Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age
odd: label: Introduction
content: Second in a series, the 1986 Cultural Conservation program presented a variety of craftspeople who singly and together define what is traditional about their crafts, how these are practiced in our country today, and why they are worth preserving for the future. These crafts, in a sense, record the resonances between a craftsperson's skill and the aesthetics of a particular tradition. Traditional crafts also record the craftsperson's use of the local environment and his or her negotiation with a sometimes changing market. It is these layerings of meaning and tone that define the communal base of folk crafts, and Festival visitors were able to interact directly with the featured craft presenters and to listen in on comparative workshops addressing shared challenges. Craft presentations including African American quilting, Cherokee basket making, Hispanic weavers and woodcarvers, Hmong needle workers, rag rug weavers, southern potters, split-oak basket makers, stone carvers, and Zuni maiden makers and potters.

Marjorie Hunt served as Cultural Conservation Program Curator, and Ann Dancy as Assistant Program Coordinator. An Advisory Board included Charles Briggs, Charley Camp, Henry Glassie, Bess Lomax Hawes, Alan Jabbour, Suzi Jones, Ralph Rinzler, William Sturtevant, Robert Teske, John Vlach.

Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age was made possible in part by the generous support of the Laborers' International Union of North America and the National Italian-American Foundation, in memory of Andrew E. Bernasconi.
label: Consultants and fieldworkers
content: Consultants

Rayna Green, Robert Hart, Myles Libhart, Leslie Prosterman, Geoff Staman, Nancy Sweezy, Terry Zug

Fieldworkers

Jane Beck, Carole Boughter, Charles Briggs, David Brose, Charley Camp, Doug DeNatale, Roland Freeman, Margaret Hardin, Marjorie Hunt, Geraldine Johnson, Phyllis M. May, Sally Peterson, Jim Ustler
label: Presenters
content: Jane Beck, Charles Briggs, Carole Boughter, David Brose, Olivia Cadaval, Charley Camp, Doug DeNatale, Betty DuPree, Etta Edwards, Gladys-Marie Fry, Rayna Green, Geraldine Johnson, Alice Killackey, Helen Lucero, Phyllis M. May, Sally Peterson, Gregory Sharrow, John Vlach
label: Participants
content: Crafts

Angelo L. Ambrosini, stone carver, Barre, Vermont

Eppie Archuleta, 1922-, Hispanic weaver, Alamosa, Colorado

Dorothy Cole Auman, 1925-1991, Southern potter, Seagrove, North Carolina

Walter S. Auman, 1926-, Southern potter, Seagrove, North Carolina

Mary A. Brenneman, 1918-, rag rug weaver, Accident, Maryland

Yeu Chang, 1929-, Hmong needle worker, Detroit, Michigan

Alex López de Ortiz, Hispanic woodcarver, Cordova, New Mexico

Sabinita López de Ortiz, Hispanic woodcarver, Cordova, New Mexico

Alberta Dewa, 1949-, Olla Maiden, Zuni, New Mexico

Eloise Dickerson, 1938-, Afro-American quilter, Aliceville, Alabama

Tracy Dotson, kiln builder, Mt. Gilead, North Carolina

Louise Goings, 1947-, Cherokee basket maker, Cherokee, North Carolina

Rowena Him, 1959-, Zuni potter, Zuni, New Mexico

Jenny L. Laate, 1933-, Zuni pottery teacher, Zuni, New Mexico

Anna Mae Loar, rag rug weaver, Lonaconing, Maryland

Julia Loar, rag rug weaver, Lonaconing, Maryland

George T. López, Hispanic woodcarver, Cordova, New Mexico

Ricardo T. López, 1902-2001, Hispanic woodcarver, Cordova, New Mexico

Silvianita T. López, 1901-1991, Hispanic woodcarver, Cordova, New Mexico

Agueda Martinez, 1898-2000, Hispanic weaver, Medanales, New Mexico

James W. McCrobie, Sr., 1919-1993, split-oak basket maker, Oakland, Maryland

Vida McCrobie, 1923-, split-oak basket maker, Oakland, Maryland

Mamie McKinstry, 1904-1992, Afro-American quilter, Aliceville, Alabama

Delores Marie Medina, 1966-, Hispanic weaver, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Norma Medina, 1941-, Hispanic weaver, Medanales, New Mexico

Josephine Nahohai, 1911-2006, Zuni potter, Zuni, New Mexico

Milford Nahohai, 1953-, Zuni potter, Zuni, New Mexico

Randy Nahohai, 1957-, Zuni potter, Zuni, New Mexico

Neolia Cole Perkinson, 1927-, Southern potter, Sanford, North Carolina

Anderson Peynetsa, 1964-, Zuni potter, Zuni, New Mexico

Felix Rubio, stone carver, Barre, Vermont

Gary Sassi, stone carver, Barre, Vermont

Gino John Sassi, 1922-1997, stone carver, Barre, Vermont

Mary L. Scarbrough, 1918-2008, Afro-American quilter, Eutaw, Alabama

Thelma Sheche, Olla Maiden, Zuni, New Mexico

Mitchell Shelton, 1951-, Southern potter, Seagrove, North Carolina

Pang Xiong Sirirathasuk, 1944-, Hmong needle worker, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

Emma S. Taylor, 1920-2002, Cherokee basket maker, Cherokee, North Carolina

Mai Vong Xiong, 1967-, Hmong needle worker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Xai Kao Xiong, 1912-1994, Hmong elder, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bao Yang, 1930-, Hmong needle worker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1986 Festival of American Folklife
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1986, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials