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 Cultural Conservation
Through Apprenticeship: A Review of the Louisiana Folklife Apprenticeship
Program
by Sheri Dunbar and Maida
Owens
The original version was
published by the Louisiana Folklife Program, Division of the
Arts in 1993. Limited copies are available upon request.
This publication features
some of Louisiana's greatest treasures, folk artists keeping
their traditions alive so that all may benefit from living in
a healthy, creative environment. With the support of a Folklife
Apprenticeship grant from the Division of the Arts, they have
passed on to apprentices invaluable skills and knowledge about
their culture.
This project is a fine example
of the collaboration and cooperation among Louisiana cultural
specialists. The project was conceived by Bob Gates, the former
director of the Louisiana Folklife Program and implemented by
Maida Owens, the current director. Anthropologist Sheri Dunbar
drew upon the expertise of many people and the apprenticeship
grant applications to write the artist profiles. Audio tapes
of site visit interviews are archived at the Louisiana State
University Hill Memorial Library's Special Collections.
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Keeping
It Alive Home
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Table
of Contents
Introduction
Profiles
of Masters and Apprentices
David
Allen and Bennie Holyfield, Walking Stick Carving, Homer, Claiborne
Parish
Charles Taylor and Traynell Mitchell, Mardi
Gras Indian Costumes, New Orleans, Orleans Parish
Marc
Savoy and Ward Lormand, Accordion Making, Eunice, St. Landry
Parish
Elie
Guidry, Thomas Colvin, and Errol Cuneo, Wooden Boatbuilding,
Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish
Raymond
Blakes and Clarastine Cook, Blues Guitar Playing, Shreveport,
Caddo Parish
Lula
Landry, Inez Catalon, and Marce Lacouture, Cajun Home Music,
Abbeville and Kaplan, Vermilion and Acadia Parishes
Lionel
LeLeux and John Vidrine, Fiddle Repair, Kaplan, Acadia Parish
Bel
Abbey and Timothy Langley, Koasati Crafts and Storytelling, Elton,
Jefferson Davis Parish
Mary
Jackson Jones and Herman Jackson, Choctaw Language, Jena, LaSalle
Parish
Gladys LeBlanc Clark and Elaine Bourque, Acadian
Brown Cotton Weaving, Scott, Lafayette Parish
Azzie Roland and Alice Roland Holley, Split-oak
Basket Making, Marion, Union Parish
Rebecca D. Henry and Nia Henry, Exploring the World of Folk Medicine, St. Landry Parish
F.B. Snell and Beau D. Bacon, Cowhide Curing of Chairs, Rockers, and Stools, Natchitoches Parish
Edward Couvillier, Kevin Couvillier, and Jim Delahoussaye, Wooden Boatbuilding, Franklin, St. Mary Parish
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