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Interviewee:

Wesselmann, Tom, 1931-2004  Search this

Interviewer:

Sandler, Irving, 1925-  Search this

Subject:

Dine, Jim  Search this

Katz, Alex  Search this

Tanager Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Nude in art  Search this

Collage  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Collagists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12439

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212174

AAA_collcode_wessel84

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212174

Interviewee:

Tomkins, Margaret, 1916-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Guenther, Bruce  Search this

Subject:

FitzGerald, James  Search this

Artists Gallery (Seattle, Wash.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Women artists -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews  Search this

Art, Modern -- Northwestern States  Search this

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Art, American -- Northwestern States  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12308

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212455

AAA_collcode_tomkin84

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212455

Interviewee:

Wentzy, James, 1952-  Search this

Interviewer:

Carr, C.  Search this

Subject:

Arena, Tony  Search this

Brown, Arch  Search this

Buckingham, David  Search this

Carlomusto, Jean  Search this

Dee, James  Search this

Ellis, Darrel  Search this

Farber, Robert  Search this

Heiss, Alanna  Search this

Maletta, Lou  Search this

Moore, Patrick  Search this

Santinire, Vincent  Search this

Schnabel, John  Search this

Tam, Ho  Search this

ACT UP (Organization)  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Southern Illinois University (System)  Search this

ACT UP New York (Organization)  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Topic:

AIDS activists  Search this

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Study and teaching  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17464

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)387864

AAA_collcode_wentzy17

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_387864

Interviewee:

Vázquez-Pacheco, Robert, 1956-  Search this

Interviewer:

Kerr, Theodore, 1979-  Search this

Subject:

Ayala, George  Search this

Bordowitz, Gregg  Search this

Callen, Michael  Search this

Elovich, Richard  Search this

Finkelstein, Avram  Search this

Foreman, Matt  Search this

France, David  Search this

Garcia, Robert  Search this

George, Carl  Search this

Guzmán, Manolo  Search this

Kalin, Tom  Search this

King, Charles Bird  Search this

Kirschenbaum, David A.  Search this

Kramer, Larry  Search this

Levine, Deb  Search this

McAlpin, Loring  Search this

McCarty, Marlene  Search this

Metroka, Craig  Search this

Moffett, Donald  Search this

Rice-González, Charles  Search this

Russo, Vito  Search this

Simpson, Mark  Search this

Staley, Peter  Search this

Walsh, Joey  Search this

ACT UP (Organization)  Search this

Gay Switchboard (Berkeley, Calif.)  Search this

Gran Fury (Artists' collective)  Search this

National Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization  Search this

Other Countries, Inc.  Search this

People with AIDS Coalition  Search this

State University College (Oswego, N.Y.)  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Topic:

Activism  Search this

AIDS activists  Search this

AIDS (Disease)  Search this

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Authors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Political activists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17530

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)391841

AAA_collcode_vazque17

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

African American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_391841

Interviewee:

Karp, Ivan C., 1926-2012  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul, 1933-1997  Search this

Subject:

Artschwager, Richard  Search this

Bellamy, Richard  Search this

Castelli, Leo  Search this

Johns, Jasper  Search this

Lichtenstein, Roy  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert  Search this

Rosenquist, James  Search this

Scull, Robert C.  Search this

Sonnabend, Ileana  Search this

Twombly, Cy  Search this

Warhol, Andy  Search this

Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Richard Green Gallery  Search this

Hansa Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

O.K. Harris Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Optical art -- United States  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Soft sculpture -- United States  Search this

Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11717

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211988

AAA_collcode_karp69

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211988

Interviewee:

Sabol, Audrey, 1922-  Search this

Interviewer:

Pacini, Marina  Search this

Subject:

Atkinson, Ti-Grace  Search this

Indiana, Robert  Search this

Lichtenstein, Roy  Search this

Serra, Richard  Search this

Beautiful Bag Co. (Philadelphia,Pa.)  Search this

University of Pennsylvania  Search this

YM/YWHA  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Pop art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12868

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212162

AAA_collcode_sabol87

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212162

Interviewee:

Ruscha, Edward, 1937-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Pop art  Search this

Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12887

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212272

AAA_collcode_ruscha80

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212272

Interviewee:

Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997  Search this

Interviewer:

