games. Jump rope games include: "Ice Cream", "Cinderella", "Tiny Tim", "Tea and Coffee" and "Teddy Bear". String games include "cat's cradle" and "witch's broom".
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a_s1576_64_c96-080 | Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 3-4) | Sound | Carvers (Decorative artists) Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Personal experience narratives Decoys Decoys (Hunting) Wildlife wood-carving Wood carving Wood craft Woodwork Artisans Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 3-4)
- Date
- 1996-05-26
- Description
- Two audio cassette tapes. Tozzer served as emcee. Walter McKenzie, Laurel Dabbs, Charles Parker and Paul Greene discuss woodcarving as folk art. McKenzie remembers Dan Marshal (The session is a tribute to him). Laurel Dabbs discusses functional decoy construction. Paul Greene discusses his early days at the Folk Festival. Woodcarving as artistic, contemporary and as a folk art is discussed as well as specific aspects of the craft such as cornstack carving and whittling.
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Tony Dell and his wood carvings | Tony Dell and his wood carvings | Still Image | Woodworkers Fieldwork Carvers (Decorative artists) Wildlife wood-carving Decorative arts Material culture Craft Wood craft Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Tony Dell and his wood carvings
- Date
- 1987-06
- Description
- Five 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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Woodcarver Thomas Penney | Woodcarver Thomas Penney | Still Image | Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers Fieldwork Chain saws Wood carving Decorative arts Woodworking tools Art Figurines Statues Material culture Wildlife wood-carving | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Woodcarver Thomas Penney
- Date
- 1984-11
- Description
- Four color slides. From Canada, Penney travels the country carving wood signs for businesses. Here, Penney carves a bear with a chainsaw. Images created as fieldwork for the 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Wooden wildlife carvings by Roswell Harrington | Wooden wildlife carvings by Roswell Harrington | Still Image | Wood carvers Farmer Fieldwork Wildlife wood-carving Figurines Wood carving Wood craft Art Decorative arts Material culture Canes Carvers (Decorative artists) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wooden wildlife carvings by Roswell Harrington
- Date
- 1992-03-07
- Description
- Nineteen color slides. Images of animal wood carvings (mostly of birds) in Harrington's house, a former farmer. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
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