Brooklyn Arts Council Folk Arts collection
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Abstract
Materials produced from 1986-2013 by Folk Arts, a program of Brooklyn Arts Council, created to celebrate, document, and educate the public about folk arts traditions in Brooklyn through song and dance performances, craft demonstrations, film screenings, and art exhibits. Program files include event planning materials, promotional items, budget information, research materials, and artist files. The collection includes extensive audiovisual documentation of events, artist submissions, and oral history interviews. Items dated 1900-1985 collected for submissions and research are also included.
Historical Note
The Brooklyn Arts Council was founded by Charlene Victor in 1966 as the Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association (BACA). The program worked to facilitate collaborations between Brooklyn's large cultural heritage institutions, such as the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, with local artists, musicians, and galleries. BACA worked to secure grants for artists and programs with a focus on Brooklyn neighborhoods typically underserved by cultural heritage programming. In 1986 BACA formally changed its name to Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
In 1988, BAC received a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) as part of an effort to place folk arts programs in counties across New York state to do field research, create documentation, produce programming, and provide assistance to other organizations interested in developing programs. In addition to Brooklyn, programs were started in Buffalo, Corning, and Binghamton. NYSCA provided funding and assisted with developing guidelines, hiring, and site visits. BAC employee Kathleen Condon was awarded an additional grant to receive a salary as the program's first Folklorist.
Following BAC's model, Folk Arts prioritized neighborhoods typically overlooked for cultural heritage programming, and communities which often lacked venues to stage events. Condon solved this by developing a relationship with the Brooklyn Public Library to use library branches as performance spaces. Early events included Alvin Forteau and the Caribbean Dancers (Trinidadian dancing and drumming), Lillian Habib (Lebanese cooking), Jamila and Mahmood Masumi and Nafas Gul Muradi (Afghan rug weaving and design), and Doris Jensen (Norwegian rosemaler). Condon oversaw all marketing and outreach, often relying on the host libraries to send out press releases and hiring community members to hand out flyers.
BAC had to reapply every year for the Folklorist salary grant. The position was part time, and after Condon's 1989 departure the position was held by a series of early career professionals and graduate students. Events continued under the Folk Arts series and Welcome Back to Brooklyn Storytelling tent, but documentation was not consistent. The first full time Folklorist, Dr. Kay Turner, was hired in 2000. She approached the role as a way to work on "large frame ideas that looked at the importance of traditions within the context of things that were meaningful to Brooklyn."
Dr. Turner took an artist-first approach, often co-creating programs with artists and staging them at larger venues to attract a more general audience. Additional sponsorship allowed Folk Arts to produce multi week and annual programs, with expanded promotional reach. Highlights include Harborlore: Where the River Meets the Sea in Brooklyn's Folk Imagination, a series of 12 free dance, music and storytelling events exploring the role of water in Brooklyn's immigrant and diaspora communities; Folk Feet: Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, a multi year project to identify, document and present the range of traditional dance practices in Brooklyn; and Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival, a celebration of Arab music traditions in Brooklyn. Dr. Turner left Folk Arts in 2014 and was replaced by Christopher Mulé, who served as director until 2020, when BAC ended its affiliation with the Folk Arts program.
See series levels for a full history of each Folk Art program.
Arrangement
This collection is composed of fourteen series, arranged alphabetically by project title except for Early Programs, which appears at the beginning, and Brooklyn Arts Council Materials, which appears at the end. Each series includes Program Files, usually arranged chronologically or by topic and Audiovisual materials, usually arranged by format. Artist files and interviews are arranged alphabetically. Visual materials produced for Local Eyes is interfiled in the Program Files sub-series. September 11th Memorial Projects is arranged chronologically in seven sub-series, with Program Files and Audiovisual items interfiled.
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of materials produced for Folk Arts, a multi-year grant funded program to celebrate, document, and educate the public about folk arts traditions in Brooklyn. The Early Programs series includes documentation of events produced from 1986-2000. Program Files include event financial information, planning documents, notes from various Folklorists, research materials, and extensive audiovisual documentation. See series level for a full description.
Series 2-13 includes materials for single and multi-year events produced from 2000-2013. Program Files include event planning, press, budget information, research materials, and correspondence. Artist files include releases and biographical information. Cassettes, VHS tapes, discs, minidiscs, photographs and slides make up the audiovisual materials, and include event documentation, artist submissions, and oral history interviews. Photographs are both print and digital. Digital photographs are stored on discs. See series levels for full descriptions.
Brochures and film festival materials produced for Brooklyn Arts Council events not associated with the Folk Arts program are housed in Series 14.
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Access
Certain participants in Black Brooklyn Renaissance: Black Arts and Culture 1960-2010 have not granted permission for their likeness to appear in any related media. See box 28, folder 1 for a full list. Due to sensitive personal information, certain materials in boxes 98 and 100 are restricted. Other materials open to researchers without restriction.
Use
While many items at the Center for Brooklyn History are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The researcher assumes all responsibility for copyright questions.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Brooklyn Arts Council Folk Arts Collection, CBHM.0002, Box and Folder number; Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Public Library.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Brooklyn Arts Council, 2021.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The majority of the materials in this collection are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please contact cbhreference@bklynlibrary.org at least two weeks prior to research visit.
All audiovisual materials including cassettes, VHS tapes, mini DV cassettes, mini discs, and AMPEX Grand Master 457 1/4'' reels are unavailable due to technical limitations.
If digital surrogates exist, they should be used in place of the originals whenever possible.
About this Guide
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Brooklyn Arts Council archivist prior to donation. Original order, folders, boxes, and folder titles have been maintained. Folder numbers, collection name, and dates were added by the Center for Brooklyn History archivist. Original newspaper clippings were discarded after preservation photocopies were made.
Repository
Series 1: Early Programs
Scope and Contents
The items in this series document the events produced by the Folks Arts program from 1986-2000. Program Files include correspondence, contracts, brochures and fliers, publicity, and research materials. Also included are files kept by the various Folk Arts Directors while planning and executing their annual programs, including Kathleen Condon (1986-1989), Sean Galvin (1990-1991), Jessica Payne (1992), Justine McGovern (1993-1994), Ilana Abramovitch (1995), Richard Wolf (1996), Emily Botein (1997), and Nancy Groce (1998-99).
Also included is a small group of resource files, arranged geographically and consisting of printed material and notes on arts and artists of the region. These files also contain material documenting funding efforts, including grant applications and reports. Audiovisual items in this series are recordings from programs produced by Folk Arts, compilations used for grant support, and several tapes of music by performers involved in Folk Arts programs. Cassettes also include interviews with performers and artists. Labeling on tapes is inconsistent. VHS tapes are program recordings and grant support. Boxes 102-106 appear at the end of the Audiovisual sub-series and include media submitted by artists, media used by Folk Arts directors for research, and media compiled from various programs. Labeling on these items is inconsistent.
Binders contain photographs and slides taken during Folk Arts programs, dating 1988-2000, including images from the Storytelling Tent during the Welcome Back to Brooklyn events.
Early Program Events:
1987 Kathy Condon
Adopt-a-landmark Folklife Series, Storytelling and other events relating to:
Coney Island
Lowe's Kings Theatre
Brooklyn Waterfront
Erasmus High School
Coney Island Steeplechase
African and Caribbean Collection at the Brooklyn Museum
Gravesend Church and Cemetery
New Utrecht Reformed Church and Cemetery
West Indian- American Day Parade
Folk Art and Artists Series
Scandinavian Folk Arts:
Walter Eriksson (accordionist)
Doris Jensen (Norwegian rosemaler)
Black Folk Arts:
The Heavenly Tones (Gospel music)
Virginia Hall and Molly Rives (quilters)
Italian Folk Arts:
Ridgewood/Bushwick Senior Center Music Group (folk and popular music)
Vincenzo Ancona (wire sculpture)
Puerto Rican Folk Arts:
Ser Boricua es un honor/El Conjunto de Sunset Park (folk music)
Pablo Falcon (toy maker)
West Indian Folk Arts:
Alvin Forteau and the Caribbean Dancers (Trinidadian dancing and drumming)
Morris Stewart (Carnival costume maker)
Storytelling Tent, Welcome Back to Brooklyn
Topics include:
Sunset Park
South Brooklyn
Immigration
Coney Island
1989 Kathy Condon, Folk Art and Artists Series:
Lebanese and Middle Eastern Arts:
Simon Shaheen and Hanna Mirhige (Near Eastern traditional music)
Basil Kazan (Byzantine liturgical chanter)
Antoine Solounias (Byzantine iconographer)
Lillian Habib (traditional Lebanese cooking)
Jewish Arts:
Klezmer Plus! (concert in memory of Dave Tarras)
Rabbi Yehuda Clapman (Sofer, Hebrew religious scribe)
Faigel Jacobson (religious embroidery and beadwork)
Chinese Arts:
Rebecca Shu-Min Fung, Chen Guo, Li Yu (dance)
Zhang Bao Li (erhu, two-stringed fiddle)
Woo Chai Meng (Ho Nan Shau Lin martial arts master, traditional healer and dragon maker)
Puerto Rican Arts:
El Conjunto de Sunset Park (traditional music)
Jose Aviles (carver, santos de palo)
Iraida Rivera (mundillo, bobbin lace artist)
Maria Ponce (crochet artist and maker of capias)
Afghan Arts:
Sayed Farooq and Timor Karimi (traditional and popular music)
Jamila and Mahmood Masumi and Nafas Gul Muradi (rug weaving and design)
1990: Sean Galvin, Folk Art and Artists Series:
Panamanian Arts and Artists:
Pedro "Papi" Alonso (coppersmith)
Gino Canalies and the Panamanian Folkloric Dance Company (dance)
Silvia Fisher, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club
Gino Canalies and the Conjunto Folklorico de Panama (dance)
Irish Arts and Artists
Larry Otway (Currach builder)
Tom Doherty (melodeon) and Maureen Doherty (accordion and flute)
Donnie and Eileen Golden (stepdancers)
Maureen Kennelly (Ceili dancer)
Earle Mitchner (emcee for dance program)
Caribbean East Indian Arts and Artists:
Siew Paul Singh (Bhojpuri singer and harmonium player)
Pandit Swasti Doobay (Hindu priest, sacred and symbolic rice and flower designs for puja, traditional invocation and worship of Hindu dieties)
Sham Rampersad, Roopchan Rambharat and Jasmine Pancham (Caribbean folk and film songs)
Sam Sugrim (tassa drumming ensemble)
Lakshmi Mandir (Chowtal and Kirtan Group)
Syrian Jewish Arts and Artists:
Sandra Levy (Syrian foodways)
Rae Dayan (Syrian foodways)
Vita Isreal (oud player), with Hakki Obadia (violinist), George Bassile (kanoun) and Joseph Zaroura (darbokka)
Cantor Elie Abadie (sacred and secular Pizmonim songs)
Greek Arts and Artists:
Father John Spilos (iconographer)
Irene Mavris and Vasiliki Kourniotis (embroidery)
George Stathos (clarino) and his Greek band, with George Jatzinocolaou (violin) and John Roussos (santouri)
Athanasia Fidanidou and Dancers (dance)
Storytelling Tent, Welcome Back to Brooklyn
Topics include:
Department of Transportation/Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel
Carroll Street Bridge
1991 Sean Galvin, Folk Art and Artists Series:
Andean Arts and Artists:
Antara del Barrio, with Francisco Rodriguea, Leyder Dorado, Ricardo Silva, Cesar Ferreria (music)
Ricardo Silva (panpipe maker)
Ghanaian Arts and Artists:
Selina A. Ahoklui (Adinkra textiles)
Novisi Cultural Troop (dance)
Polish Arts and Artists:
Stefan Wrobel (accordion) and his ensemble
Nadia Gryziec and Irene Polly (Pisanki demonstration)
Cambodian Arts and Artists:
Princess Nearyreth Dancers with Sk Melea, Ek Bonna and Ek Dary
Heng Phem and the Mongkol Ensemble (drumming)
Savath Chan (sculptor, mask decorator)
Turkish Arts and Artists:
The Turkish-American Youth Dancers, with Tayyar Akdeniz
Mahmoud Efeturk, Sahara Restaurant ("Turkish Delight," traditional foodways)
1992 Jessica Payne, Folk Arts Series:
Hatian Arts and Artists:
Frisner Augustin and La Troupe Makandal (music and dance)
Lesly Calvin (Vodou flags and veve)
Uri Domond (painter)
Mexican Arts and Artists:
Mariachi Tequilla with Yolanda Leticia (music)
Miguel Angel Cossio (pinata maker)
Dominican Arts and Artists:
Pedro Checo y Aguja y su Conjunto Tipico Dominicano (merenge)
Enevina Duran (flower maker)
Indigenous Arts and Artists:
The Young Blood Singers (Cherokee, Shinnecock, Montauk and Wampanouag music and dance)
Donald Jackson (Cherokee porcupine quill work)
Ina McNeil (Sioux beadwork)
1993 Justine McGovern, Folk Arts '93:
Black Arts and Artists:
Wonder Boy and the Spiritual Voices (Brooklyn Gospel)
Valarie Jean Bailey (quilting)
Puerto Rican Arts and Artists:
Bomba and Plena workshop with Los Pleneros de la 21 (music and dance)
Jose Aviles (santos carver and jewelry maker)
Jewish Arts and Artists:
Shasmaqam (Bukharan-Jewish music and dance)
Gennady Gutkin (Ukranian and Russian-Jewish music)
Tibetan Arts and Artists:
Nawabg Khechog (flute)
Venerable Lobsang Samten (sand painting)
Storytelling tent, Welcome Back to Brooklyn Arts Council
Topics include:
Indigenous and Black storytelling traditions
Brooklynites at work and Play I: making a community a home – Lefferts Manor
Play: Brooklyn Summers, Steamy but Fun!
Work: Brooklyn Women and Grass Roots Politics
Brooklyn at Work and Play II: Growing up on "the Avenue" – Midde Eastern Atlantic Avenue
1994 Justine McGovern, Folk Arts '94:
Arabic Music and Foodways:
Eddie Kochak and Hajji Obadia (music)
Amina Ibrahim (foodways)
Chinese Music and Calligraphy:
Cornel Chan and his musicians
Li Ng and her daughters Annie and Mary (calligraphy)
Eastern European Music and Paper Crafts:
Traditional music (produced in Cooperation with the Ethnic Folk Arts Center)
Clara Lamers (paper cutting)
Pakistani Music and Wedding Arts
Mulazim Hussein, Quzi Shabbaz and choudry Ackbar (folk music)
Nighat Faridi and her daughter Irrim Shai (mehndi rassam henna hand painting and other wedding-related women's arts)
Storytelling Tent, Welcome Back to Booklyn
Topics include:
Family Businesses: Working Out Together
Public School Teachers: Brooklyn Schools, Brooklyn Stories
West Indian Hair Braiders: The Business of Beauty, Brooklyn Style
1995 Ilana Abramovitch, Folk Arts '95:
Jewish Purim Music and Crafts:
Ruben Benyamin (Persian Jewish singer)
Leah Jirshfield Levin (traditional plaques welcoming the month of Adar)
Mexican Storytelling and Dia de los Muertos Traditions:
Elvira and Hortensia Colorado (storytelling)
Albertano and Lilia Meza (Dia de los Muertos traditions)
West Indian Carnival Music and Costume Making:
Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Youth Movement (CASYM) Steel Orchestra of Brooklyn (steel pan music)
Ray Morris (Carnival costume creator)
Swedish Music and Crafts:
Jeanne Eriksson Widman (accordion music)
Gunhild Ljung (paper crafts)
Storytelling Tent, Welcome Back to Brooklyn
Topics include:
Tony Zupa and Joe Sclafani: working musicians who play Italian feasts, including the Giglio
Linda MaQueen and her daughter: Madina Johnson: lives of women, being homeless
Jerry Flynn: growing up in Brooklyn during Prohibition, sheep in Prospect Park, The Catholic school, etc.
Ray Morris: West-Indian American Labor Day parade
Grace Kelly: growing up in the 1910s
Umma Group, including James Hardy: Neighborhood patrol group in Flatbush
Kenny Koslowitz: subway system
1996 Richard Wolf, Folk Arts Series 1996:
Indo-Caribbean Music and Dance:
U.S. #1 Tassa Drummers
Singers and dancers from The Shri Ram Mandir (Hindu devotional music and singing)
Singers and dancers from The Rajkumari Center (Indian classical dance)
West African Music, Dance, Storytelling and Crafts:
African Jaliya Kafo (Griot music, dance and storytelling)
Dr. Selina Ahoklui (textile crafts)
Garifuna Dance, Music, Crafts and Folklife:
Ilagulei Garifuna Performing Arts Company (dance and music)
Barbara Nunez (doll and dressmaking)
Chinese Music, Acrobatics, Dance, Drama, Painting and Calligraphy:
Tang Liang-xing and group (traditional instrumental music)
Thomas Fu-Keung Lau (water color painting, poetry, calligraphy)
Qi Shu Fang's Peking Opera Co. (dance, drama and acrobatics)
Brooklyn Children's Museum Grand Reopening:
U.S. #1 Tassa Drummers
Dancers from the Rajkumari Center (stories from Hindu mythology)
The Shri Ram Mandir Kirtan Group (songs from the festival of spring and mandala designs in colored rice)
African Jaliya Jafo (stories, songs and dances rom senegambia, Mail and Guinea)
Brooklyn Children's Museum Breaking Ground; People and Plants:
Ilagulei Garifuna Cultural Performing Arts Company
Barbara Nunez (Garifuna clothing and doll making)
Thomas Fu-Keung Lau (calligraphy and watercolor painting)
Qi Shu Fang's Peking Opera Company
Storytelling Tent, Welcome Back to Brooklyn
Topics include:
Baseball:
Harvey Frommer: New York City Baseball: The Last Golden Age
Carl Price: Brooklyn Dodgers
Sharon Robinson: Stealing Home
Richard Rosenblum: Brooklyn Dodger Days
Historic Brooklyn:
John Gallagher: The Battle of Brooklyn, 1776
Myrna Katz Frommer: It Happened in Brooklyn
Philip Kasinitz: Caribbean New York: Black Immigration and the Politics of Race
1997 Emily Botein, Folk Arts '97:
Pakistani Music and Family Traditions:
Shahid Kabir Ali (singer of qawwali, devotional music of Sufi Muslims)
Anwari Rajput (cooking, sewing, henna wedding traditions)
Yemeni Music, Dancing and Foods for Weddings:
Shoshana Tubi (traditional singer)
Faud Alkebsi (singer and oud player)
Tziona Sharabi (foods for weddings)
Italian Songs and Crafts for the Giglio Feast:
Mark Pezzano (collects and sings giglio songs)
Members of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (giglio builders)
Africa in the Caribbean: Drumming and Drum Making:
Junior Wedderburn (drum maker and player)
Sekou Jawara (drum maker)
Frisner Augustin (Vodou drumming)
1998 Nancy Groce, BAC Folk Arts Series: Constructing Harmony: Traditional Music and Musical Instrument Making in Brooklyn
Indigenous Music and Musical Instrument Making:
The Manahata Indian Arts Council with Clifford Standing Deer and Ray Elk Silva (demonstrate the making and playing of Indigenous musical instruments)
West Indian Steel Pan Making:
Mickey Enoch, Master Steel Pan "Tuner" (steel pan builder)
Despers U.S.A. Members (steel band performance)
Middle Eastern Music and Musical Instrument Making:
Jules Azzi (violin and oud maker)
Najeeb Shaheen (oud player)
Bassam Saba (ney/violin player)
Russian Music and Musical Instrument Making:
David Chrapkiewicz (Balalaika and violin maker)
Tamara Volskaya (domra player)
Anatoliy Trofimov (bayan/accordion player)
Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival: Brooklyn Arts Council Tradition Music Stage:
The Kings County Ceili Band with Mat Mancuso (Irish)
Tamara Volskaya and Anatoliy Trofimov with Russian Carnival (Russian)
Desters, U. S. A. (West Indian)
1999 Nancy Groce, BAC Folk Arts Series: Constructing Harmony:
Afro-Cuban Drums, Drum-making and Drumming:
Jay Bereck, Drum-maker and Ensemble
Indo-Caribbean Drums, Drum-making and Drumming:
Ramnarine Sasenairine and Ensemble
West African Drums, Drum-making and Drumming from the Ivory Coast:
Vado Diamande, Master Drummer and Ensemble
Hatian Drums, Drum-making and Drumming:
Frisner Augustin and Members of La Troupe Makandal
Welcome Back to Brooklyn, BAC Stage:
La Troupe Makandal (Afro-Hatian Music and Dance)
Tony Demarco and Donny Goldon (Irish Traditional Music and Dance)
Ray Cruz and Cruz Control (Latin Salsa)
Despers USA (Trinidadian steel pan)
Praise in the Park: Music of Faith Festival
Red Hawk Indian Arts Council
Choir of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord (liturgical music)
Charlie Sonrey and his All Stars (African American Gospel)
The Word (Spiritually-Inspired Big Band Jazz)
Pizmonim (Middle Eastern music from the Jewish Sephardic Community Center)
The Shri Ram Mandir (Indo-Caribbean Hindu music of praise)
Please note that not every event includes a corresponding file or audiovisual item.
Conditions Governing Access
Due to sensitive personal information, materials in box 98, folder 10 are not open for research.
Sub-series 1.1: Program Files
Adopt-a-Landmark, 1986-1987, bulk
Video Log, 1986-1987, bulk
Correspondence, 1987
Publicity, 1977, 1987, inclusive
Release Form, 1987
Student Documentation, 1987
Contracts, 1987
Log of Audio, 1987
Notes from Folklorists, 1987-1999, inclusive
Correspondence, 1988
Publicity, 1988
Release Forms, 1988
Storytelling Tent, 1988
Press Releases, 1988
Budget, 1988
Contracts, 1988
Of, By and For Youth Museum, 1988
Flyers and Brochures, 1988
Correspondence, Internal, 1989
Correspondence, Participants, 1989
Correspondence, General, 1989
Budget, 1989
Contracts, 1989
Flyers and Brochure, 1989
Field Notes for Tapes, 1989
Photographer, 1989
Press Releases, 1989
Publicity, 1989
Storytelling Tent, 1989
Releases, 1989
Correspondence, 1990
Budget, 1990
Flyers and Brochure, 1990
Press Releases, 1990
Publicity, 1990
Video Log, 1990
Storytelling Tent, 1990
Correspondence, 1991
Budget, 1991
Flyers and Brochure, 1991
Press Releases, 1991
Publicity, 1991
Correspondence, Internal, 1992
Correspondence, General, 1992
Budget, 1992
Contracts, 1992
Field Notes, 1992
Flyers and Brochures, 1992
Press Releases, 1992
Publicity, 1992
Correspondence, Participant, 1993
Budget, 1993
Contracts, 1993
Flyers and Brochures, 1993
Press Releases, 1993
Publicity, 1993
Storytelling Tent, 1993
Correspondence, 1994
Contracts, 1994
Publicity, 1994
Press Releases, 1994
Flyers and Brochures, 1994
Budget, 1994
Storytelling Tent, 1994
Correspondence, 1995
Budget, 1995
Release Form, 1995
Flyers and Brochures, 1995
Press Releases, 1995
Storytelling Tent, 1995
Publicity, 1995
Prospect Park Alliance Collaboration, 1995
Related Activities, 1995
Correspondence, 1996
Press Releases, 1996
Flyers and Brochures, 1996
Storytelling Tent, 1996
Correspondence, 1997
Certificates, 1997
Correspondence, Brooklyn Public Library, 1997
Fieldwork, Logs, 1997
Response Sheets, 1997
Budget, 1997
Press Releases, 1997
Publicity, Clippings, 1997
Flyers, Brochures, 1997
Contracts, 1997
Release Forms, 1997
Publicity, Press Contracts, 1997
Brochure, Production, 1997
Storytelling Tent, Correspondence, 1997
Storytelling Tent, Release Forms, 1997
Correspondence, 1998
Brochure and Flyers, 1998
Press Releases, 1998
Contracts, 1998
Fieldwork, Data Sheets, 1998
Funding, 1998
Local Celebrations, Events, 1998
Notes, 1998
Photographs, 1998
Storytelling Tent, 1998
Correspondence, 1999
Contracts, 1999
Press Releases, 1999
Fieldwork, 1999
Flyers and Brochures, 1999
Welcome Back to Brooklyn, 1999
Praise in the Park, 1999
General
For additional materials see Series XI: Praise in the Park: Musical Expressions of Faith
Photographs, 1999
Misc., 1999
Folk Arts in Education, 1999
Artist File: Cheryl Byron and Something Positive, 1999
Artist File: Patricia Dye and Paka, 1999
Artist File: Donny Golden, 1999
Artist File: Guillermo Guerreo, 1999
Artist File: Chief Isaac Komolafe, 1999
Artist File: Trilok Fusion and Sudha Seetharaman, 1999
Artist File: Tamara Volskaya and Anatoliy Trofimov, 1999
Artist File: La Troupe Makandal, 1999
Archives, 1995-2011, bulk
Copyright, 1987-1988, bulk
Lefferts Homestead Collaboration, 1991-1995, bulk
NYYCA Folk Arts Roundtable, 1989-1997, bulk
Volunteers, circa 1988, bulk
African, 1989-1999, bulk
African American, Gospel Music, 1988-1999, bulk
African American, Valerie Bailey and Quilters, circa 1999
Caribbean, Afro-Cuban, circa 1999
Caribbean, Cuban, 1992
Caribbean, Dominican, 1990-1998, inclusive
Caribbean, Guyanese, 1996
Caribbean, Haitian, 1985-1995, inclusive
Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean, 1995-1996, inclusive
Caribbean, Jamaican, 1988-1995, inclusive
Caribbean, Puerto Rican, Adrian Garcia, 1992-1994, inclusive
Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Jose Aviles, 1989-1998, inclusive
Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Los Pleneros de la 21, 1984-1994, inclusive
Caribbean, Puerto Rican, Misc., 1987-1993, inclusive
Caribbean, West Indian / Trinidadian, 1975-1987, inclusive
Indigenous, 1989-1994, inclusive
Panamanian, 1989-1990, inclusive
NEA, Folk Arts Series, 1988-1989, bulk
NEA, Folk Arts Series, 1989-1990, bulk
NEA, Jewish Folk Arts, 1989-1990, bulk
NEA, Our Daily Bread, 1990-1991, bulk
NEA, Folk Arts Series, 1990-1991, bulk
NEA, Our Daily Bread, 1991-1992, bulk
NEA, Folk Arts Series, 1992-1993, bulk
NEA, Folk Arts Series, 1993-1994, bulk
NEA, Folk Arts, Brooklyn Children's Museum Partnership, 1995-1996, bulk
NEA, Folk Arts, Brooklyn College Collaboration, 1996-1997, bulk
NYSCA, Adopt-A-Landmark, 1986-1987, bulk
NYSCA, Presentation, Fold Arts Series, 1987-1988, bulk
NYSCA, Consultation, 1988-1989, bulk
NYSCA, Folk Arts Series, 1988-1989, bulk
NYSCA, Welcome Back to Brooklyn, Storytelling, 1988-1989, bulk
NYSCA, Staff Folklorist, 1988-1989, bulk
NYSCA, Summary Report, 1988-1989, bulk
NYSCA, Folk Arts Series, 1989-1990, bulk
NYSCA, Staff Folklorist, 1989-1990, bulk
NYSCA, Welcome Back to Brooklyn, Storytelling Tent, 1989-1990, bulk
NYSCA, Our Daily Bread, 1990-1991, bulk
NYSCA, Administrative and Program Costs, 1991-1992, bulk
NYSCA, Programming, 1992-1993, bulk
NYSCA, Programming, 1993-1994, bulk
NYSCA, Programming, 1994-1995, bulk
NYSCA, Programming, 1995-1996, bulk
NYSCA, 1996-1997, bulk
NYSCA, Programming, 1997-1998, bulk
Fundraising, Project One City, 1988
Fundraising, Grant Proposals, 1988
Fundraising, United Way of New York City, 1989
Fundraising, ITVS, 1991
Fundraising, Arts Partners, 1993
Fundraising, Lila Wallace, Readers Digest Community Folklife Program, 1993
Fundraising, Chemical Bank, 1994
Fundraising, Lila Wallace, Readers Digest Community Folklife Program, 1995
Fundraising, Lila Wallace, Readers Digest Community Folklife Program, 1997
Cathy Ragland Files, 2000
Welcome Back to Brooklyn, 2000
Brooklyn Folk Arts Sampler, 2001
Folk Arts in the Library, 2000-2001, inclusive
BAC Professional Development, 2000
BACA Contracts, RESTRICTED, 1987-1997, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Due to sensitive personal information, these materials are not open for research.
Sub-series 1.2: Audiovisual
General
A partial cassette inventory is included in Box 8 and a partial VHS inventory is included in Box 14.