Hooton, Bruce Duff, 1928-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11901

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213112

AAA_collcode_stamos65

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213112

Interviewee:

Richter, Mischa, 1910-2001  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F  Search this

Subject:

Barnet, Will  Search this

Bloom, Hyman  Search this

Levine, Jack  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad  Search this

Steig, William  Search this

Zimmerman, Harold K.  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this

Yale University  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

New masses  Search this

New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)  Search this

Cartooning  Search this

Jewish artists  Search this

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown -- Interviews  Search this

Magazine illustration -- 20th century  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12128

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215762

AAA_collcode_richte94

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215762

Interviewee:

Herrón, Willie, 1951-  Search this

Interviewer:

Rangel, Jeffrey J.  Search this

Subject:

Gronk  Search this

Asco (Group of artists)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art and music  Search this

Graffiti art  Search this

Street art  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Mexican American artists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Mexican American musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12847

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)223100

AAA_collcode_herron00

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_223100

Interviewee:

Karnes, Karen, 1925-2016  Search this

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Mark, 1955-  Search this

Subject:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Ceramicists -- Vermont -- Interviews  Search this

Ceramics -- Technique  Search this

Jewish artists  Search this

Women artists -- Vermont -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12096

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255518

AAA_collcode_karnes05

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_255518

Interviewee:

Crimp, Douglas, 1944-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fialho, Alex, 1989-  Search this

Subject:

Bordowitz, Gregg  Search this

Baker, Elizabeth C.  Search this

Belaygue, Christian  Search this

Cooke, Lynne  Search this

Copjec, Joan  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel  Search this

Elovich, Richard  Search this

Jonas, Joan  Search this

Kohlmeyer, Ida  Search this

Krauss, Rosalind E.  Search this

Lemann, Bernard  Search this

Leonard, Zoe  Search this

Michelson, Annette  Search this

Olander, William  Search this

Owens, Craig  Search this

Robinson, Marilynne  Search this

Santos, René  Search this

Torm, Fernando  Search this

Waldman, Diane  Search this

Warhol, Andy  Search this

Wodiczko, Krzysztof  Search this

Wolfe, Daniel  Search this

ACT UP (Organization)  Search this

Gay Activists Alliance  Search this

Rutgers University  Search this

Tulane University  Search this

University of Rochester  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Century 21 Exposition  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Germany -- description and travel

New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel

Topic:

AIDS activists  Search this

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Art -- History -- Study and teaching  Search this

Gay activists  Search this

Gay and lesbian studies  Search this

AIDS (Disease)  Search this

Mardi Gras  Search this

NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt  Search this

Queer theory  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17416

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)384973

AAA_collcode_crimp17

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_384973

Interviewee:

Holliday, Frank, 1957-  Search this

Interviewer:

Kerr, Theodore, 1979-  Search this

Subject:

Basquiat, Jean-Michel  Search this

Beckley, Bill  Search this

Bidlo, Mike  Search this

Collum, Bill  Search this

Esper, William  Search this

Garibay, Art  Search this

Haring, Keith  Search this

Lowe, Michael  Search this

Milk, Harvey  Search this

Murray, Elizabeth  Search this

Post, Henry  Search this

Taafe, Philip  Search this

Andy Warhol's Factory (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Club 57 (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

North Carolina School of the Arts  Search this

School of Visual Arts (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Topic:

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Gay artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

AIDS (Disease)  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Photography  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17439

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)386087

AAA_collcode_hollid17

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_386087

Interviewee:

Harris, Lyle Ashton, 1965-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fialho, Alex, 1989-  Search this

Subject:

Baker, Houston A., Jr.  Search this

Barton, Nancy, (Artist)  Search this

Basquiat, Jean-Michel  Search this

Butler, Cornelia H.  Search this

Carby, Hazel V.  Search this

Collier, Jim  Search this

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.  Search this

Geer, Tommy  Search this

Goldin, Nan  Search this

Gonzalez-Torres, Felix  Search this

Gray, Todd  Search this

Grayson, John  Search this

Hemphill, Essex  Search this

Julien, Isaac  Search this

Lord, Catherine  Search this

Mapplethorpe, Robert  Search this

Mays, Vickie M.  Search this

O'Dench, Ellen  Search this

O'Meally, Jackie  Search this

O'Meally, Robert G.  Search this

Riggs, Marlon T.  Search this

Seeley, J.  Search this

Sekula, Allan  Search this

Tate, Greg  Search this

Tilton, Jack  Search this

Watson, Simon  Search this

Wilson, Millie  Search this

Woodman, Francesca  Search this

American Academy in Rome  Search this

California Institute of the Arts  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

