| Alice Edgell making mosquito brushes | Alice Edgell making mosquito brushes | Moving Image | Artisans
Fieldwork
Brooms and brushes
Craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Alice Edgell making mosquito brushes
- Date
- 1984-02
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 25 minutes. The quality of the video suffers in spots. Alice Edgell demonstrates and answers questions on mosquito brush making.
- Collection
| Art by John Durham | Art by John Durham | Still Image | Artisans
Fieldwork
Baskets
Hats
Palmetto weaving
Material culture
Wood carving
Boats
Decorative arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Art by John Durham
- Date
- 1987
- Description
- Nine color prints. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1640_24_tape15 | Elton Noble submission for the 1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program | Sound | Steel guitars
African Americans
Gospel music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Elton Noble submission for the 1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
- Date
- 1994
- Description
- One audio cassette. Noble demonstrates his lap steel abilities for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program application. He was apprentice to Aubrey Ghent. In 2017, Noble was inducted into the Sacred Steel Hall of Fame. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 24.
- Collection
| Ezella Billings with her quilts | Ezella Billings with her quilts | Still Image | Quiltmakers
Fieldwork
Quilted goods
Quilting
Quilts
Decorative arts
Needlework
Textile arts
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ezella Billings with her quilts
- Date
- 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.
- Collection
| Flora Wilson with her quilts | Flora Wilson with her quilts | Still Image | Quiltmakers
Fieldwork
Quilted goods
Quilting
Quilts
Decorative arts
Needlework
Textile arts
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Flora Wilson with her quilts
- Date
- 1987-06-29
- Description
- Ten 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.
- Collection
| Images of the steel guitarist Aubrey Ghent with apprentice Elton Noble | Images of the steel guitarist Aubrey Ghent with apprentice Elton Noble | Still Image | Guitarist
Fieldwork
Apprentices
Steel guitars
Guitarists
African Americans
String instruments
Musical tradition, sacred
Performing arts
Music performance
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the steel guitarist Aubrey Ghent with apprentice Elton Noble
- Date
- 1994
- Description
- Two proof sheets with 49 black and white images (plus negatives); eight color slides. Apprentice Noble agreed to learn from Ghent how to tune, play chords and melodies on the steel guitar, as well as learn the cultural background of "sacred steel" -- a form of African American gospel music performed on the steel guitar (aka the Hawaiian guitar). For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 24. 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, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Images of the steel guitarist Aubrey Ghent with apprentice Elton Noble | Images of the steel guitarist Aubrey Ghent with apprentice Elton Noble | Still Image | Guitarist
Fieldwork
Apprentices
Steel guitars
Guitarists
African Americans
String instruments
Musical tradition, sacred
Performing arts
Music performance
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1640_03_tape05 | Interview with Kathleen and Chanda Rondeau | Sound | Fieldwork
Apprentices
Women apprentices
Interviews
Oral communication
Irish Americans
Irish dance
Dance
Reels
Jigs
Dance music
Irish language
Emigration and immigration
Teaching of folklore
Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Kathleen and Chanda Rondeau
- Date
- 1984-05-05
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview with Kathleen Rondeau and her daughter Chanda about learning stepdancing. Chanda worked as an apprentice with her mother. They discuss learning step dancing (jigs, horn pipes, and reels); immigration from Ireland; lack of Irish dancing in Florida; Irish dance music; and the Gaelic language. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1640_24_tape13 | Interview with steel guitarist Aubrey Ghent and apprentice Elton Noble | Sound | Fieldwork
Apprentices
Steel guitars
Guitarists
African Americans
String instruments
Musical tradition, sacred
Performing arts
Music performance
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Gospel music
Religious music
Guitar music
Guitarist
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Kathleen Rondeau teaching her daughter, Chanda, Irish stepdancing | Kathleen Rondeau teaching her daughter, Chanda, Irish stepdancing | Still Image | Basket maker
Apprentices
Fieldwork
Teaching of folklore
Stepdancing
Dance
Irish Americans
Irish dance
Dancers
Body movement | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Kathleen Rondeau teaching her daughter, Chanda, Irish stepdancing
- Date
- 1984-02
- Description
- One proof sheets with thirty black and white images (plus negatives). Rondeau and her daughter Chanda were among the first participants in the Florida Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program in 1983-1984. As a master folk artist, Rondeau taught Chanda Irish step dancing. Rondeau, who learned stepdancing in Ireland, ran the Gaelic School of Irish Stepdancing, where the images were taken. 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 had 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 until 2003.
- Collection
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