Atsuko Lefcourte demonstrating Japanese Tea Ceremony and flower arranging (ikebana)

Tea masters

Flower arrangers

Fieldwork

Flower arrangement, Japanese

Flowers

Rites and ceremonies

Arts, Japanese

Japanese Americans

Asian Americans

Asian American arts

Food preparation

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.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1685

1986-08-23

Florida Folklife Program

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1685

v. 1

Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Rosenberg, Jan

Lefcourte, Atsuko, 1931-1998

Japanese American

Asian American

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