England -- London -- Description and travel

Ghana -- Description and travel

Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Description and travel

New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel

Tanzania -- Description and travel

Topic:

AIDS activists  Search this

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Racism  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Gay artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17456

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)387759

AAA_collcode_harris17

Theme:

African American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_387759

Interviewee:

Ben-Zion, 1897-1987  Search this

Interviewer:

Shikler, Barbara  Search this

Subject:

Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Gallery Secession (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Jewish artists  Search this

Philadelphia Ten (Group of artists)  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12434

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215624

AAA_collcode_benzio82

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215624

Creator:

Selz, Peter Howard, 1919-2019  Search this

Subject:

Tinguely, Jean  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Dubuffet, Jean  Search this

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Benton, Fletcher  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel  Search this

Christo  Search this

Chase-Riboud, Barbara  Search this

Conner, Bruce  Search this

Christo (Running fence)  Search this

Beckmann, Max  Search this

Bury, Pol  Search this

Bergman, Ciel  Search this

Hadzi, Dimitri  Search this

Guston, Philip  Search this

Lindner, Richard  Search this

Lebrun, Rico  Search this

Giacometti, Alberto  Search this

Baykam, Bedri  Search this

Graves, Morris  Search this

Golub, Leon  Search this

Petlin, Irving  Search this

Onslow-Ford, Gordon  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques  Search this

Paris, Harold  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia  Search this

University of California, Berkeley  Search this

Pomona College  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Marlborough Gallery  Search this

Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

College Art Association of America  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Place:

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Topic:

Realism in art -- Germany  Search this

Political cartoons  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Environmental art  Search this

Painting, Abstract  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Art -- Political aspects  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions  Search this

Art -- Germany  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8464

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210640

AAA_collcode_selzpete

Theme:

Art Theory and Historiography

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210640

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (approximate)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Memorandums

Video recordings

Contracts

Videotapes

Digital images

Negatives

Correspondence

Photographic prints

Audiocassettes

Sound recordings

Slides (photographs)

Business records

Plans (drawings)

Audiotapes

Notes

Date:

June 25-July 6, 1997

Summary:

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Scope and Contents note:

This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the 1997 Festival of American Folklife. Materials may include photographs, audio recordings, motion picture film and video recordings, notes, production drawings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, informational materials, publications, and ephemera. Such materials were created during the Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as in the featured communities, before or after the Festival itself.

Arrangement note:

Arranged in 5 series.

Series 1: Program Books, Festival Publications, and Ephemera

Series 2: African Immigrant Folklife

Series 3: The Mississippi Delta

Series 4: Sacred Sounds: Belief & Society

Series 5: Special Events

Historical note:

The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998.

The 1997 Festival of American Folklife was produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies and cosponsored by the National Park Service.

For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Introduction:

As the twentieth century neared its end, the entertainment industry dominated popular views of culture. Cultural enterprises including movies, television, theme parks, recordings, and video stores constitute one of the world's largest industries. Nevertheless, there is another world of culture created and sustained in homes, communities, places of work and worship. Our lullabies and hymns, liturgical chants and celebratory songs, songs of work, struggle, and mourning, are rarely heard in music stores or on radio stations. Yet it is those traditions and the cultures they represent that are highlighted at the annual Festival of American Folklife.

The 1997 Festival featured three major programs, complemented by the third annual Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert. Sacred Sounds brought together people from a variety of religious communities, from around the nation, Jerusalem, and from South Africa. Their songs expressed spiritual feelings and convictions connecting their lives to tradition. At the Festival, audiences could hear some of the ways in which music flows from the spirit of a diverse humanity to express its highest aspirations.

A second program, African Immigrant Folklife, illustrated the many traditions of recent immigrants to the United States from Africa. These immigrants participate in a changing culture, as people, families, and communities find their place in American society. Festival visitors could celebrate the enterprise and vitality of recent immigrants to the United States from Africa, who have brought their cultures across the Atlantic Ocean to the Washington metropolitan area.