Audio, 1987-1988, inclusive
Audio, 1988-1989, inclusive
Audio, 1989-1991, inclusive
Audio, 1991-1993, inclusive
Audio, 1993-1997, inclusive
Audio, circa 1986-1997, inclusive
Audio and Video, 1996-1997, inclusive
Video, 1989-2000, inclusive
Video, 1996
Video, 1989-1992, inclusive
Audio and Video, Master Audio Tapes, circa 1991-1996, inclusive
Audio, circa 1993
Master Audio Tapes, 1996
Master Audio Tapes, 1996
Brooklyn Storytelling Tent, Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1988
Brooklyn Storytelling Tent, Prints, 1988
Brooklyn Folk Arts and Artists, Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1988
Fieldwork, Negatives and Prints, 1989
Artists and Musicians, Prints, 1989
Brooklyn Storytelling Tent, Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1989
Welcome Back to Brooklyn, 1989
Brooklyn Folk Arts and Artists, Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1989
Folk Art and Artists, Slides, 1988-1989, inclusive
Folk Art and Artists, Slides, 1990
Folk Art and Artists, Slides, 1990
Folk Art and Artists, Slides, 1991
Folk Art and Artists, Slides, 1992
Folk Art and Artists, Slides, 1993-1994, inclusive
Folk Art and Artists, Slides, 1995, 1997, inclusive
Folk Art and Artists, Slides, 1996
Folk Art and Artists, Slides, 1998-1999, inclusive
Program Photographs, 1998
Program Photographs, 1998-2000, inclusive
Program Photographs, 1996-2000, inclusive
Artist Provided Media, Video, circa 1997-1998, inclusive
Artist Provided Media, Audio, circa 1997-1998, inclusive
Artist Provided Media, Video, circa 1994-2003, inclusive
Artist Provided Media, Audio, circa 1998-2001, inclusive
Research Materials, Video, circa 2000-2005, inclusive
Research Materials, Audio, circa 2001, inclusive
Various Media, Video, circa 2005-2014, inclusive
Various Media, Audio, circa 1995-2012, inclusive
Series 2: Black Brooklyn Renaissance
Scope and Contents
Program Files include information on the development and planning of Black Brooklyn Renaissance, including meeting notes, promotional materials, funding information, budgeting, and correspondence. Program Files also include a large group of folders relating to artists who were involved in the Black Brooklyn Renaissance project. Contents include permission statements for audiovisual recordings, tape logs highlighting recorded interviews or performances, biographical information, performance information, and performance CDs. Folders labeled "context" includes materials collected during the planning and the run of the Black Brooklyn Renaissance to show the program's cultural context, events that were related to but not part of BBR.
Audiovisual items include digital photographs, audio, and video documentation of the various events that comprised the Black Brooklyn Renaissance program. Also included are additional interviews with individuals involved in the community and in the various arts represented in the programs. Most of the items in this series are compact discs.
A Digital Archive containing 73 compact discs was produced and given to 6 repositories, including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The archive includes over 100 interviews with artists and community leaders, event recordings, concerts, and panel discussions. The folders in box 26 contain material relating to the production of the archive, its dissemination, and the release and reception for its debut in February 2012. The Digital Archive itself, as packaged for dissemination to the various repositories is box 37.
Black Brooklyn Renaissance Events:
Kumau Brathwaite at the 10th National Black Writers'. Founders Auditorium, Medgar Evars College, 1650 Bedford Ave. Presented by the National Black Writers' Conference with support from BAC, March 25, 2010.
Cal Massey Jazz Tribute. Gershwin Hall, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts and Brooklyn College (BCBC). Presented by the H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College and Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium with support from BAC, April 22, 2010.
Jazz Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Brooklyn Historical Society. Presented by BHS in conjunction with Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium's 11th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, April 29, 2010.
Recording Brooklyn. Presented by PAC as part of its Scene: Brooklyn Independent Film and Media Arts series in conjunction with the Brooklyn Chapter of the Links, undated.
Foly: African Dance Master Classes. Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation,1638 Fulton Street. Presented by Bed Stuy Restoration Corp with support from BAC, May 14-15, 2010.
Lions Will Roar, Swans Will Fly, Angels Will Wrestle Heaven, Rain Will Break: Gukurahundi. The Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Long Island University. Presented by 651 Arts in association with Dance Theater Workshop, with additional support from BAC and funding from American Express, May 21-22, 2010.
Juneteenth Celebration at 227 Abolitionist Place, 227 Duffield Street, presented by Friends of 227 Abolitionist Place with support from BAC, June 19, 2010.
39th International African Arts Festival (IAAF), Commodore Barry Park, presented by IAAF with support from BAC, July 2-5, 2010.
Emancipation Day Celebration at Weeksville Heritage Center 1698 Bergen Street, presented by Weeksville Heritage Center with support from BAC, July 3, 2010.
Eyewitness: Beautiful Black Brooklyn (photo exhibition). Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Center for Arts and Culture, Skylight Gallery. Presented by Skylight Gallery with support from BAC, July 10-September 30, 2010.
Brooklyn Transformation (Outdoor Film Screening), Fort Greene Park. Presented by Rooftop Films in cooperation with BAC's Scene: Brooklyn program, July 17, 2010.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Presents The Robert Glasper Experiment with Special Guests Q-Tip and Bilal Jose James' Blackmagic, Damrosh Park Bandshell, Lincoln Center, August 4, 2010.
Carnival Masqueraders in Brooklyn, exhibition at Skylight Gallery, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, presented by Skylight Gallery with support from BAC, October 2, 2010-January 5, 2011.
Workshop: Learning to Listen to Gospel Music, BAC Gallery, November 4, 2010.
African Dance/Brooklyn Style. Walt Whitman Theater, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts and Brooklyn College (BCBC), February 28, 2010.
African Dance/Brooklyn Style Symposium. A.R.T./New York South Oxford Space, 138 S. Oxford Street. Presented by BAC and hosted by Urban Bush Women, March 3, 2010.
Rites and Ceremonies of the Brooklyn African Diaspora. Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street. Presented by BAC in conjunction with BHS, March 17, 2010.
Icons of Brooklyn Jazz. Sugar Hill Restaurant, 615 DeKalb Ave. Presented by Brooklyn Central Jazz Consortium with support from BAC and American Express, April 7, 2010.
Hip Hop Hybrids of Brooklyn. Public assembly, 70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg. Presented by BAC with support from American Express, April 15 and May 22, 2010.
Black Brooklyn Drum Call. Drumming demonstration and performances on the plaza; drum-making demo in the 2nd floor meeting room. Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, June 5, 2010.
21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage. Ancestor circle, 16th Street and Coney Island Boardwalk. Presented with The People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective and Medgar Evars College with support from BAC, June 12, 2010.
Preserving the Parade: Documenting the West Indian American Labor Day Carnival. Brooklyn Public Library, Flatbush Branch, June 17, 2010.
Intergenerations: Toshi Reagon and Friends. Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue. Presented by BAC with support from American Express and Emma A. Shaefer Charitable Trust, July 29, 2010.
J'Ouvert, West Indian Labor Day Parade, September 2010.
Otto Neals and Emmett Wigglesworth: Kindred Spirits Forging Forward. Exhibition in the BAC gallery. September 24, 2010-January 14, 2011.
Intergenerations: Dance Kings of Black Brooklyn. Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Long Island University, presented by BAC in cooperation with the Kumble Theater, October 9, 2011.
The Black Brooklyn Renaissance Conference and Concert. Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College. Presented by BAC and the H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College with support from the NY Council on the Humanities and Eleanor Archie, October 23, 2010.
Brooklyn: The Gospel Borough. Memorial Hall, Concord Baptist Church of Christ, November 12, 2010.
Word is Brooklyn. BAM Cafe, presented by BAC in cooperation with City Lore, November 19, 2010.
The Brooklyn School of Black Visual Artists. Panel discussion, Artcurian, presented by BAC in conjunction with MoCADA and Artcurian, November 21, 2010.
Intergenerations: Randy Weston Trio with Special Guest Ayanda Clarke. Brooklyn Museum, Cantor Auditorium, co-presented by the Brooklyn Museum and BAC, December 12, 2010.
Voices of the Elders. Reception, interviews and panel discussion. Long Island University. Presented by BAC in cooperation with Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, Januray 30, 2011.
Amateur Night at the Apollo: Brooklyn Night. Sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company, February 9, 2011.
Black Brooklyn Renaissance: The New Generation. Project finale, BAM Cafe, co-presented by BAC and BAM Cafe live, February 11-12, 2011.
Historical Note
Black Brooklyn Renaissance: Black Arts + Culture 1960-2010 (BBR) was developed and presented by Kay Turner, Folk Arts Director at the Brooklyn Arts Council. BBR was a two year-long research, planning, and public presentation initiative in partnership with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. Beginning research in 2009 with major programming presented in 2010, BBR culminated in February 2011. Through field research, a series of public performances, exhibitions, panels and workshops, a scholarly conference, an oral history project, and other documentation, BBR celebrated the many ways Black performing artists, primarily those working in music, dance and spoken word, have contributed to the borough's significance as a center of Black culture in New York and the world.
BBR's yearlong programming was held at major venues and community sites throughout Brooklyn, with select programs in Manhattan. Many of BBR's concerts, panels and workshops examined how migration, immigration, and political movements galvanized these cultural expressions while drawing attention to the evolving interplay between Afro-Caribbean, southern African American, and African traditions. The project also sought to create a dialogue between young contemporary artists and leading artists of the 1960s, '70s and '80s. Black Brooklyn artists of different generations and styles shared, learned and performed together.
Conditions Governing Access
Certain participants in Black Brooklyn Renaissance: Black Arts and Culture 1960-2010 have not granted permission for their likeness to appear in any related media. See box 28, folder 1 for a full list. Items in box 98, folder 11 are not open for research due to sensitive personal information.
Sub-series 2.1: Program Files
Project Description, 2010-2011, inclusive
Calendars, 2010-2011, inclusive
Meetings, BBR Staff and Presenters, 2010-2011, inclusive
Meeting Notes, 2010-2011, inclusive
Notes, 2010-2011, inclusive
Contacts, Art, 2010-2011, inclusive
Contacts Carnival, 2010-2011, inclusive
Contacts, Dance, 2010-2011, inclusive
Contacts, Lists, 2010-2011, inclusive
Contacts, Misc., 2010-2011, inclusive
Contacts, Music, 2010-2011, inclusive
VIP Invitations to Kick-Off, 2010-2011, inclusive
Calendars, 2010-2011, inclusive
Community Calendars, 2010-2011, inclusive
Photos for Possible Use, 2010-2011, inclusive
Press Coverage, 2010-2011, inclusive
Press/Marketing Misc., 2010-2011, inclusive
Press Releases, 2010-2011, inclusive
Funding, 2010-2011, inclusive
American Express, Final Report, 2010-2011, inclusive
Brooklyn Community Foundation, Final Report, 2010-2011, inclusive
Franklin A. Thomas, 2010-2011, inclusive
Met Life Foundation, Final Report, 2010-2011, inclusive
Profit and Loss Detail, 2010-2011, inclusive
Budget Planning and Notes, 2010-2011, inclusive
Invoices and Check Requests, Archive, 2010-2011, inclusive
Invoices and Check Requests, By Event, 2010-2011, inclusive
Invoices and Check Requests, Misc., 2010-2011, inclusive
Invoices and Check Requests, Printing, 2010-2011, inclusive
Invoices and Check Requests, Production, 2010-2011, inclusive
Invoices and Check Requests, Programs (Artist Fees), Empty, 2010-2011, inclusive
Invoices and Check Requests, RESTRICTED, 2010-2011, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Due to sensitive personal information, these materials are not open for research.
