COLLECTION
Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, Year 14, 2011-2012
Identifier
NFAI.O.00053928
Date
2011 - 2012 (Bulk dates)
Summary
The collection comprises materials generated and collected by Lynne Williamson, Director of the CT Cultural Heritage Arts Program, during fieldwork and program activities with artists involved in this round of the Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The program was based at the Institute for Community Research in Hartford at this time. Items include digital images and video of artists’ teaching sessions and their public presentations, recorded by Williamson. Also included are master and apprentice work samples submitted with applications, biographical and other manuscripts and flyers.
Creator and/or Contributor
Lynne Williamson (creator),
Nehme Atallah (contributor),
Ayad John Atallah (contributor),
Allen Hazard (contributor),
Kristin Wyman (contributor),
Jesse Marsolais (contributor),
Nicholas Benson (contributor),
Barbara Merry (contributor),
Gideon Ampeire (contributor),
Barnabas Nkore (contributor),
Efraim Silva (contributor),
Danny Mekonnen (contributor),
Artists Collective (contributor)
Scope and Content Note
Artists’ communities and art forms represented in the apprenticeship for this round are: Lebanese liturgical singing; Ethiopian music and dance; Ugandan instrument making and playing; Brazilian capoeira; New England stone inscription carving; Narragansett wampum carving; maritime knot tyoing
Extent (VHS tapes)
Language
English (Languages)
Arabic (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
Capoeira (dance) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019991 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Stone carving http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset017656/ethnographicTerms/afset017656 (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Knot tying http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset010090 (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Popular music Ethiopia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010107590 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Sacred vocal music http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85116385 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
wampum http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145068 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Music-Uganda http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010102921 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Geographic Coverage
Massachusetts (-)
Connecticut (-)
Rhode Island (-)