The Mississippi Delta, the subject of the third Festival program, is a culturally rich region of the United States that gave birth to blues, jazz, rockabilly and rock 'n' roll, honky tonk, distinctive forms of gospel, oratory, marvelous stories, folk and visionary art, and an encyclopedia of river lore - not to mention barbecue and fish fries. Native, Spanish, African, French, and American people all merged along the Mississippi, just as many tributaries flow into one river. Beginning even before the arrival of Europeans, the Mississippi has been a source of food and irrigation, a highway for commerce, a strategic center for political power, a source of inspiration for song and spirit. The region's cultural expressions, continually shaped by the daily experience - the work, worship, home life, and recreation - of the people who live there, were shared with Festival visitors on the National Mall.

The 1997 Festival took place during two five-day weeks (June 25-29 and July 2-6) between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive and between 9th Street and 13th Street, south of the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of Natural History (see site plan). It featured three programs, with special events that included the Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert.

The 1997 Program Book included schedules and participant lists for each program; essays provided background on the Festival and on each of the programs.

The Festival was co-presented by the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service and organized by the Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies.

Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies

Richard Kurin, Director; Richard Kennedy, Deputy Director; Diana Parker, Festival Director; Anthony Seeger, Director, Smithsonian Folkways Recordngs; James Early, Director, Cultural Studies & Communications; Thomas Vennum, Jr., Senior Ethnomusicologist; Olivia Cadaval, Chair, Research & Education; Betty J. Belanus, Marjorie Hunt, Diana Baird N'Diaye, Peter Seitel, Curators, Folklorists, Education and Cultural Specialists; Carla M. Borden, Program/Publications Manager; John W. Franklin, Program Manager; Cynthia Vidaurri, Coordinator, Latino Cultural Resource Network; Jeffrey Place, Archivist; Stephanie Smith, Assistant Archivist; Arlene L. Reiniger, Program Specialist; Charlie Weber, Media Specialist; Brenda Danet, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Roland Freeman, Ivan Karp, Alan Lomax, Worth Long, Kate Rinzler, Luise White, Fellows, Research Associates & Collaborators

Folklife Advisory Council and Folkways Advisory Council

Roger Abrahams, Jacinto Arias, Michael Asch, Jane Beck, Don DeVito, Pat Jasper, Ella Jenkins, Jon Kertzer, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, John Nixdorf, Bernice Johnson Reagon, John Roberts, Carol Robertson, Gilbert Sprauve, Jack Tchen, Ricardo Trimillos, Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez

National Park Service

Terry Carlstrom, Acting Director, National Capital Region

Forms Part Of:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife forms part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival records .

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: Papers

1967 Festival of American Folklife records - [Ongoing]

Related Archival Materials note:

Within the Rinzler Archives, related materials may be found in various collections such as the Ralph Rinzler papers and recordings, the Lily Spandorf drawings, the Diana Davies photographs, the Robert Yellin photographs, and the Curatorial Research, Programs, and Projects collection. Additional relevant materials may also be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives concerning the Division of Performing Arts (1966-1983), Folklife Program (1977-1980), Office of Folklife Programs (1980-1991), Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies (1991-1999), Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present), and collaborating Smithsonian units, as well as in the administrative papers of key figures such as the Secretary and respective deputies. Users are encouraged to consult relevant finding aids and to contact Archives staff for further information.

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.

Rights:

Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.

Topic:

Folk festivals  Search this

Folklore  Search this

arts and crafts  Search this

Food habits  Search this

Folk art  Search this

World music  Search this

Folk music  Search this

Genre/Form:

Memorandums

Video recordings

Contracts

Videotapes

Digital images

Negatives

Correspondence

Photographic prints

Audiocassettes

Sound recordings

Slides (photographs)

Business records

Plans (drawings)

Audiotapes

Notes

Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.1997

See more items in:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-cfch-sff-1997

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (approximate)

Culture:

Afro-Peruvian  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Videotapes

Video recordings

Photographic prints

Sound recordings

Notes

Business records

Memorandums

Slides (photographs)

Audiotapes

Audiocassettes

Digital images

Negatives

Plans (drawings)

Contracts

Correspondence

Place:

Latin America

Peru

Date:

June 24-July 5, 2015

Summary:

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Scope and Contents note:

This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Materials may include photographs, audio recordings, motion picture film and video recordings, notes, production drawings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, informational materials, publications, and ephemera. Such materials were created during the Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as in the featured communities, before or after the Festival itself.

