Evelyn Coskey demonstrating Polish egg decoration (pysanky)

Fieldwork

Art

Artists

Decorative arts

Craft

Easter eggs

Eggs

Egg decoration

Painting

Design

Holidays

Pysanky

Polish Americans

Librarians

Artisans

Twenty-five color slides. Pysanky (East European egg decration)is created when patterns are drawn on eggs with wax, which then protects the covered areas from the dye that is applied. By repeating this process with different colors of dye, a multi-colored pattern is built up. 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 curriculum. 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.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1577

1988-06

Florida Folklife Program

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1577

v. 55

S91-392 - S91-414

Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Hansen, Gregory

Coskey, Evelyn, 1932-

Polish Americans

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