Expenses, Misc., 2010-2011, inclusive
Archive Production, 2010-2011, inclusive
Archive, Recipient Institutions, 2010-2011, inclusive
Archive, Release and Reception, 2012
BBR Introduction, 2009
African Dance / Brooklyn Style, 2010
African Dance / Brooklyn Style Symposium, 2010
Rites and Ceremonies of the Brooklyn African Diaspora, 2010
Kaman Braithwaite at the 10th National Black Writers Conference, 2010
Hip Hop Hybrids of Brooklyn, 2010
Celebrating Cal Massey, 2010
Making Do the Right Thing, 2010
BAM Dance Africa Pre-Opening Activities-Weeksville, 2010
Black Brooklyn Drum Call, 2010
21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage, 2010
Preserving the Parade: Documenting the West Indian American Labor Day Carnival, 2010
Black Woman Voices, Tushi Reagon, 2010
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The Robert Glasper Experiment, 2010
Otto Neals and Emmett Wigglesworth, Exhibition, BAC Gallery, 2010-2011, inclusive
Amateur Night at the Apollo: Brooklyn Night, 2010
Dance Kings of Black Brooklyn, 2010
Carnival Masquerades (Exhibition), 2010
The Black Brooklyn Renaissance Conference and Concert, 2010
Brooklyn: The Gospel Borough, 2010
Word is Brooklyn, 2010
The Brooklyn School of Black Visual Artists, 2010
Intergenerations: Randy Weston Trio with Ayanda Clarke, 2010
Voices of the Elders, 2011
Apollo Concert, 2011
BBR Finale, 2011
Contact Sheets, 2010-2011, inclusive
Community Interviews Scheduled, 2010-2011, inclusive
Community Interviews, Possible Interviewees, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interview Notes and Emails, 2010-2011, inclusive
Permissions, Denied or Restricted, 2010-2011, inclusive
Permissions, A-B, 2010-2011, inclusive
Permissions, C-F, 2010-2011, inclusive
Permissions, G-J, 2010-2011, inclusive
Permissions, K-M, 2010-2011, inclusive
Permissions, N-S, 2010-2011, inclusive
Permissions, T-Z, 2010-2011, inclusive
Baba Lee Abramson, 2010-2011, inclusive
Afro-Mosiac Soul, 2010-2011, inclusive
Harold Akyeampong, 2010-2011, inclusive
Jean Alexander, 2010-2011, inclusive
Tai Allen, 2010-2011, inclusive
Asase Yaa, 2010-2011, inclusive
Frisner Augustin, 2010-2011, inclusive
Stephanie Battle, 2010-2011, inclusive
Anthony Bonair, 2010-2011, inclusive
Nathaniel Hakika Boyd, 2010-2011, inclusive
Brooklyn Jumbies, 2010-2011, inclusive
Camille A. Brown, 2010-2011, inclusive
Ron Brown, 2010-2011, inclusive
Glenda Cadogan, 2010-2011, inclusive
Lizz Carr, 2010-2011, inclusive
Dolores Carty, 2010-2011, inclusive
Ayanda Clarke, 2010-2011, inclusive
Neil Clarke, 2010-2011, inclusive
Nora Chipaumire, 2010-2011, inclusive
Climbing Poetree, 2010-2011, inclusive
Sewaa Codrington, 2010-2011, inclusive
Conjunto Nuevo Milenio, 2010-2011, inclusive
Coole High, 2010-2011, inclusive
D-Cross, 2010-2011, inclusive
Laurie Cumbo, 2010-2011, inclusive
Olu Dara, 2010-2011, inclusive
Rev Herbert Daughtry, 2010-2011, inclusive
George Davidson, 2010-2011, inclusive
Marcelle Davies-Lashley, 2010-2011, inclusive
Kevin "Fuzzy" Davis, 2010-2011, inclusive
Mickey Davis, 2010-2011, inclusive
Vado Diomande, 2010-2011, inclusive
Ray "Chino" Diaz, 2010-2011, inclusive
Brian "Dyalekt" Kushner, 2010-2011, inclusive
Ogundipe Fayomi, 2010-2011, inclusive
Jamel Gaines, 2010-2011, inclusive
Izell Glover, 2010-2011, inclusive
Ronnie Goodwin, 2010-2011, inclusive
Doris Green, 2010-2011, inclusive
Talu Green, 2010-2011, inclusive
Brenda Greene, 2010-2011, inclusive
Gaylord Hassan, 2010-2011, inclusive
Kathy Hernandez, 2010-2011, inclusive
Kid Lucky, 2010-2011, inclusive
LMNOP aka Lesliayn, 2010-2011, inclusive
Keith Wonderboy Johnson, 2010-2011, inclusive
Sonya Johnson, 2010-2011, inclusive
MT Kalla Keaton, 2010-2011, inclusive
Youssouf Koumbassa, 2010-2011, inclusive
Michela Lerman, 2010-2011, inclusive
James Lovell, 2010-2011, inclusive
John Mason, 2010-2011, inclusive
Karl McIntosh, 2010-2011, inclusive
Sarah McLawler, 2010-2011, inclusive
Michael Manswell, 2010-2011, inclusive
Cal Massey, 2010-2011, inclusive
Alfredo Mighty, 2010-2011, inclusive
Charlotte Mishell, 2010-2011, inclusive
Ella Moore, 2010-2011, inclusive
Baba Mpho, 2010-2011, inclusive
Bob Myers, 2010-2011, inclusive
Ngoma, 2010-2011, inclusive
Ademola Olugebefola, 2010-2011, inclusive
Jose Ortiz, 2010-2011, inclusive
Pegasus Rising, 2010-2011, inclusive
Sam Pinn, 2010-2011, inclusive
Montague Pollard, 2010-2011, inclusive
Montague Pollard, 2010-2011, inclusive
Obara Wali Rahman, 2010-2011, inclusive
Toshi Reagon, 2010-2011, inclusive
Tony Reece, 2010-2011, inclusive
Kenya Robinson, 2010-2011, inclusive
SagaOne, 2010-2011, inclusive
Abdel Salaam, 2010-2011, inclusive
Roger "Montego Joe" Sanders, 2010-2011, inclusive
Segun Shabaka, 2010-2011, inclusive
Shock-A-Lock, 2010-2011, inclusive
Danny Simmons, 2010-2011, inclusive
S.W.A.T., 2010-2011, inclusive
Les Slater, 2010-2011, inclusive
Alex Smith Jr., 2010-2011, inclusive
Enoch Smith Jr., 2010-2011, inclusive
Pamela Sneed, 2010-2011, inclusive
Baraka de Soleil, 2010-2011, inclusive
Somi, 2010-2011, inclusive
Nepo Soteri, 2010-2011, inclusive
Tah Phrum Duh Bush, 2010-2011, inclusive
DJ Tahleim, 2010-2011, inclusive
Greg Tate, 2010-2011, inclusive
M-TRI, 2010-2011, inclusive
Austin Tuitt, 2010-2011, inclusive
Edwina Tyler, 2010-2011, inclusive
Hanifah / Walidah, 2010-2011, inclusive
Junior Wedderburn, 2010-2011, inclusive
Randy Weston, 2010-2011, inclusive
Reffie Wilson, 2010-2011, inclusive
Obediah Wright, 2010-2011, inclusive
Tantra Zawadi, 2010-2011, inclusive
Jawole Willa Joe Zollar, 2010-2011, inclusive
227 Abolitionist Place, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
Abrahams, Roger D, "Black Talking on the Streets," Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
African American Burial Ground Project, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
African Diaspora, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
Black Academics, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
Black Neighborhoods, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
Brooklyn Afro Renaissance, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
Caribbean Carnival, 2010-2011, inclusive
Dance, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
International African Street Festival, 2010-2011, inclusive
Jazz, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
Literature, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
Music, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective, 2010-2011, inclusive
Theater, Research, 2010-2011, inclusive
Art, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Arts Festivals, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Caribbean Culture, Context, 2009-2011, inclusive
Dance, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Drill Teams, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Fashion, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Film, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Jazz, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Misc., 2010-2011, inclusive
Music, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Neighborhoods, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Photography, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Theater, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
West Indian Carnival, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Women, Context, 2010-2011, inclusive
Sub-series 2.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
Events represented in the Audiovisal sub-series:
African Dance/Brooklyn Style. Walt Whitman Theater, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts and Brooklyn College (BCBC), February 28, 2010.
African Dance/Brooklyn Style Symposium. A.R.T./New York South Oxford Space, 138 S. Oxford Street. Presented by BAC and hosted by Urban Bush Women, March 3, 2010.
Rites and Ceremonies of the Brooklyn African Diaspora. Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street. Presented by BAC in conjunction with BHS, March 17, 2010.
Icons of Brooklyn Jazz. Sugar Hill Restaurant, 615 DeKalb Ave. Presented by Brooklyn Central Jazz Consortium with support from BAC and American Express, April 7, 2010.
Hip Hop Hybrids of Brooklyn. Public assembly, 70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg. Presented by BAC with support from American Express, April 15, 2010.
Hip Hop Hybrids of Brooklyn. Public assembly, 70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg. Presented by BAC with support from American Express, May 22, 2010.
Black Brooklyn Drum Call. Drumming demonstration and performances on the plaza; drum-making demo in the 2nd floor meeting room. Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, June 5, 2010.
21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage. Ancestor circle, 16th Street and Coney Island Boardwalk. Presented with The People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective and Medgar Evars College with support from BAC, June 12, 2010.
Preserving the Parade: Documenting the West Indian American Labor Day Carnival. Brooklyn Public Library, Flatbush Branch, June 17, 2010.
Intergenerations: Toshi Reagon and Friends. Southpaw, 125 Fifth Aavenue. Presented by BAC with support from American Express and Emma A. Shaefer Charitable Turst, July 29, 2010.
J'Ouvert, West Indian Labor Day Parade, September 2010.
Otto Neals and Emmett Wigglesworth: Kindred Spirits Forging Forward. Exhibition in the BAC gallery, September 24, 2010-January 4, 2011.
Intergenerations: Dance Kings of Black Brooklyn. Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Long Island University, presented by BAC in cooperation with the Kumble Theater, October 9, 2011.
The Black Brooklyn Renaissance Conference and Concert. Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College. Presented by BAC and the H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College with support from the NY Council on the Humanities and Eleanor Archie, October 23, 2010.
Brooklyn: The Gospel Borough. Memorial Hall, Concord Baptist Church of Christ, November 12, 2010.
Word is Brooklyn. BAM Café, presented by BAC in cooperation with City Lore, November 19, 2010.
The Brooklyn School of Black Visual Artists. Panel discussion, Artcurian, presented by BAC in conjunction with MoCADA and Artcurian, November 21, 2010.
Intergenerations: Randy Weston Trio with Special Guest Ayanda Clarke. Brooklyn Museum, Cantor Auditorium, co-presented by the Brooklyn Museum and BAC, December 12, 2010.
Voices of the Elders. Reception, interviews and panel discussion. Long Island University. Presented by BAC in cooperation with Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, January 30, 2011.
Amateur Night at the Apollo: Brooklyn Night. Sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company, February 9, 2011.
Black Brooklyn Renaissance: The New Generation. Project finale, BAMcafé, co-presented by BAC and BAMcafe live, February 11-12, 2011.
Interviews include:
Hip Hop Hybrids, 4/14/2010
Black Brooklyn Drum Call, 6/5/2010
Toshi Reagon and Friends, 7/29/2010
Voices of the Elders, 1/3/2011
Yejide Akinlana, 10/7/2010
Maxine Alexander, 11/11/2010
Leslie Arlette-Boyce, 7/27/2010
Millie Burns, 12/14/2010
Elizabeth Carr, 9/2/2010
Fikisha Cumbo, 2/13/2010
Susan Goldbetter, 7/27/2010
Velma Johnson, 12/13/2010
Jeffrey Perry, 11/8/2010
Joanna Petit-Frere, 3/16/2010
Nepo Soteri, 7/23/2010
Austin Tuit and Nana O, 3/17/2010
Peggy Alston, 3/1/2011
Safiya Bandele, 3/22/2011
Hakika Boyd, 3/29/2010
Gaylord Hassan, 3/18/2010
Bob Myers, 2/9/2011
Les Slater, 7/21/2010
Alex Smith, Jr., 3/17/2010
Jacqui Woods, 3/1/2011
Jean Alexander, 4/4/2011
Glenda Cadogan, 2/14/2011
Kevin "Fuzzy" Davis, 4/6/2011
Kathyann Hernandez, 3/18/2011
John Mason, 11/20/2010
Baba Mpho, 8/6/2010
Segun Shabaka, 10/25/2010
R. Abdurahman, undated
Kyle Abraham, 3/23/2011
Calvin Booker, 1/7/2011
Ron Brown, 3/23/2010
Nora Chipaumire, 7/23/2010
Sewaa Codrington, 3/14/2011
Mickey Davidson, 2/16/2011
Jamal Gaines, 12/27/2010
Doris Green, 7/30/2010
Youssouf Koumbassa, 3/2/2011
Michela Marino Lerman, 3/22/2011
Michael Manswell, 7/27/2010
Ella Thompson, 4/22/2011
Francine Ott, 2/4/2011
Walter Rutledge, 4/8/2011
Baraka de Soleil, 2/2/2011
Nathan Trice, 4/8/2011
Reggie Wilson, undated
Obediah Wright, 1/10/2011
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, 3/10/2011
Phil Groves, 3/15/2011
Keith "Wonderboy" Johnson, 11/4/2010
Team TNY, 10/19/2010
Demostina, 2/11/2011
Dyalekt, 2/11/2011
Ngoma, 10/26/2010
Tah Phrum Duh Bish, 3/5/2010
Ahmed Abdullah and Sady Sullivan, 5/18/2010
Sarah McLawler, undated
Cecil Bridgewater, 5/18/2010
Sam Pinn, 4/5/2011
Somi, 5/15/2010
Jitu Weusi, 5/6/2011
Brenda Greene, 2/2/2011
Baba Lee Abramson, 7/25/2010
Harold Akyeampong, 8/26/2010
Ayanda Clarke, 3/10/2011
Ray "Chino" Diaz, 7/21/2010
LaTroupe Makandel, 7/20/2010
Montego Joe, 6/11/2010
Monte Pollard, 7/16/2010
Obara Wali Rahman, 2/16/2011
Tony Reece, 2/19/2011
Edwina Tyler, 7/19/2011
Alsarah, 4/1/2011
Stephanie Battle, 4/8/2011
Marcelle Davies-Lashley, 2/24/2011
Ronnie Goodman, 4/5/2011
Toshi Reagon, 5/11/2011
Sun Singleton, 4/7/2011
Tai Allen, 3/17/2011
Climbing Poetree, 5/9/2011
George Davidson, 11/2/2010
Tammy Hall, 3/16/2011
James Lovell, 7/28/2010
Tuan X, 2/1/2011
Hanifah Walidah, 3/25/2011
Josephine English, 4/8/2011
Bernard Marsh, 2/21/2011
E.W. McDonald, 2/15/2011
Anthony Bonair, 7/23/2010
Laurie Cumbo, 3/29/2010
Ogundipe Fayomi, 3/15/2011
Izell Glover, 2/18/2011
LeRoy Henderson, 2/16/2011
Kenya (Robinson), 3/2/2011
Karl McIntosh, 1/4/2011
Alfredo Mighty, 4/11/2011
Otto Neals, 1/20/2011
Ademola Olugebefola, 3/10/2011
Danny Simons, 4/26/2011
Emmett Wigglesworth, 7/12/2010
Rahkiah Abdurrahman, undated
Frisner Augustin, undated
Dolores Carty, Fulton Art Fair, 4/27/2011
Francina Connors, 5/13/2011
Olu Dara, 5/9/2011
Herbert Daughtry, 4/13/2011
Jeff King, 5/6/2010
Novella Nelson, 5/9/2011
Donald Sangster, undated
Charles Tolliver, 5/15/2011
Reggie Workman, 5/5/2011
African Dance / Brooklyn Style BCBC, 2010
Rites and Ceremonies of the Brooklyn African Diaspora, 2010
Icons of Brooklyn Jazz, 2010
Hip Hop Hybrids of Brooklyn, 2010
BAM DanceAfrica, Pre-Opening Activities, 2010
Black Brooklyn Drum Call, 2010
21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage, 2010
Preserving the Parade: Documenting the West Indian American Labor Day Carnival, 2010
Intergenerations: Toshi Regon and Friends, 2010
J'ouvert West Indian Labor Day Parade, 2010
BAC Gallery Public Program. Emmett Wigglesworth Storytelling, 2010
Intergenerations: Dance Kings of Black Brooklyn, 2010
Black Brooklyn Renaissance Conference and Concert, 2010
Brooklyn: The Gospel Borough, 2010
Word is Brooklyn, 2010
The Brooklyn School of Black Visual Arts, 2010
Intergenerations: Randy Weston Trio With Special Guest Ayanda, 2010
Voices of the Elders, 2011
Amateur Night at the Apollo: Brooklyn Night, 2011
BBR: The New Generation, 2011
Interviews: Program Interviews, 2010-2011, bulk
Interviews: Individual, Community Interviews, 2010
Interviews: Individual, Community Arts Organizations, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews: Individual, Community Festival / Ritual Arts, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews: Individual, Dance, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews: Individual, Gospel, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews: Individual, Hip Hop, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews, Individual, Jazz, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews: Individual, Literature, 2011
Interviews: Individual, Percussion, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews: Individual, Pop, 2011
Interviews: Individual, Spoken Word, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews: Individual, Theater, 2011
Interviews: Individual, Visual Art, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews: Extra Copies, 2010-2011, inclusive
Interviews, Individual, Not Catagorized, 2010-2011, inclusive
Related Media, 2010-2011, inclusive
Black Brooklyn Renaissance Archive for Library of Congress, 2010-2011, inclusive
General
32 original Hi8 tapes and 1 thumb drive. Inventory included in box.