Arrangement note:

Arranged in 3 series.

Series 1: Program Books, Festival Publications, and Ephemera

Series 2: Perú: Pachamama

Series 3: Special Events

Historical note:

The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998.

The 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival was produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and cosponsored by the National Park Service.

For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Introduction:

Along with the usual bustle that accompanies Festival planning were questions about the Festival's use of the National Mall. Since its inception, the Festival has traveled the length and breadth of this venerable space between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. What made the 2015 Festival unique was not the space - north of the National Museum of the American Indian - but the fact that it featured a single country, Peru.

As conceived by the bi-national curatorial team, the twelve case studies presented explored important questions about the nature of connectivity, the construction of a shared identity in the face of extraordinary diversity, and history's influence on contemporary cultural production. In those questions, the Peru program found common cause with previous Festivals, and the answers it uncovered will echo in coming years.

The spirit of the Festival is found in the stories people share. The artisans and cooks, dancers and musicians featured deserved the thanks of visitors, as did the many Peruvians in the United States whose enthusiasm for the Festival was a salient reminder that those stories are American stories as well.

The 2015 Festival took place for two five-day weeks (June 24-28 and July 1-5) between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive and between 3rd Street and 4th Street, north of the National Museum of the American Indian (see site plan). It featured one program and special events including the Rinzler Concert.

The 2015 guide included participant lists for each program, a site plan, and daily schedules.

The Festival was co-presented by the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service and organized by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Michael Atwood Mason, Director; Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Sabrina Lynn Motley, Festival Director

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Advisory Council

Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, Chair; Cathy Sulzberger, Co-Chair; Bill Ivey, Dawn McCall, Susan Norton, Anna Maria Ochoa, George Papagiannis, Frederik Paulsen, Jennifer Cover Payne, Ann Elizabeth Sheffer, Deborah Wong, Council Members; Libby O'Connell, J. Scott Raecker, Honorary; Patricia Shehan-Campbell, Ex officio

The Festival was supported by federally appropriated funds; Smithsonian trust funds; contributions from governments, businesses, foundations, and individuals; in-kind assistance; and food, recording, and craft sales.

Forms Part Of:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival forms part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival records .

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: Papers

1967 Festival of American Folklife records - [Ongoing]

Related Archival Materials note:

Within the Rinzler Archives, related materials may be found in various collections such as the Ralph Rinzler papers and recordings, the Lily Spandorf drawings, the Diana Davies photographs, the Robert Yellin photographs, and the Curatorial Research, Programs, and Projects collection. Additional relevant materials may also be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives concerning the Division of Performing Arts (1966-1983), Folklife Program (1977-1980), Office of Folklife Programs (1980-1991), Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies (1991-1999), Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present), and collaborating Smithsonian units, as well as in the administrative papers of key figures such as the Secretary and respective deputies. Users are encouraged to consult relevant finding aids and to contact Archives staff for further information.

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.

Rights:

Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives; please submit this form. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.

Topic:

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Videotapes

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Notes

Business records

Memorandums

Slides (photographs)

Audiotapes

Audiocassettes

Digital images

Negatives

Plans (drawings)

Contracts

Correspondence

Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.2015

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-cfch-sff-2015

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (approximate)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Business records

Negatives

Digital images

Plans (drawings)

Memorandums

Slides (photographs)

Notes

Videotapes

Video recordings

Audiotapes

Photographic prints

Contracts

Sound recordings

Correspondence

Audiocassettes

Date:

June 25-July 6, 2014

Summary:

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Scope and Contents note:

This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Materials may include photographs, audio recordings, motion picture film and video recordings, notes, production drawings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, informational materials, publications, and ephemera. Such materials were created during the Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as in the featured communities, before or after the Festival itself.

Arrangement note:

Arranged in 4 series.

Series 1: Program Books, Festival Publications, and Ephemera

Series 2: China: Tradition and the Art of Living

Series 3: Kenya: Mambo Poa

Series 4: Special Events

Historical note:

The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998.

