The Oregon Folklife Program was Oregon's statewide folklife program from 1988 to 2012. Artquake was a Portland, Oregon arts festival held annually on Labor Day weekend, 1977-1995. The collection comprises 300 color slides and five sound recordings of folk arts and music performances at Artquake in Portland, Oregon in 1994.
The collection comprises color slides and sound recordings of folk arts performances at the Artquake arts festival in Portland, Oregon in 1994. Artquake was held annually on Labor Day weekend from 1977 through 1995 in the South Park blocks. In 1994 the Oregon Folklife Program was invited to present traditional arts of the Portland metro area. "It's Festival Time, Celebrating Traditions" featured performances of traditional music, dance, and storytelling on two stages, and craftspeople at a demonstration area. Traditions presented included Hawaiian dance and lei making, Native American drumming and dancing, African American hair braiding and singing, Cambodian dance, East Indian music and dance, Irish music and dance, Japanese flower arranging, Chinese paper cutting, Angolan storytelling, and more
The collection includes 301 slides (dated Sept 12, 1994, with no other information) that were taken during the Artquake festival. Stage performances include a Palestinian puppet show (slides 1, 2, 94, 254-256), Cambodian classical dance (slides 66-72, 95-96, 143-147), Arabian lute music (slides 73, 74), Irish music and step dancing (slides 118-123), Native American drumming and dancing (slides 168-180), American gospel singers (slides 181-187, 259-263), and other music and dance groups (slides 3-16, 57-65, 111-117, 192-200)
Demonstrations in the exhibit section include African-American hair braiding (slides 18, 53, 54, 148-155, 283), Swedish folk art painting (dalmaling, slides 19-21, 156-161), Japanese bamboo basketry (slides 25-31, 35-46, 208-218), Japanese flower arranging (ikebana, slides 22-24, 105, 162-163), Hawaiian music, dance, and lei-making (slides 128-137), and Mennonite quilt-making (slides 234-236, 276, 277, 291, 295). Many slides show the insides of the various tents with exhibits of such crafts as Angolan basketry (slides 47-48), Ghanaian dresses (slide 292), Filipino stars (parol, slide 275), and Mexican piñatas (slides 205, 290). Members of the public are shown making paper crafts (slides 75-84, 247-253) and leis (slides 265-271), as well as watching the stage performances and looking at the exhibits
The collection includes five sound recordings of stage performances of Scandinavian dance music, Arabic oud (lute music), Lao music, Hawaiian music, Native American drumming, Irish music, Yiddish folk songs, Ukranian music, and Mexican mariachi music
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