Series 3: Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival
Scope and Contents
Program Files include research materials, interviews, event documentation, publicity materials, documentation of funding efforts, and budgets for the project. The Audiovisual sub-series includes audio and video tapes of artists considered and accepted for participation in the events and digital photographs.
Featured artists:
Simon Shaheen (Palestinian oud and violin)
Tareq Abboushi (Palestinian buzuq player)
Ahmed Alrodini (Yemeni singer, percussionist and oud player)
Yoel Ben-Simhon (composer, vocalist and instrumentalist of Israeli and Moroccan descent)
Amir ElSaffar (Iraqi-American santoor player specializing in Iraqi Maqam)
Gaida Hinnawi (Syrian vocalist)
Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak (Brooklyn's Syrian-American band leader)
Naji Youssef (Lebanese Cantor for the Catholic Melkite Church)
Shoshana Tubi (specialist in Yemeni wedding songs)
Historical Note
The Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival was a celebration of Arab music traditions in Brooklyn held March 2-30, 2008. The Arabic word "maqam" refers to a group of musical notes and patterns of notes that form the building blocks of traditional Arab music. There are dozens of different maqamat, each of which creates its own characteristic sound and mood. BAC's Brooklyn Maqam included of a series of concerts, symposia, and workshops featuring nearly 100 New York-based musicians and groups representing musical traditions from Egypt, Yemen, Palestine, Iraq, Morocco, Syria and Lebanon. Musical programs included popular contemporary arrangements, folk traditions (both well-known and rare) and fusion pieces that integrate old and new styles. All events were open to the public free of charge. Brooklyn Arts Council staff involved in this project were Kay Turner, Folk Arts Director and Nicole Macotsis, Folk Arts Associate.
Conditions Governing Access
Due to sensitive personal information, materials in box 100, folder 4 are not open for research.
Sub-series 3.1: Program Files
Research, Arab Culture, Web Sources, 2008
Research, Arab Music, Articles and Liner Notes, 2008
Research, Arab Music, Web Sources, 2008
Research, Consultants, 2008
Research, Contacts, 2008
Research, Partners and Venues, Printed Matter, 2008
Press Clippings, 2008
Related Events and Organizations, 2008
Similar Events, 2008
Correspondence, Kay Turner, 2008
Correspondence, Nicole Macotsis, 2008
Correspondence, Nicole Macotsis, 2008
Letters of Intent, Artists, 2008
Letters of Intent, Venues, 2008
Interviews, 2008
Events, BAM Cafe, 2008
Roundtable: Arab Music Traditions and Their History in Brooklyn, 2008
Voice of the Women, Kingsborough Community College, 2008
Timeless Traditions from Egypt and Iraq, Joe's Pub, 2008
Cultural Walking Tours, 2008
Flyers, Programs, 2008
Oversize Posters, BAC Newsletter Promotional, 2008
Insurance, 2008
Program Drafts and Notes, 2008
Programming and Scheduling Notes, 2008
Fact Sheet, Schedule, Talking Points, 2008
Banners, 2008
Brooklyn Arabs in the Press/Media, 2008
Arab Media, 2008
General Media, 2008
Notes, Nicole Macotsis, 2008
Sheet Flyer, Arabic, 2008
Street Flyer, English, 2008
Correspondence, 2008
Budgets, FY 2008, 2008
Funders Credits, 2008
Funding, American Express, 2008
Funding, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, 2008
Funding, Elebash Fund, JP Morgan Chase, 2008
Funding, National Endowment for the Arts, 2008
Funding, New York State Music Fund Application, 2008
Funding, New York State Music Fund, Reports, 2008
Budget, General, 2008
Budget, Artist Fees and Receipts, 2008
Check Requests and Contracts, 2008
Contracts and Receipts, 2008
Contracts, RESTRICTED, 2008
Conditions Governing Access
Due to sensitive personal information, these materials are not open for research.
Budget, Design and Film Editing, 2008
Photographs, Correspondence, 2008
Performers, 2008
Performers, Eddie "The Shick" Kochack, 2008
Sub-series 3.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
Interviews and events represented in the Audiovisual sub-series:
Cassettes:
Yasser Khalifa interviewed by Kay Turner and Nicole Macotsis, May 24, 2005
Mohamed Bechar, part 2 of 2, interviewed by Nicole Macotsis, August 23, 2005
Tareq Abboushi interviewed by Kate Turner and Nicole Macotsis, May 10, 2006
Gaida Hinnawi interviewed by Kay Turner, July 30, 2007
Galeet Dardashti interviewed by Kay Turner and Nicole Macotsis, August 28, 2007
Malika Zarra interviewed by Kay Turner and Nicole Macotsis, September 12, 2007
CDs:
Track 1: Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak, interviewed by Nicole Macotsis, August 23, 2006; Track 2, Gamal Shafik interviwed by Kay Turner and Nicole Macotsis, November 13, 2007
Track 3: Amir ElSaffar
Track 4: Youssef Kassab interviewed by Nicole Macotsis, November 19, 2007; Track 5: Youssef Kassab, part 2 of 2, interviewed by Nicole Macotsis, November 19, 2007
Events by location:
Alwan, March 29, 2008, (5 CDs total recording 3 sets; track lists; one CD is a rough cut video)
Brooklyn Public Library (2 CDs recording 3 sets, track list)
Kingsborough, March 16, 2008 (6 CDs recording 3 sets, track lists)
Lafayette Grill, Arab-o-Rama, March 14, 2008 (1 CD)
Najeeb's, March 14, 2008 (2 CDs, track lists)
The mini-DVDs document Brooklyn Maqam performances as follows:
Karim Nagi, March 6, 2008, 2 mini-DVDs
Arab-o-Rama, March 14, 2008, Cedars/IBIS
Arab-o-Rama, March 14, 2008, Eddie Kochak
Arab-o-Rama, March 14, 2008, Scott Wilso
Interviews, Audio, 2008
Performances, Audio, 2008
Events, Audio, 2008
Publicity, 2008
Photographs, 2008
Performers, Commercial and Demo, Not Progam, 1987
Performers, Commercial and Demo, Not Program, circa 1990-2008, inclusive
Performers, Commercial and Demo, Not Program, circa 1990-2008, inclusive
Performers, Demo Recordings, VHS, 2008
Series 4: Days of the Dead in Brooklyn
Scope and Contents
Program Files include correspondence, event-related materials, publicity, funding, and financial information. Also included are research materials, which encompass press clippings, event flyers, and related items about topics explored during the course of the project and to the death and dying traditions of various cultural groups. Audiovisual documentation includes digital photographs, recordings of events, as well as performances of funerary songs and a series of interviews with Brooklyn funeral directors.
Days of the Dead in Brooklyn events included:
Mexican Days of the Dead How to prepare a Mexican Days of the Dead ofrenda, a traditional altar to honor the dead. Sunset Park Library, October 28, 2008.
Mexican Days of the Dead Preparing sugar skulls and paper flowers for an ofrenda. Sunset Park Library, October 29, 2008.
All Soul's Day: Symbols, Stories and Trumpets A gravesite tour of Green-Wood Cemetery and a Haitian rara graveyard procession, November 2, 2008.
Prayers for the Dead Concert highlighting a variety of culturally specific funerary musical traditions, including Jewish, Italian, Buddhist and African-Grenadian. Congregation Beth Elohim, November 23, 2009.
Undertaking Death: A Conversation with Brooklyn Funeral Directors Featuring local undertakers providing insight into the folklore of death and remembrance as practiced in Russian, Polish, Lebanese and Dominican communities. Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Dweck Auditorium, May 20, 2009.
Understanding Traditional Arts and Death and Dying , June 16-23, 2009.
Diverse Traditions of Death and Dying in Brooklyn A kick-off symposium/arts demonstration presenting discussion and performance from funeral directors and traditional artists. Brooklyn Historical Society, September 21, 2008.
Ofrenda Altar and Chinese Buddhist Ancestral Altar Dedication Sunset Park Library, November 1, 2008.
Folk Feet 6th Annual Traditional Dance Showcase Trinidadian limbo, Chinese folk dancers, Turkish mevlid, rural Dominican funerary processional, classical Indian dance, Grenadian bongo, South Korean funerary procession, excerpts of Greek Orthodox memorial service hymn. Brooklyn College Center for the Performing Arts, Whitman Theater, March 1, 2009.
Virgin of Sorrows Procession Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen Church, Carroll Gardens, April 10, 2009.
Waking the Dead: Afro-Caribbean Funerary Expressions Featuring traditional artists, scholars and funeral directors exploring pan-Caribbean mourning traditions. Brooklyn Public Library Flatbush Branch, April 23, 2009.
Historical Note
Days of the Dead in Brooklyn: Diverse Traditions of Death, Dying and Renewal was a year-long project begun in September 2008 to acquaint the public with traditional arts, rituals and customs used to address the deaths of family and community members in Brooklyn. The project included field research, documentation and 12 public programs (5 concert/performances, 7 lectures/demonstrations/workshops/symposia) held throughout Brooklyn from September 2008-June 2009. Over 1,400 people attended DoDB events and 160 artists participated in the initiative.
The goals for the project were to heighten awareness of traditional arts practices related to death through engaging public programs and field research activities, to bridge the gap between diverse communities and health care systems, and to work toward a model for integrating traditional arts practices relating to death into public programming and health care practices.
Sub-series 4.1: Program Files
Correspondence, 2008-2009, bulk
Notes, 2008-2009, bulk
Audience Contacts, 2008-2009, bulk
Factsheet, Tell Us Your Traditions, 2008-2009, bulk
Kick Off Symposium, 2008
Workshop I: Mexican Days of the Dead, 2008
Workshop II: Mexican Days of the Dead, 2008
Ofredna Altar and Chinese Buddhist Ancestral Altar Dedication, 2008
All Soul's Day "Symbols, Stories and Trumpets" at Green-Wood Cemetery, 2008
Prayers for the Dead, 2008
Folk Feet Dance Showcase, 2009
Virgin of Sorrows Procession, 2009
Waking the Dead, 2009
Undertaking Death, 2009
Understanding Traditional Arts of Death and Dying, 2009
Postcards and Posters, 2008-2009, inclusive
Oversize Posters, 2008
BAC News, 2008-2009, inclusive
Funding, NEA, 2008-2009, inclusive
Funding, NYS Tribute Foundation, 2008-2009, inclusive
Funding Notes, 2008-2009, inclusive
Check Requests and W-9 Forms, Artist Fees, 2008-2009, inclusive
Invoices and Check Requests, Administrative, 2008-2009, inclusive
Unpaid, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Animal and Pet Death, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Artists, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Books, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Cemeteries, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Facing Death, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Funeral Home Directors in Bklyn, History, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Funeral Home Related- Caskets, Hearses, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Ghost Stories, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Gravestones, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Healthcare and Death, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Memorials, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Misc., 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, el Museo del Barrio, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Performance of Death, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Veterans, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Witchcraft and Death, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, African American and Legacy of African Traditions in the South (Gullah People), 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Afro-Caribbean Funeral and Mourning, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Asian, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Asian Display Materials, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Asian Display Materials, 2009
Research, Traditions, Berawan (in Sarawak, Malaysia), 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Buddhist, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Jewish Funeral and Mourning, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Latino / South American, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Middle Eastern, 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Muslim Turkish (Includes Merlid), 2008-2009, inclusive
Research, Traditions, Wiccan, 2008-2009, inclusive
Sub-series 4.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
Events represented in the Audiovisual sub-series include:
Diverse Traditions of Death and Dying in Brooklyn. A kick-off symposium/arts demonstration presenting discussion and performance from funeral directors and traditional artists. Brooklyn Historical Society, September 21, 2008.
Ofrenda Altar and Chinese Buddhist Ancestral Altar Dedication. Sunset Park Library, November 1, 2008.
Folk Feet 6th Annual Traditional Dance Showcase Trinidadian limbo, Chinese folk dancers, Turkish mevlid, rural Dominican funerary processional, classical Indian dance, Grenadian bongo, South Korean funerary procession, excerpts of Greek Orthodox memorial service hymn. Brooklyn College Center for the Performing Arts, Whitman Theater, March 1, 2009.
Virgin of Sorrows Procession. Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen Church, Carroll Gardens, April 10, 2009.
Waking the Dead: Afro-Caribbean Funerary Expressions. Featuring traditional artists, scholars and funeral directors exploring pan-Caribbean mourning traditions. Brooklyn Public Library Flatbush Branch, April 23, 2009.
Interviews with funeral directors:
Erham Yildirim
Keith Sento
James Donofrio
Events, Audio, 2009
Events, Video, 2009
Events, Photos, 2009
Event Related, 2009
Interviews, 2009
Related, 2009
Series 5: Folk Feet: Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn
Scope and Contents
Program Files include correspondence, publicity materials, and artist information, as well as print-outs from the Brooklyn Arts Council website about Folk Feet, and funding documentation. Audiovisual materials include raw and edited performance video, interviews with artist-participants, and photographs taken during events. Photographs are print and digital.
Events represented in the Program Files and Audiovisual sub-series include:
BCAT Promo, 2003.
Conjunto Nuevo Milenio (Panamanian), October 9, 2003.
Brighton Ballet Theater Nutcracker, December 13, 2003.
Folk Feet: Celebrating Dance in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, undated.
Brooklyn College (BCBC) showcase, February 20, 2004.
The Danced Body in Brooklyn, April 6, 2004.
Folk Feet Symposium, "Teaching Traditional Dance", June 19, 2004.
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Park, Euston James and Maimouna Keita West African Dance Company, June 20, 2004.
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Senior Center, undated.
Redhawk Indian Arts Council Pow Wow, Floyd Bennett Field, June 20, 2004.
Young Hoofers, August 14, 2004.
Folk Feet Workshop, Brooklyn Public Library, October 10, 2004.
St. Lucy's Feast, December 11, 2004.
Al'e'mo Squares, December 12, 2004.