The 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival was produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and cosponsored by the National Park Service.

For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Introduction:

For forty-eight years, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has gathered people from around the globe on the National Mall to celebrate the best of the human spirit. In response, millions of visitors have been inspired, challenged, and delighted by culture bearers manifesting the ordinary and the astounding. The Folklife Festival's history is a remarkable one in which creativity and culture have transformed grass, gravel, and trees into a vibrant landscape for exploration and exchange.

The 2014 Festival added another chapter to that history with programs illuminating the cultural heritage of China and Kenya. With song and story, movement and craft in tow, exemplars of traditional genres demonstrated practices that continue to resonate in our modern world. The alchemy of their presence and the curiosity of visitors is what drives the Festival.

The 2014 Festival took place for two five-day weeks (June 25-29 and July 2-6) between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive and between 9th Street and 12th Street, south of the National Museum of Natural History (see site plan). It featured two programs and special events including the Rinzler Concert.

The 2014 guide included participant lists for each program, a site plan, and daily schedules.

The Festival was co-presented by the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service and organized by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Michael Atwood Mason, Director; Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Sabrina Lynn Motley, Festival Director; Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Production Manager; Education and Program Support: Betty Belanus, Education Specialist, Evaluation Coordinator; Olivia Cadaval, Cross-Cultural Programs Coordinator; Marjorie Hunt, Family Activities Consultant (Kenya); Diana N'Diaye, Curator; Arlene Reiniger, Intern Coordinator; Arnie Malin, Foodways Coordinator; Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections: Jeff Place, Archivist; Stephanie Smith, Photo Documentation Coordinator; Dave Walker, Audio Documentation Coordinator; Cecilia Peterson, Project Archivist; Greg Adams, Processing Archivist

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Advisory Council

Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, Chair; Cathy Sulzberger, Co-Chair; Bill Ivey, Dawn McCall, Susan Norton, Anna Maria Ochoa, George Papagiannis, Frederik Paulsen, Jennifer Cover Payne, Ann Elizabeth Sheffer, Deborah Wong, Council Members; Libby O'Connell, J. Scott Raecker, Honorary; Patricia Shehan-Campbell, G. Wayne Clough, Richard Kurin, Michael Atwood Mason, Daniel Sheehy, Ex Officio

National Park Service

Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director; Robert Vogel, Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks

The Festival was supported by federally appropriated funds; Smithsonian trust funds; contributions from governments, businesses, foundations, and individuals; in-kind assistance; and food, recording, and craft sales.

Forms Part Of:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival forms part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival records .

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: Papers

1967 Festival of American Folklife records - [Ongoing]

Related Archival Materials note:

Within the Rinzler Archives, related materials may be found in various collections such as the Ralph Rinzler papers and recordings, the Lily Spandorf drawings, the Diana Davies photographs, the Robert Yellin photographs, and the Curatorial Research, Programs, and Projects collection. Additional relevant materials may also be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives concerning the Division of Performing Arts (1966-1983), Folklife Program (1977-1980), Office of Folklife Programs (1980-1991), Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies (1991-1999), Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present), and collaborating Smithsonian units, as well as in the administrative papers of key figures such as the Secretary and respective deputies. Users are encouraged to consult relevant finding aids and to contact Archives staff for further information.

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.

Rights:

Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.

Topic:

Folk music  Search this

Folk festivals  Search this

arts and crafts  Search this

World music  Search this

Food habits  Search this

Folk art  Search this

Folklore  Search this

Genre/Form:

Business records

Negatives

Digital images

Plans (drawings)

Memorandums

Slides (photographs)

Notes

Videotapes

Video recordings

Audiotapes

Photographic prints

Contracts

Sound recordings

Correspondence

Audiocassettes

Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.2014

See more items in:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-cfch-sff-2014

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (approximate)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Contracts

Digital images

Videotapes

Memorandums

Business records

Slides (photographs)

Sound recordings

Photographic prints

Audiocassettes

Video recordings

Audiotapes

Correspondence

Plans (drawings)

Negatives

Notes

Date:

June 29-July 10, 2016

Summary:

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Scope and Contents note:

This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Materials may include photographs, audio recordings, motion picture film and video recordings, notes, production drawings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, informational materials, publications, and ephemera. Such materials were created during the Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as in the featured communities, before or after the Festival itself.

