COLLECTION
Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, Year 16, 2013-2014
Identifier
NFAI.O.00053930
Date
2013 - 2014 (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),
Richmond, Trudie Lamb (contributor),
Candyce Testa (contributor),
Barbara Merry (contributor),
Elizabeth James-Perry (contributor),
Gideon Ampeire (contributor),
Jampa Tsondue (contributor),
Yeshi Dorjee (contributor),
Bart Roccoberton (contributor),
Honor Keeler (contributor),
John Whelan (contributor),
Kunga Choekyi (contributor),
Raouf Mama (contributor)
Scope and Content Note
Artists’ communities and art forms represented in the apprenticeship for this round are: Tibetan butter sculpture; African storytelling methods; maritime knot-tying and rope-making; Eastern Woodlands finger weaving; puppetry; Irish accordion playing; Eastern Woodlands storytelling
Extent (Digital images)
Language
English (Languages)
Tibetan (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset017701 (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Tales - Africa http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112433 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Tales - Africa East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010115287 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Woodland Indians http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147950 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Finger weaving http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh200700261 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
rope making http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset015564 (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
knot tying http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset010090 (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
splices http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset017322 (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Irish-Americans music http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104921 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
puppet-making http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85109141 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
butter sculpture http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98004200 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
butter sculptures http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset002475 (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Geographic Coverage
Connecticut (-)
Massachusetts (-)
Rhode Island (-)