BCBC -- Folk Feet: Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, 2nd annual showcase, February 20, 2005.
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Park: Rita Silva Los Bomeros de Brooklyn, The Young Hoofers, Yahya Kamate, June 19, 2005.
Gowanus Wildcat Drill Team anniversary, June 30, 2005.
Gowanus Wildcats, November 2005.
Maimouna Keita, undated.
Swedish Folkdancers of New York, Lincoln Center, 2005.
Yemeni American Association, Lincoln Center, 2005.
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Park, June 19, 2005.
Arab-American Heritage Week in Prospect Park, July 20, 2005.
Desfile Dominicano, August 5, 2005.
Workshop, August 13, 2005.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Showcase: The World Dances in Brooklyn: Music and Dance on the Plaza, August 24, 2005.
Gowanus Wildcats, 2005.
Rita Silva, 2005.
Young Hoofers, 2005.
BCBC: Folk Feet, Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, 3rd annual showcase, February 26, 2006.
BCAT programming, 2006.
Dance workshop, Brooklyn Public Library, March 5, 2006.
Folk Feet symposium: Dance and the Diaspora: Professional Development Seminar, April 6, 2006.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Playday!, August 5, 2006.
Circle Round, Tobacco Warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Dumbo, October 8, 2006.
Symposium: Conference on Research and Dance, November 2-5, 2006.
Dance workshop/Teacher training: Footbridge workshop meeting, December 8, 2006.
BCBC – Folk Feet, Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, 4th annual dance showcase, March 11, 2007.
Dance workshop: Brooklyn Public Library, March 18, 2007.
Symposium: Congreso International Musica Identidad y Cultura en el Caribe, April 13-15, 2007.
Symposium: Immigrant History Week, April 16-22, 2007.
Foot Notes: Folk Feet Meet Modern Feet, April 18, 2009.
Folk Feet West, at Pavilion Central School and Medina High School, April 28-29, 2007.
Symposium: Managing an Artistic Life: A Conference for the Dance Community, June 11, 2007.
Foot Notes: Folk Feet Meet Modern Feet, Yasser Darwish, Meredith Glisson, Katie Kei, Kevin "Shock-a-lock" Porter, Rita Silva. At Chez Bushwick, June 14, 2007.
Circle Round 2, Fort Greene Park, June 17, 2007.
Dance workshop/Teacher training: Footbridge workshops, Deborah Carr, Irish Dancing class, July 9, 2007.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Playday Dance-In, August 4, 2007.
Fight Night - Folk Feet/Solo Feet/DUMBO BID's Fight Night, September 20, 2007.
Dance workshop/Teacher training: Partnering in Promotion, Long Island Traditions, September 24, 2007.
Circle Round, Brooklyn Bridge Park, September 30, 2007.
Fight Night, St. Ann's Warehouse, October 2, 2008.
Symposium: American Folklore Society, October 17-18, 2007.
Belen ara Pedro, Los Bomberos de Brooklyn, October 23, 2007.
Symposium: Congress on Research and Dance, November 8-11, 2007.
FFDW, Yasser Darwish, Saidi and Tannoor, November 17, 2007.
NEST Bac-Bomba, November 21, 2007.
Dance Workshop, Euston James, December 13, 2007.
Dance Workshop/Teacher training, Kathleen Condon and Emily Socolov, Cultural context, January 5, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth, February 7, 2008.
Symposium: Immigrant History Week, April 2, 2008.
Arab Dance Workshops and Panel, April 21-22, 2008.
Circle Round 3, Fort Greene Park, June 8, 2008.
Dance Workshop, Haitian Kompas, Breaking and Electric Boogie, June 8, 2008.
Social Dance Traditions in the Arab World, July 13-20, 2008.
Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration – Shock-a-lock, August 6, 2008.
Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration, August 8, 2008.
Brooklyn Historical Society Oral History Project, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth – Holy Cross Street Festival – Greek Dance, September 29, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth; Hoofin' It In the Hood: Neighborhood Dance Traditions of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, Ocober 16, 2008.
Symposium: Conference on Research in Dance, November 14-16, 2008.
Dance workshop: Ukranian Folk Vechornytsi, November 20, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth – Swedish Dance, December 15, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth – Lebanese Dance, December 20, 2008.
Brooklyn Maqam Beings: Traditional Arab Dance Showcase at BCBC, 2008.
Folk Feet Training, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth: January 2009 Dance Events, January 2009.
Levantine Layali and Norwegian Nights, Jad Lebbos, Sheren Attal, Paul Busse, Ramzi Ed Libi, Abrahim Elehan, February 14, 2009.
Folk Feet on Fifth – Chinese Dance in Sunset Park, February 1, 2009.
Folk Feet Assembly, 2009.
Lebanese Dance, 2009.
Dance in the Neighborhood: Benito Bravo at Mexican Sunset Park Quinceanera; Nostrand Ave at Newkirk in Flatbush, 2009.
Swedish Dance, February 15, 2009.
BCBC Sixth Annual Traditional Dance Showcase, Ritual and Ceremonial Dance Traditions of Brooklyn, March 1, 2009.
Fieldwork/Oral History Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration: Donny Golden, Irish Dance Class in Bay Ridge, March 18, 2009.
Symposium: Immigrant History Week, April 2, 2009.
Dance workshop: Limbo, ancestral dance, April 15, 2009.
Folk Feet on Fifth: Cumbia, Bomba, and Salsa in Sunset Park, April 24, 2009.
Tour of Sunset Park: Kaluga, Benito Bravo, Brooklyn Chinese-American Association, LaGran Via Bakery, 5th Avenue Chinese Restaurant, Los Tres Polrillos, La Salsa de Hoy, May 2009.
Circle Round Dance workshops, May 6, 2009.
Folk Feet on Fifth: Bay Ridge by Night Neighborhood Tour, May 9, 2009.
Conversations: Rediscovering Community Based Resources to Sustain Your Art, Professional Development Workshop, June 10, 2009
Folk Feet West, June 12-14, 2009.
Folk Feet Circle Round, Sunset Park: Indian, Mexican, Egyptian, Debleen, Korean, Afro-Dominican, Haitian, June 2009.
See Audiovisual sub-series for a list of interviews.
Historical Note
Folk Feet: Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, was a multi-year project led by Folk Arts Director Kay Turner. The project began in August 2003 and concluded in 2009 as a first-ever attempt to identify, document and present the range of traditional dance practices in Brooklyn. The project included several series of programs including an annual dance showcase at Brooklyn College, dance workshops, "Circle Round" focusing on circle or ring dances, professional development workshops, demonstrations, interviews, fieldwork, and symposia.
Conditions Governing Access
Due to sensitive personal information, materials in box 100, folder 5 are not open for research.
Sub-series 5.1: Program Files
Programs and Events, 2003-2009, inclusive
Dance Workshops, 2005
3rd Annual Traditional Dance Showcase, 2006
4th Annual Dance Showcase, 2007
4th Annual Traditional Dance Showcase, Contracts, 2007
Dance Workshops, Evaluations, 2007
Arab Traditional Showcase, 2008
6th Annual Traditional Dance Showcase, 2009
Brooklyn Historical Society, Oral History Project, 2008
Circle Round Brooklyn, 2006
Circle Round, Evaluations, 2006
Circle Round, Contracts and Check Requests, 2006
Circle Round Brooklyn 2, 2007
Circle Round, Empire, Fulton Ferry State Park, 2007
Circle Round Brooklyn 3, 2008
Circle Round Workshops and Performance, 2009
Dance Meets, Arab Dance Workshop and Panel, 2008
Dance Workshops, Brooklyn Public Library, 2006
Dance Workshops, Brooklyn Public Library, 2007
Dance Workshops, Evaluations and Thank you Notes, 2007-2008, inclusive
Dance Workshops, Social Dance Traditions from the Arab World, 2008
Dance Workshops, Ukrainian Folk Vechornytsi, 2008
Dance Workshops, Limbo: Ancestral Dance, 2009
Evaluation Meeting, 2009
Teacher Training, Footbridge Workshop Meeting, 2006
Teacher Training, Footbridge Workshops, Deborah Carr, Irish Dancing Class, 2007
Teacher Training, Partnering in Promotion, Long Island Traditions, 2007
Teacher Training, Ana Nery Fragusu, Teaching to Youth, 2007
Teacher Training, Notes, 2007-2008, inclusive
Teacher Training, Kathleen Condon and Emily Socolov, Cultural Context, 2008
Teacher Training, Correspondence, 2008
Teacher Training, Te Perez, Safe Dancing and Teaching, 2007
Teacher Training, Check Requests, 2007
Teacher Training, Insurance Waivers, 2007
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Park, 2005
Folk Feet on Fifth, Fieldwork, circa 2003-2008
Folk Feet on Fifth, Hoofin' It in the Hood, 2008
Folk Feet on Fifth, Cumbia, Bomba and Salsa in Sunset Park, 2009
Folk Feet on Fifth, January 2009 Events, 2009
Folk Feet on Fifth, Bay Ridge by Night Neighborhood Tour, 2009
Folk Feet on Fifth, On Film, Permissions, 2008-2009, inclusive
DUMBO Fight Night, 2007
DUMBO Fight Night, 2008
Folk Feet Meet Modern Feet, Notes, 2009
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The World Dances in Brooklyn, Music and Dance on the Plaza, 2005
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Dance-In, 2007
Folk Feet on Tour, Folk Feet West, 2007
Folk Feet on Tour, Folk Feet West, 2009
Professional Development, Dance in the Diaspora, Transformations and Continuities in Brooklyn Traditional Dance, 2006
Professional Development, NYFA-BAC Conversations, Rediscovering Community Bases Resources to Sustain Your Art, 2009
Professional Development, NYFA Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, 2008-2009, inclusive
Symposia, Folk Feet, The Danced Body in Brooklyn, 2004
Symposia, Conference on Research in Dance, 2006
Symposia, Congreso International Musica Identidad Y Cultura En El Caribe, 2007
Symposia, Immigrant History Week, 2007
Symposia, Managing an Artistic Life, A Conference for the Dance Community, 2007
Symposia, American Folklore Society, 2007
Symposia, Congress on Research and Dance, 2007
Symposia, Immigrant History Week, 2008
Symposia, Immigrant History Week, 2009
Symposia, Conference on Research and Dance, 2008
Archives, 2008
Event Sign In Sheets, Name Tags, Artist Cards, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Artists, Misc., circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Storycorps Video and Audio Recordings, Permissions, 2008-2009, inclusive
Fieldwork, Misc., circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Publicity, Contracts, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Publicity, Flyers, 2004-2005, inclusive
Publicity, Press Clippings, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Publicity, Press Releases, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Research, Immigration Theme, 2006
Folk Feet on Fifth, Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Folk Feet Main Pages, Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Meet the Teachers, Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Circle Round, Website as of 2009, 2009
Dance Workshop (Chronological), Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Dance Workshops, Cultural Traditions, Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Funding, Budget, FY 2007, 2007
Funding, Funder Acknowledgement Guidelines, 2007
Funding, Notes, 2008
Funding, Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation, 2005
Funding, Century 21 for Folk Feet on Fifth, 2009
Funding, Con Edison Strategic Partnerships, 2005
Funding, Danskin, 2003-2005, inclusive
Funding, Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust for Footbridge Project, 2006
Funding, M and T Bank, Bay Ridge for Folk Feet on Fifth, 2008
Funding, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation for Footbridge Project, Correspondence and Reports, 2004-2008, inclusive
Funding, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation for Footbridge Project, Applications, 2004
Funding, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation for Footbridge Project, Budgets and Financial Information, 2007-2008, inclusive
Funding, NEA, 2005-2006, inclusive
Funding, NEA, 2006-2007, inclusive
Funding, NEA, 2007-2008, inclusive
Funding, NEA, Folk and Traditional Arts, Brooklyn Renaissance, 2009, inclusive
Funding, New York Community Trust, 2006-2009, inclusive
Funding, New York Community Trust for Footbridge Project, 2007-2008, inclusive
Funding, NYSCA, Final Report 2004, 2004
Funding, Rockefeller Brothers, 2007-2009, inclusive
Funding, Sources, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Printed Matter, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Oversize Posters, 2004
Printed Matter, 2004
Oversize Posters, 2005
Printed matter, 2005
Oversize Posters, 2006
Printed Matter, 2006
Oversize Posters, 2007
Printed Matter, 2007
Printed Matter, 2008
Printed Matter, 2009
Non BAC Dance, circa 2003-2007, inclusive
Footbridge Video Project, 2007
Contracts and Check Requests, 2004
Contracts and Check Requests, 2005
Contracts and Check Requests, 2006
Contracts and Check Requests, 2007
Contracts and Check Requests, 2008
Contracts and Check Requests, 2009
Contracts, RESTRICTED, 2004-2006, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Due to sensitive personal information, these materials are not open for research.
Sub-series 5.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
The Audiovisual sub-series includes interviews with artists participating in Folk Feet programs or who represent dance traditions documented by the project. Some were conducted at Folk Feet events. See listing below for interviewee, date and format.
2004
Mamadon Dahone, Ivory Coast, 1/6/2004, cassette tape
Donald Golden, Irish Dancer, 1/9/2004, cassette tape
Eleni Drogaris, Greek folk dancer, 1/9/2004, cassette tape
Cliff Matins, Native American Hoop Dance, 1/23/2004, cassette tape
Euston James, Trinidadian limbo, 3/23/2004, cassette tape
Gloria Wilson, Conjunto NM, Panamanian, 11/7/2004, cassette tape
Renee Flowers, Gowanus Wildcats, 12/15/2004, cassette tape
Mozghan Motamedi, Iranian/Persian Dance, 12/28/2004, cassette tape
2004-05
Anup Kumar Das, 2004-05, CD
2005
Joe Dwyer, Irish stepdance, 1/7/2005, cassette tape
Yemenite American Association, 2/3/2005, cassette tape
Daiana Castillo, Dominican, 3/29/2005, cassette tape
Dario of Alianza, 4/2/2005, cassette tape
Isaac Gutwilik, 5/13/2005, cassette tape
Leonardo Dominguez, Merengue, 5/15/2005, cassette tape
Najwa Adra, Yemeni dance, 7/13/2005, cassette tape
Rita Silver, Afro-Brazilian dance, 7/19/2005, cassette tape
Ahmed Alkodina, 7/19/2005, cassette tape
Yitzhak Levy, Awami, 7/28/2005, 2 casstte tapes
Mohamed Bechar, 8/23/2005, 2 cassette tapes
Antonia Guerrero, Mexican conchero dance, 11/15/2005, cassette tape
2006
Field interviews, video, VHS tape
Tiny Love/Rozvan Gorea, Uprock/B-boy (Romanian), 1/4/2006, 2 cassette tapes
Darren Carr, Irish traditional , 6/1/2006, cassette tape
2007
Renee Flowers and Ralph "King Uprock" Casonova, 2/2/2007, 2 CDs
2008
Shock-a-Lock, 8/6/2008, DVD
Sady Sullivan, Marie-Basse Wiles, Irina Roizin, Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration, 2008, DVD (audio only)
Sady Sullivan, Carlos Vasquez, Shock-a-Lock, Donny Golden, Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration, 8/12/2008, DVD (audio only)
2008-2009
Traditional Dance in Detail, demonstrations and interviews: Christafo Madimenos, Euston James, Yassar Darwish, Linda Sarsour, Nadia Dieudonne, Melinda Gonzalez, (DVDs)
Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, demonstrations and interviews: Razvan Gorea, Ralph Casnova, Rita Silva, Vongku Pak, Renee Flowers, Gowanus Wildcats, DVD
Dancing Detail, demonstrations and interviews: Porter, Matias, DVD
2009
Aeilushi Mistry, Indian/Bhartnatyan/Garba/Raas, interview 2, February 6, 2009, DVD (audio only)
Aeilushi Mistry, November 5, 2009, CD
Event Photographs and Slides, 2003-2006, inclusive
Video and Audio, 2003
Photographs, 2003
Video, 2004
Video, 2004
Video, 2004
Audio, 2004
Photographs, 2004
Video, 2005
Audio, 2005
Audio, 2005
Photographs, 2005
Video, 2006
Video, 2006
Audio, 2006
Photographs, 2006
Video, 2007
Audio, 2007
Photographs, 2007
Video, 2008
Audio, 2008
Photographs, 2008
Video, 2008-2009, inclusive
Video, 2009
Audio, 2009
Photographs, 2009
Unidentified Multimedia, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Artist Interviews on BCAT's Brooklyn Review, Video, 2004-2005, inclusive
General
List of participating artists included in Box 60.
Grant Support Materials, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Series 6: Folk Made
Scope and Contents
Program Files include correspondence and notes from Folk Arts attempting to secure artists to participate in the program. Artist files include biographies, notes, promotional materials, examples of work, and interview information. The Audiovisual sub-series includes cassettes with artist interviews. Slides and print photographs were collected during the survey and show artwork from the artists represented in the interviews and program files.
Historical Note
Folk Made was a project to connect traditional craft artists working in Brooklyn who were interested in marketing and exhibiting their work. Collaborating with the New York Foundation on the Arts, Folk Arts conducted a survey to gauge interest and collected program files on possible artists. Interviews with various artists were recorded but the project was ultimately not funded.
Sub-series 6.1: Program Files
Call for Artists, 2004
NYFA New York Creates Project, 2004
Contacts, 2004
Contacts, Possible Sources, 2004
Data Sheets, Contracts, Permissions, 2004
African, 2004
Carribean, 2004
Jewish, 2004
Occupational, 2004
Russian, 2004
Aldaverdov, Leonid: Tapestry, Copper Plates, 2004
Belenky, Ilya: Marquetry, 2004
Bell, Sandra: Carnival Costume Maker, 2004
Brown, Peche: Quilter, 2004
Cox, Emelda: Quilter, 2004
Dellocono, Jimmy: Giglio, 2004
Hall, Virginia: Quilter, 2004
Hawks International Carnival Costume Maker, 2004
Jewish Folk Craft Guild, 2004
Komolafe, Isaac: Woodcarver, 2004
Kuchynkas, Irene: Decorated Eggs, 2004
Rodriguez, Gloria: Pen and Ink Cartoons, 2004
Rozenblyum, Rudolf: Copper Reliefs, 2004
Ruiz, Natalio "Junior" Tirado: Drum Maker, 2004
Soloveyev, Matvey and Tsypina, Nina: Shell and Metal Art, 2004
Thomas, Cheryl: Gourd Instruments, 2004
Vaynshelboym, Issar: Painter, 2004
Wallace, George: Sign Painter, 2004
Xun, Ye: Flour Dough Artist, 2004
Sub-series 6.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
Interviews include:
Foly Kolane, Nigerian Fabric Arts
Rudolf Rozenblum, Copper Plate Artist
Konstanio Pylarinos, Byzantine Woodcarver
Emelda Cox, Quilter
Peche Brown, Quilter
Richard Amoah
Lonid Aldaverdov, Tapestry, Copper Plates
Louise Fisher Cozzi, Quilter
Chief Komofalfe, Woodcarver
Jimmy Dellacono, Giglio
Vera Sokolow, Jewish Craft Artist
Xun, Ye, Flour Dough Artist (2 cassettes)
Yushao Hua, Palm Animals
William Del Pilar, Guitar Maker
Interviews, 2004
Photographs and Slides, circa 1991-2004, inclusive
Series 7: Half the Sky Festival: Brooklyn Women in Traditional Performance
Scope and Contents
Program Files include project contacts, fieldwork, media, notes, programming details, project history and scheduling. Promotional materials include clippings, mailers, fliers, and email sign-up sheets. Budget files and funding information is also included. Program Files also include consent forms and logs for participant interviews. Audiovisual materials include event documentation and interviews. Photographs are digital.
Half the Sky Festival events included:
Gender and Diaspora: Conflicts and Resolutions. AIR Gallery, April 21, 2012.
Keeping Boundaries/Breaking Barriers. Brooklyn Historical Society, April 22, 2012.
The Sweetest Song. A capella vocal concert. Brooklyn Public Library Dweck Center, April 28, 2012.
High Strung Women. Jalopy Theater, May 10, 2012.
The Home Altar as Ex-Voto: Living with the Sacred. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, May 8, 2012.
A Woman Upfront Benefit Concert and Reception. Roulette, May 9, 2012.
Folk Feet Females. Kumble Theater, Long Island University, May 12, 2012.
Bay Mayn Mames Shtibele: The Women's Art of Yiddish Folksong. Center for Jewish History, May 14, 2012.
Jazz Women Fusing Forms Concert. BAM Cafe, May 18, 2012.
Cinderella in the Arab World. Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge branch, May 31, 2021.
Girls Hit the Streets. The Actors Fund Arts Center, June 2, 2012.
Women's Rites and Rituals: The Art of Transformation. Congregation B'nai Avraham Mikvah, June 3, 2012.
Drum it Down. Brooklyn Public Library, Flatbush branch, June 5, 2012.
Circle, Shimmy, Sway Dance Circle. Brooklyn Bridge Park, June 9, 2012.
Bachelorette Bash. American Association of Crimean Turks Center and Mosque, June 10, 2012.
Participants included:
Muna Abdel Azziz
Maha Attieh
Zeinab Bader
Riham Barghouti
Trina Basu
Mary Bielski
Tamara Chernyakhouvsky
Nijmat Falasteen
Annie Ferdous
Omheah Hamdi
Uriye Hanim
Aeilushi Mistry
Kaina Quenga
Bhagmatti Ragbir
Shobana Ram
Sandhya Rao
Amanda Seigel
Rajalakshmi Shankar
Shoshana Tubi
Baba Umpho
Maria Yoon
Historical Note
Half the Sky Festival: Brooklyn Women in Traditional Performance was created and produced by Kay Turner, Folk Arts Director at the Brooklyn Arts Council. The festival, which was held from April-June 2012 consisted of six weeks of concerts, panels and workshops featuring music, dance, narrative, verbal arts, and ritual traditions. Events included lullabies, folk tales, wedding songs, and social dances. The festival name comes from a Chinese proverb, "women hold up half the sky," and is used as a stepping off point for recognizing that despite the 50% statistic alluded to in the phrase, women's traditional performances are still often segregated and domesticated.
Sub-series 7.1: Program Files
Contacts, 2012
Contacts, Performing Artists, 2012
Fieldwork, 2012
Media, 2012
General Notes, 2012
Participation, 2012
Programming Details, 2012
Project History, 2012
Scheduling, 2012
Budget, 2012
Check Requests, 2012
Costs, 2012
Funding, JP Morgan Bank, 2012
Funding, MetLife, 2012
Funding, NEA, 2012
Funding, Violet Jabara Charitable Trust, 2012
Publicity, Email List, 2012
Publicity, Program Mailer, 2012
Publicity, Misc., 2012
Consent Forms, 2012
Events, Gender and Diaspora, 2012
Events, Keeping Boundaries / Breaking Barriers, 2012
Events, The Sweetest Song, 2012
Events, The Home Altar as Ex-Voto: Living With the Sacred, Lecture by Kay Turner, 2012
Events, A Woman Upfront Benefit Concert and Reception, 2012
Events, High Strung Woman, Concert, 2012
Events, Folk Feet Females, 2012
Events, Bay mayn mame's shtibele, The Women's Art of Yiddish Folksong, 2012
Events, Jazz Women Fusing Forms, 2012
Events, Cinderella in the Arab World, 2012
Events, Girls Hit the Streets, 2012
Events, Women's Rites and Rituals, 2012
Events, Drum it Down, 2012
Events, Circle, Shimmy, Sway, 2012
Events, Bachelorette Bash, 2012
Interview Consent Forms, 2012
Interview Logs, Abdelaziz, Muna, 2012
Interview Logs, Ahieh, Maha, 2012
Interview Logs, Bader, Zeinab, 2012
Interview Logs, Basu, Trina, 2012
Interview Logs, Chernyakhousky, Tamara, 2012
Interview Logs, Ferdous, Annie, 2012
Interview Logs, Hamdi, Omneah, 2012
Interview Logs, Hanim, Uriye, 2012
Interview Logs, Mistry, Aeilushi, 2012
Interview Logs, Ragbir, Bhagmati, 2012
Interview Logs, Ram, Shobana, 2012
Interview Logs, Rao, Sandhya, 2012
Interview Logs, Seigel, Amanda, 2012
Interview Logs, Shankar, Rajalakshmi, 2012
Interview Logs, Tubi, Shoshana, 2012
Research, Context, 2012
Research, Interviews from the BAC Archive, 2012
Research, Journal Entries, 2012
Research, Rituals, 2012
Research, Women from Past BAC Programs, 2012
Sub-series 7.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
Events represented in the Audiovisual sub-series include:
The Sweetest Song. A capella vocal concert. Brooklyn Public Library Dweck Center, April 28, 2012.
High Strung Women. Jalopy Theater, May 10, 2012.
Folk Feet Females. Kumble Theater, Long Island University, May 12, 2012.
Cinderella in the Arab World. Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge branch, May 31, 2021.
Girls Hit the Streets. The Actors Fund Arts Center, June 2, 2012.
Women's Rites and Rituals: The Art of Transformation. Congregation B'nai Avraham Mikvah, June 3, 2012.
Drum it Down. Brooklyn Public Library, Flatbush branch, June 5, 2012.
Bachelorette Bash. American Association of Crimean Turks Center and Mosque, June 10, 2012.
Performance, Audio, 2012
Fieldwork, 2012
Events, Photographs, 2012
Events, Video, 2012
Interviews, Audio, 2012
Series 8: Harborlore: Where the River Meets the Sea in Brooklyn's Folk Imagination
Scope and Contents
Program Files include project expenses, funding and budget information, promotional materials, event planning documents and evaluation forms. The largest group in this sub-series includes press clippings, articles, notices of events, and other materials relating to the way in which water is considered in Brooklyn by its residents and government. Also included is material relating to climate change, Hurricane Sandy, and governmental policies pertaining to water and water use.
The Audiovisual sub-series includes digital photographs, video, and audio documentation of Harborlore events. Also included is video interviews done in connection with the Harborlore project. See program files for interview releases and transcripts. Please note that not every interview includes a transcript.
Historical Note
Harborlore: Where the River Meets the Sea in Brooklyn's Folk Imagination was a series of twelve free dance, music and storytelling events throughout Brooklyn exploring the role of water in the artistic traditions of the borough's immigrant and diaspora communities post Hurricane Sandy.
The program featured folk arts such as tashlich, a Rosh Hashanah (New Year) rite of renewal performed at the East River (among other places) by observant Jews; the life-size symbolic boats paraded at Scandinavian and Italian festivals in Bay Ridge and Williamsburg; the baptismal spirituals such as "Dip Them Leeward" sung in the African-Caribbean churches of East Flatbush; songs and chants sung in praise of water deities, such as the African-Brazilian mother of the ocean, Yemaja, and a fishing feast dance called hukila from Hawaii.
Sub-series 8.1: Program Files
Expenses, 2013
Funding, NEA Grant, 2013
Publicity, 2013
Oversize Posters, 2013
Participants, Permissions, 2013
Participants, Contracts, 2013
Participants, Staff, 2013
Core Artist Meeting, 2013
Harborlore Opening Concert, Salute to Irving Burgie, 2013
Sailing the Symbolic, Symposium on Brooklyn's Diverse Water Traditions, 2013
Water in Brooklyn's Folk Imagination, 2013
Bay Ridge Harbor Traditions Then and Now, Viking Fest, 2013
Fish Tales, The Big One, The Magical One, The One That Got Away, 2013
Hands Across the Harbor, 2013
Songs of the Sea, Banana Boat Songs and Sea Shanties, 2013
Danced Invocations for Red Hook Recovery, 2013
Dancing in the Waters, 2013
Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage, 2013
Sandylore Symposium, Cultural Knowledge as a Resource for Disaster Response, 2013
Waterlore at Water's Edge, 2013
Evaluations, 2013
Supplementary Programs, 2013
Arts and Crafts Exhibitors, 2013
Boats and Boat Building, 2013
City Planning and the Waterfront, 2013
Research, Caribbean, 2013
Research, Climate Change, 2013
Research, Coastal Engineering, 2013
Research, Dance, 2013
Research, East River and NY Harbor, 2013
Research, Film, 2013
Research, The Harbor in the Media, 2013
Research, Historic Ships, 2013
Research, Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, 2013
Research, Maps, 2013
Research, Maritime Folklife Resources, 2013
Context, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Annual Report, 2011
Context, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Annual Report, 2012
Context, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Annual Report, 2013
Research, Museums and Nonprofits, 2013
Research, Neighborhoods, 2013
Research, Norwegians, 2013
Research, Other Festivals and Programs, 2013
Sailor's Valentines, 2013
Research, Superstorm Sandy, 2013
Research, Tashlich, Jewish Tradition at Rosh Hashanah, 2013
Research, Water and Healing, 2013
Research, Water Festivals, 2013
Research, Waterway Rides, 2013
Research, Workers- Longshoremen, Sand Hogs, Ferryboat Men, 2013
Research, Yemen, Fishing Songs, 2013
Interviews, Transcript: James Lovell, 2013
Interviews, Transcripts: George Davidson, 2013
Interviews, Transcript: Winston "Jeggae" Hoppie, 2013
Interview, Transcript: E. Wayne McDonald, 2013
Interview, Transcript: Gabriella Dennery, 2013
Sub-series 8.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
Events represented in the Audiovisual sub-series include:
Harborlore Core Artist Meeting May 5, 2013.
