Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers

Fieldwork

Apprentices

Seminole Indians

Native Americans

Palmetto weaving

Basket making

Basket work

Basketry

Baskets

Containers

Weaving

Basket maker

Four proof sheets with 86 black and white images (plus negatives); and 20 color slides. Apprentice Jones had to learn from Bowers to select, gather, and prepare stems, make six baskets, and learn cultural background. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 21. 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.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1640

1994

Florida Folklife Program

photographs

Still Image

S1640

15

1

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Stone, Robert, 1944-

Bowers, Marian Cypress, 1912-2003

Jones, Martha, 1941-

Seminole Indian

Native American

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