Arrangement note:

Arranged in 5 series.

Series 1: Program Books, Festival Publications, and Ephemera

Series 2: Basque: Innovation by Culture

Series 3: On the Move: Migration and Immigration Today

Series 4: Sounds of California

Series 5: Special Events

Historical note:

The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998.

The 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival was produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and cosponsored by the National Park Service.

For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Introduction:

The 2016 Folklife Festival celebrated resilient communities around the world. Visitors could discover how the Basque country sustains culture, drawing on traditions to innovate in a rapidly changing world. Audiences could learn renowned cooking techniques and phrases in the Euskara language, experience bertsolaritza poetry competitions and stone-lifting matches, or drink a refreshing glass of cider or rioja wine and meet master artisans. In the other main program, visitors were invited to explore the Sounds of California through the music and stories of communities shaping the diverse state, and to interact with artists in music workshops or stretch out on the lawn for an evening concert series.

In 2016, the Festival was located on the National Mall between 4th and 7th streets, and between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive, just north of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum (see site plan). The Festival Marketplace was inside the Arts and Industries Building. Most music and dance performances took place in the Musika eta Dantza Etxea, Frontoia, Sounds of California Stage & Plaza, and indoors at the Arts and Industries Building Stage. Evening concerts were held at the Ralph Rinzler Concert Stage, along 4th Street. The 2016 Festival took place for two five-day weeks (June 29-July 4 and July 7-10) and featured three programs and special events including the Rinzler Concert.

The 2016 guide included participant lists for each program, a site plan, and daily schedules.

The Festival was co-presented by the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service and organized by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Michael Mason, Director; Robert Leopold, Deputy Director for Research and Collections; Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Sabrina Lynn Motley, Festival Director

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Advisory Council

Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, Chair; Cathy Sulzberger, Co-Chair; Bill Ivey, Dawn McCall, Susan Norton, Anna Maria Ochoa, George Papagiannis, Frederik Paulsen, Jennifer Cover Payne, Ann Elizabeth Sheffer, Deborah Wong, Council Members; Libby O'Connell, J. Scott Raecker, Honorary; Patricia Shehan-Campbell, Ex officio

The Festival was supported by federally appropriated funds; Smithsonian trust funds; contributions from governments, businesses, foundations, and individuals; in-kind assistance; and food, recording, and craft sales. Promotional support was provided by Dulles International and Reagan National Airports, Comcast, Captivate Network, Telemundo Washington DC, WAMU 88.5, Destination DC, BrightestYoungThings.com, The Washington Informer, El Tiempo Hispano (MD-DE-PA), Latin Opinion Baltimore Newspaper, ettractions.com, El Tiempo Latino, Digital Conventions, WeekendBestBets.com, National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Kepa Junkera. In-kind program and technical support came from Audio Event Services, The Art League, Blacksmiths' Guild of the Potomac, Chem-Trend, Destaco, Tech Shop DC, and Target (Glen Burnie, Rockville, Ellicott City).

Forms Part Of:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival forms part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival records .

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: Papers

1967 Festival of American Folklife records - [Ongoing]

Related Archival Materials note:

Within the Rinzler Archives, related materials may be found in various collections such as the Ralph Rinzler papers and recordings, the Lily Spandorf drawings, the Diana Davies photographs, the Robert Yellin photographs, and the Curatorial Research, Programs, and Projects collection. Additional relevant materials may also be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives concerning the Division of Performing Arts (1966-1983), Folklife Program (1977-1980), Office of Folklife Programs (1980-1991), Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies (1991-1999), Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present), and collaborating Smithsonian units, as well as in the administrative papers of key figures such as the Secretary and respective deputies. Users are encouraged to consult relevant finding aids and to contact Archives staff for further information.

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.

Rights:

Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.

Topic:

Folklore  Search this

Folk music  Search this

World music  Search this

Folk festivals  Search this

Folk art  Search this

Food habits  Search this

arts and crafts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Contracts

Digital images

Videotapes

Memorandums

Business records

Slides (photographs)

Sound recordings

Photographic prints

Audiocassettes

Video recordings

Audiotapes

Correspondence

Plans (drawings)

Negatives

Notes

Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.2016

See more items in:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-cfch-sff-2016