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Folk art

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Anu Dudley, interviewed by Jamie Moreira

 Series
Abstract

3077 Anu Dudley, interviewed by Jamie Moreira, September 19, 2003, at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine. The interview focuses on her 25 years as coordinator for the traditional arts section of the Fair. Text: 24 pp. transcript. Recording: C 2121 45 minutes. mfc_na3077_c2121_01

Dates: 2000-2004
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)

Maine Fiber Arts: Threads of Our Lives

 Collection
Identifier: MF195
Scope and Contents

This collection contains interviews done with fiber artists in the state of Maine about their art and traditions as well as recordings of the narrative stage at the 2016 American Folk Festival and three library events.

Dates: 2016
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History

Academic Affairs. Dean, College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences. Maine Folklife Center (University Of Maine) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0006-003-022
Scope and Contents The records mainly contains textual information created by the University of Maine's Maine Folklife Center, but there are also photographic material, audio recording on vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes, and also computer disks containing programming material. The record series Administrative Records contains copies of various departmental reports and policies, fund raising information, Board of Advisors meeting material, and publicity material. Also, includes information...
Dates: 1820-2016; Majority of material found within 1957-2012
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives

Maine Pack Basket Makers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MF164
Scope and Contents Maine Pack-Basket Makers Tradition consists of eight transcribed interviews conducted by Bill Mackowski in 2010 with basket makers in several communities involving Maine basket making techniques. Themes include: how many years they produced baskets, how they first received information on making a basket, as well as collecting raw materials, the kinds of baskets they made and the tools they used to make them. The collection includes description of the process of picking a good tree by the...
Dates: 2010-2012
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History

Refugee Arts Group/Southeast Asian Collection (Boston)

 Collection
Identifier: MF051
Scope and Contents

A large collection of various materials reflecting the work of Refugee Arts Group, an organization working with newly arrived immigrants from Southeast Asia in Massachusetts during the 1980s.

Dates: Majority of material found within late 1980s
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History

“Remnants of Our Lives: Maine Women and Traditional Textile Arts” Project & Exhibit

 Collection
Identifier: MF052
Scope and Contents "Remnants of Our Lives: Maine Women and Traditional Textile Arts" was an exhibition, sponsored and curated by the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History in collaboration with the Hudson Museum, the University of Maine's anthropology museum within the Maine Center for the Arts. The exhibition celebrated the skills, talent, and creativity of fifteen Maine women, representing the state's diversity of folklife communities, through a selection of textile objects, narrative texts based...
Dates: 1991-1992
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History

Slide Series Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MF212
Scope and Contents

A series of slides related to Maine, USA primarily as well a Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Canada. The contents cover landscapes, architecture, folk art, and local occupations. It seems likely that many of these, especially Box 1, were used in lectures.

Dates: 1950s-1980s
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History

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