Farola and gigante maker Isaac Duenas with apprentices Isaac Duenas and Ramon Zepeda

Mask maker

Fieldwork

Arts, Cuban

Cuban Americans

Latinos

Masks

Figurines

Parade floats

Apprentices

Four proof sheets with 114 black and white images; 35 color slides. Apprentices Zepeda and David Duenas had to learn from Isaac Duenas to design and construct the gigante and farola figures. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 22. 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

2

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Stone, Robert, 1944-

Duenas, David, 1968-

Zepeda, Ramon, 1954-

Duenas, Isaac, 1935-

Cuban American

Latino

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