| Annual Grecian Festival | Annual Grecian Festival | Still Image | Fieldwork
Festivals
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Performing arts
Dance
Body movement
Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Annual Grecian Festival
- Date
- 1987-02-21
- Description
- Eigth color slides. Includes images of Kontodaskalakis dancing. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| Atsuko Lefcourte demonstrating Japanese Tea Ceremony and flower arranging (ikebana) | Atsuko Lefcourte demonstrating Japanese Tea Ceremony and flower arranging (ikebana) | Still Image | Tea masters
Flower arrangers
Fieldwork
Flower arrangement, Japanese
Flowers
Rites and ceremonies
Arts, Japanese
Japanese Americans
Asian Americans
Asian American arts
Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Atsuko Lefcourte demonstrating Japanese Tea Ceremony and flower arranging (ikebana)
- Date
- 1986-08-23
- Description
- Twenty-one color slides. 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. Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| a_s1685_06_tape08 | Atsuko Lefcourte demonstration at West Rivera Elementary School for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Florists
Field recordings
Education
Students
Asian Americans
Japanese Americans
Ritual meals
Elementary schools
Tea ceremonies
Food preparation
Tea tasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1685_06_tape06 | Atsuko Lefcourte interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Florists
Asian Americans
Japanese Americans
Emigration
Tea ceremonies
Food preparation
Ritual meals
Naming ceremonies
World War, 1939-1945
Clothing
Kimonos
Tea tasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Atsuko Lefcourte interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1986-08-23
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Lefcourte discusses learning the Japanese tea ceremony in Japan from her father; emigrating to the United States; the cultural meanings of ikebana and the tea ceremony; naming practices; effects of World War II on her family; clothing and rituals for the tea ceremony; and teaching it to others. Ikebana (Way of the Flower) is the Japanese tradition of flower arranging. It originated in China in the 6th century. For more info on Lefcourte, see S 1644, box 3, folder 11.
- Collection
| Atsuko Lefourte performing the Japanese tea ceremony | Atsuko Lefourte performing the Japanese tea ceremony | Still Image | Fieldwork
Flower arrangement, Japanese
Flowers
Japanese tea ceremony
Japanese tea masters
Food preparation
Drink
Japanese Americans
Arts, Japanese
Demonstrations
Flower arrangers
Tea masters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Atsuko Lefourte performing the Japanese tea ceremony
- Date
- 1987-03-07
- Description
- Ten color slides. 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 in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| Auctioneers Gene and John Larison | Auctioneers Gene and John Larison | Still Image | Auctioneers
Fieldwork
Auctioneering
Auctions
Antiques
Furniture
Material culture
Selling
Occupational groups
Oral performance
Oral communication
Orators
Oratory
Economic practices
Workplace | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Auctioneers Gene and John Larison
- Date
- 1987-08-07
- Description
- Nine color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| Autoharp player Bill Dillon | Autoharp player Bill Dillon | Still Image | Musicians
Fieldwork
Autoharp
Zither
String instruments
Musical instruments
Music performance | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Autoharp player Bill Dillon
- Date
- 1986-10-10
- Description
- Three color slides. The autoharp is also called a chroded zither. A lifelong musician, Dillon did not begin to play the autohrp until 1982 -- on a bet. He usualy plays songs made famour by Maybelle Carter. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| Baskets by Mary Brandenburg | Baskets by Mary Brandenburg | Still Image | Basket maker
Fieldwork
German Americans
Material culture
Basket work
Baskets
Basketry
Pine needle crafts
Containers
Domestic arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Baskets by Mary Brandenburg
- Date
- 1987-08-28
- Description
- Nine color slides. Brandenburg was originally from Pennsylvania. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| Bea Hernandez cooking Colombian foods at Meadow Park Elementary School | Bea Hernandez cooking Colombian foods at Meadow Park Elementary School | Still Image | Fieldwork
Colombian Americans
Cooking and dining
Schools
Elementary schools
Teaching of folklore
Education
Demonstrations
Classrooms
Cookery, Colombian
Plantain banana
Food preparation
Children
Cooks
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bea Hernandez cooking Colombian foods at Meadow Park Elementary School
- Date
- 1986-12-04
- Description
- Seven color slides. Demonstration for Mrs. Thomas fourth grade class. Hernandez's son Jose was in this class. She fried green bananas (platanos). For a recording, see tape 8, box 5, S 1685. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| a_s1685_05_tape08 | Bea Hernandez demonstration at Meadow Park Elementary School for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Colombian Americans
Cooking
Elementary schools
Foodways
Bananas
Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
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