Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery
odd: label: Introduction
content: For centuries, American folk craftspeople and artists have recognized and utilized the aesthetic properties of materials found in nature. Grass and wood abound, their colors and textures providing ample inspiration for creative and not-so-creative minds alike. Presentations (co-organized by the Renwick Gallery and Folklife Programs) focused on paint on wood (including demonstrations of stenciling and furniture decoration such as rosemaling) and uses of natural grass fibers (including demonstrations of basket making, harvest figures, spirals, and grass weaving).
label: Participants
content: Paint on Wood

Dorothy Wood Hamblett, furniture painter, grainer, stenciller, Millbury, Massachusetts

Crafting with Natural Fibers

Alec Coker, corn dolly maker, Oxford, England

Doris Johnson, corn dolly maker, Luray, Kansas
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1977 Festival of American Folklife
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1977, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials