The Spiritual Harmonizers | The Spiritual Harmonizers | Still Image | African Americans Singing Music performance Musical tradition, sacred Musical tradition, African diaspora Gospel (Black) Gospel musicians Religious music Christianity Performing arts Libraries Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
The Spiritual Harmonizers
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- 1984-05-05
- Description
- Eight color slides. Images of the six-person group the Spiritual Harmonizers performing at a Miami public library. The event was part of a National Endowment for the Arts-funded folklife program and was presented at various libraries across the state using local talent.
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Walter Richardson performing at a Miami public library | Walter Richardson performing at a Miami public library | Still Image | African Americans Singing Music performance Pianos Gospel (Black) Gospel musicians Religious music Christianity Performing arts Libraries Musicians Pianists Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Walter Richardson performing at a Miami public library
- Date
- 1984-05-05
- Description
- Five color slides. Images of Richardson and his musical group from the Second Baptist Church of Miami performing at a Miami public library. The event was part of a National Endowment for the Arts-funded folklife program presented at various libraries across the state using local talent.
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East Indian grape arbor | East Indian grape arbor | Still Image | Agriculture Farm life Crops Farms Arbors Vertical gardening Grapes Viticulture Vineyards Farm workers Migrant workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
East Indian grape arbor
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- Description
- Eight color slides. 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.
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Irish James Kelly with apprentices Linda Gesele and Pam Carsey | Irish James Kelly with apprentices Linda Gesele and Pam Carsey | Still Image | Apprentices Fiddles Fiddling String instruments Music performance Arts, Irish Irish Americans Musical instruments Teaching of folklore Fiddlers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Irish James Kelly with apprentices Linda Gesele and Pam Carsey
- Date
- 1989-08
- Description
- Twenty color slides. For more information on Kelly and the apprentices, see S 1640, box 8, folder 9. 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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Just The Way It Was: Fernande Forte | Just The Way It Was: Fernande Forte | Moving Image | Apprentices Video recording Oral communication Oral narratives Storytelling Tales Interviews Interviewing on television Family history Arts, Haitian Haitian Americans Jamaican Americans Personal experience narratives Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Just The Way It Was: Fernande Forte
- Date
- 1990-12-17
- Description
- One video recording. (VHS; 29 minutes) Just the Way It Was was a cultural group that exhibited Haitian and Jamaican culture, including dance, music, and storytelling. They also had a cable access television program in Miami. This was episode #10 of that series. Forte was a member, and here in an interview with Fuller, she describes her experiences as a Haitian storyteller. She discusses apprenticing under Liliane Louis (sponsored by the Florida Folklife Program), her family life, and life in college.
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Miami Harbor in 1923 | Miami Harbor in 1923 | Still Image | Architecture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
East Indian mehndi artist Farzana Kalvert and apprentices | East Indian mehndi artist Farzana Kalvert and apprentices | Still Image | Artisans Artists Tattoo artists Apprentices Indian Americans Body art Mehndi (Body painting) Body painting Indian arts Teaching of folklore Henna | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
East Indian mehndi artist Farzana Kalvert and apprentices
- Date
- 1989
- Description
- One color slide, 20 black and white negatives. 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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Fly-tying workshop | Fly-tying workshop | Still Image | Artisans Fieldwork Occupational groups Workplace Fly fishing Material culture Workers Fishing tackle Fishing Equipment and supplies Fishing lures | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fly-tying workshop
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- 1987-08
- 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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Gloria Cypress doing beadwork | Gloria Cypress doing beadwork | Still Image | Artisans Fieldwork Material culture Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Mikasuki Indians Native Americans Beadwork Decorative arts Craft Indian reservations | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Gloria Cypress doing beadwork
- Date
- 1987-09
- Description
- Four color slides. Images are dark. Cypress was the sister of Billy Cypress, at the time the chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe. Her father was a Seminole from Big Cypress Reservation, but her mother was Miccosukee. Raised in Miami, she moved to the reservation at age 12. 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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Nancy Greenberg with her ketubah | Nancy Greenberg with her ketubah | Still Image | Artists Fieldwork Art Religious art Jewish Americans Arts, Jewish Jewish art and symbolism Jews Ketubah Marriage contracts Legal contract | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Nancy Greenberg with her ketubah
- Date
- 1985-08
- Description
- Three color slides. Jewish marriage contract art is also known as Katubut/Katabbah/Katubah. Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A ketubah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees her financial rights upon his death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 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.
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