Sailing the Symbolic: Symposium of Brooklyn's Diverse Water Traditions Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch, Dweck Auditorium, May 11, 2013.
Bay Ridge Harbor Traditions Then and Now Held at Viking Festival, Owl's Head Park/Bliss Park, May 18, 2013.
Hands Across the Harbor Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, May 25, 2013.
Songs of the Sea: Banana Boat Songs and Sea Shanties Jalopy Music Theatre, Red Hook, May 30, 2013.
Danced Invocations for Red Hook Recovery Held at the 20th annual Red Hook Fest, Coffey and Ferris Streets, Red Hook June 1, 2013.
Dancing the Waters Kaiser Park, Coney Island, June 2, 2013.
Sandylore Symposium: Cultural Knowledge as a Resource for Disaster Response The Actors fund Center, Downtown Brooklyn, June 13, 2013.
Waterlore at the Water's Edge Brooklyn Bridge Park, June 15, 2013.
Interviews:
Aeilushi Mistry, January 22, 2013
James Lovell, February 9, 2013
George Davidson, Guyana water lore, February 15, 2013
Wrichford "Rich" Dalgetty, February 22, 2013
Seetha Wickramasuriya, October 10, 2013
Annie Fedous, Bangladeshi vessel dance, October 18, 2012
Nisha Hettiarachchi, no date
E. Wayne McDonald, July 2, 2013
Gabriella Dennery, July 12, 2013
Events, Photographs, 2013
Events, Video, 2013
Interviews, 2013
Additional Media, 2013
Series 9: Local Eyes: Folk Photographers Documenting Brooklyn
Scope and Contents
Program Files include information about project expenses, funding, publicity, and items that document the mounting of the exhibition. Also included are files relating to the photographers who participated in the exhibit. Files hold printed photographs, correspondence, and some audio interviews. This series has no audiovisual sub-series.
Participating photographers and their subjects:
Anthony Bonair, West Indian Parade. Includes interview.
Anthony Cimino, Williamsburg, giglio. Includes interview.
William deMeritte, dancers.
Mel Gerson, Coney Island.
Anders Goldfarb, Greenpoint
Irving Herzberg, Hasidic Brooklyn.
John Huang, Chinese New Year.
Helen Marrero, Fort Greene. See folder for Anthony Cimino for interview.
Cliff Matias, Indigenous pow wow.
Angie Picolo, Park Slope: Includes interview.
Luis Rodriguez, Borough Park, no file.
Historical Note
Local Eyes: Folk Photographers Documenting Brooklyn was a project that concluded with a photograph exhibit presented at the Five Myles gallery in Crown Heights from May 17-June 15, 2002. The exhibit focused on Brooklyn photographers who documented people and events within their own communities, including rituals and traditions of family and community life. The exhibit was produced by Kay Turner, Folks Arts Director of the Brooklyn Arts Council.
Sub-series 9.1: Program Files
Notes, 2002
Correspondence, Photographers, 2002
Photographers, 2002
Expenses, 2002
Funding, NYSCA, 2002
Press Releases, 2002
Flyer, Soliciting Entrants, 2002
Postcard, 2002
Press Clippings, 2002
Anthony Bonair, 2002
Anthony Cimino, 2002
William DeMeritte, 2002
William DeMeritte, Oversize, 2002
Mel Gerson, 2002
Anders Goldfarb, 2002
Irving Herzberg, 2002
John Huang, 2002
John Huang, Oversize, 2002
Helen Marrero, 2002
Cliff Matias, 2002
Cliff Matias, Oversize, 2002
Angie Picolo, 2002
Exhibit Brochure, 2002
Checklist and Wall Labels, 2002
Exhibit Photographs, 2002
Five Myles, 2002
Research, Folk Photography, 2002
Research, Prospect Park Archives, 2002
Series 10: Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn: Traditional Storytellers and Their Tales
Scope and Contents
Program Files document expenses, funding, publicity, and research for the project. Research materials include press clippings, photocopies of articles, and book segments about stories and storytelling. This sub-series also includes biographical information about participants and signed permission statements for audio and video recordings. The Audiovisual sub-series includes digital photographs, audio, and video recordings of selected program events. See audiovisual sub-series for a full list.
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn events included:
Festival Storytelling Session: Folk Tales from Guyana and Dominican Republic. Thomas Boyland Park, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, May 7, 2011.
Enchanted Brooklyn: Contemporary Fairy Tale Films. BAMcinematek, May 9, 2011.
Reading, Writing and Hearing Traditional Tales. Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge, May 19, 2011.
Lunchtime Story Swap. Elders Share the Arts, Fort Greene, May 23, 2011.
Changing Skins: Folktales About Gender, Identity and Humanity. Dixon Place Theater, Manhattan, June 3, 2011.
Garifuna Wonder Tales. BIKO, Bushwick, June 10, 2011.
The Tower's Tale: Sacred Story and the Giglio Feast in Italian Williamsburg. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Manhattan, June 22, 2011.
Full Moon Storytelling Night: Folk Tales and Tellers from Guyana. St. Stephen's Church, East Flatbush, June 1, 2011.
Moonlight Stories in the Garden. Prospect Heights Community Farm, June 2, 2011.
The Great Brooklyn Storytelling Event. Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, June 11, 2011.
Stories in the Park. Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, June 12, 2011.
Historical Note
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn: Traditional Storytellers and Their Tales was a series of eleven public programs and workshops produced by Kay Turner, Folk Arts Director at the Brooklyn Arts Council. The program ran from May-June 2011 and featured Brooklyn storytellers presenting folk tales, fairy tales, ghost stories, tall tales and the legends of saints in parks, libraries and community gardens around the borough.
Sub-series 10.1: Program Files
Invoices and Check Requests, 2011
Funding, Corporate and Foundations, 2010
Funding, NEA, 2011
Publicity, 2011
Events, Contracts and Evaluations, 2011
Enchanted Brooklyn: Contemporary Fairy Tale Films, 2011
Full Moon Storytelling Night, 2011
The Great Brooklyn Storytelling Event, 2011
Traditional Storytellers and Their Tales, 2011
The Tower's Tale: Sacred Story and the Giglio Feast, 2011
Participants, About, 2004, 2011, inclusive
Participants, Permission Statements, 2011
Interview Logs, 2011
Permission Statements with Interview Logs, 2011
Research, Brooklyn Storytellers, 2009-2011, inclusive
Research, Correspondence, 2011
Research, Organizations and Individuals, 2011
Research, Other Projects, 2005-2012, inclusive
Research, Press Clippings, 2007-2013, inclusive
Research, Sources: Abrahams, Roger D, The Complex Relations of Simple Forms, 1981, 2009, inclusive
Research, Sources: Abrahams, Roger D, The Man of Words in the West Indies, 1983
Research, Sources: Eder, Donna, Life Lessons Through Storytelling, 2010
Research, Sources: Kirschenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara, Speech Play, 1976
Research, Sources: Young, Terrell A., Happily Ever After, 2004
Research, Stories, Misc., 1979
Research, Women and Storytelling, 1991
Sub-series 10.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
Events represented in the Audiovisual sub-series:
Full Moon Storytelling Night: Folk Tales and Tellers from Guyana. St. Stephen's Church, East Flatbush, June 1, 2011.
Moonlight Stories in the Garden. Prospect Heights Community Farm, June 2, 2011.
The Great Brooklyn Storytelling Event. Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, June 11, 2011.
Stories in the Park. Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, June 12, 2011.
Great Brooklyn Storytelling Event, 2011
Stories in the Park, 2011
Full Moon Storytelling Night: Folk Tales and Tellers from Guyana, 2011
Moonlight Stories in the Garden, 2012
Interviews
Series 11: Praise in the Park: Musical Expressions of Faith
Scope and Contents
Program files include artist information and evaluation forms, event permits, map, and production notes. Promotional materials include mailers, press releases, and brochures. Audiovisual documentation includes print photographs, recordings of events, and interviews with the 2002 participating artists. For additional materials see Box 5, folder 7.
Praise in the Park events included:
May 16, 1999
Red Hawk Indian Arts Council. Powwow.
Choir of Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord and Ensemble Eterna Muziko. Unaccompanied choral singing.
The Word. A 19 member Big Band performing gospel songs.
Pizmonim: Middle Eastern Music from the Jewish Sephardic Community Center.
The Sri Ram Mandir. Kirtan and abhanga, bhajan, and chowtaal.
Charlie Storey and His All-Stars. Arrangements of traditional folk hymns, church songs, and gospel standards.
June 4, 2000
Mesaouda Judeo Arabic Ensemble with Three Guest Chazzanim: David Shiro, Mark Hazan, and George Mordecai
Sutra Dance with Song Hee Lee. Korean Buddhist music.
Keba
Elder Statesmen
Charlie Storey and His All-Stars
Los Afortunados. Afro-Cuban palo and Puerto Rican espiritismo.
June 3, 2001
Bahia Kao featuraing Rita Silva. Dance and drumming from Brazilian candomblé.
Mesaouda Judeo Arabic Ensemble featuring Canton Mark Hazan. Jewish-Arabic music traditions.
The New York State Haitian Interdenominational Mass Gospel Choir featuring Dickson Guillaume. A 50 piece gospel choir performing creolized gospel.
New York Tan and Classical Chutney Champs featuring Dino Boodram. Indo-Caribbean tan singing.
Song Hee Lee. Korean Buddhist music.
September 15, 2002
Los Afortunados. Afro-Cuban palo and Puerto Rican espiritismo.
Catholic Melkite Church of the Virgin Mary Choir. Liturgical traditions in Greek, Arabic, and English.
The Giglio Band. A ten piece processional band playing songs of the Giglio.
Mariachi Real de Mexico, Mariachi Estrella, and Mariachi Mexico Lindo. Songs for Santa Cecilia.
La Troupe Makandal with Frisner Augustin, Haitian Lenten rara, and Mambo Marie. Songs of praise to the Vodun Iwa.
Historical Note
Praise in the Park: Musical Expressions of Faith was created and produced by Kay Turner, Folk Arts Director at the Brooklyn Arts Council. Held annually from 1999-2002 at the Prospect Park Musical Pagoda, the program featured performances of traditional praise from houses of worship across Brooklyn, bringing spiritually inspired music and dance to a secular general audience. The program also included a display of devotional artifacts.
Sub-series 11.1: Program Files
Contracts and Maps, 1999
Photographs, 1999
Production Notes, 1999
Promotional, 1999
Funding, NEA, 2000
Map, 2000
Promotional, Letters of Interest, 2000
Artist Evaluation Form, 2001
Artist Information, 2001
Evaluation Form, 2001
Maps and Event Signage, 2001
Production Notes, 2001
Promotional, 2001
Special Event Permit, 2001
Artist Research, 2002
Contacts, 2002
Map, 2002
Photographs, 2002
Production Notes, 2002
Promotional, 2002
Special Event Permit, 2002
Sub-series 11.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
Events represented in the Audiovisual sub-series include:
June 4, 2000
Mesaouda Judeo Arabic Ensemble with Three Guest Chazzanim: David Shiro, Mark Hazan, and George Mordecai
Sutra Dance with Songhee Lee. Korean Buddhist music.
June 3, 2001
Bahia Kao featuraing Rita Silva. Dance and drumming from Brazilian candomblé.
Mesaouda Judeo Arabic Ensemble featuring Canton Mark Hazan. Jewish-Arabic music traditions.
The New York State Haitian Interdenominational Mass Gospel Choir featuring Dickson Guillaume. A 50 piece gospel choir performing creolized gospel.
New York Tan and Classical Chutney Champs featuring Dino Boodram. Indo-Caribbean tan singing.
Songhee Lee. Korean Buddhist music.
September 15, 2002
Los Afortunados. Afro-Cuban palo and Puerto Rican espiritismo.
Catholic Melkite Church of the Virgin Mary Choir. Liturgical traditions in Greek, Arabic, and English.
The Giglio Band. A ten piece processional band playing songs of the Giglio.
Mariachi Real de Mexico, Mariachi Estrella, and Mariachi Mexico Lindo. Songs for Santa Cecilia.
La Troupe Makandal with Frisner Augustin, Haitian Lenten rara, and Mambo Marie. Songs of praise to the Vodun Iwa.
Interviews include:
Naji Yousseff, August 28, 2002
Felix Sanabria and Susan Richardson Sanabria, August 17, 2002, two cassettes
Barbara Giancola, August 19, 2002
Father John Faraj, August 20, 2002
Ramon Ponce, 2002
Audio, 2000
Audio, 2001
Audio, 2002
Video, 2002
Interviews, 2002
Series 12: September 11th Memorial Projects
Historical Note
The September 11th Memorial Projects were an annual program to commemorate the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center while exploring and documenting various memorial traditions in Brooklyn. The project ran from 2005-2011, with a new theme introduced each year. See sub-series historical notes for details on each project.
Sub-series 12.1: Art of Memory/Art of Memorial
Scope and Contents
This sub-series includes one folder containing promotional materials, evaluation forms, correspondence, and sign up sheets.
Historical Note
Art of Memory/Art of Memorial was held on September 10, 2005 at the Brooklyn Historical Society. Panelists discussed the "art of memory" and the tradition of memorial monuments in Brooklyn including the Beacon Memorial (dedicated May 2005). Public Memory, a film about American memorials was shown after the discussion.
Panelists:
Dr. Kay Turner, BAC Folklorist
Robert Ressler, Artist and Creator of the "Beacon" memorial
Francis Morrone, Historian and Brooklyn architecture scholar
Steve Seitlin, Director of City of Lore, and curator of Missing, an exhibit on 9/11
Amy Gerber, FlatCoatFilms, LLC, Director of Public Memory
Franchot Lee, Photographer
Promotional, 2005
Sub-series 12.2: Here Was New York: Twin Towers in Memorial Images
Scope and Contents
This bulk of this sub-series includes signed photographer submission forms and photographs. Also included are promotional materials, exhibit labels and plans, and calls for submissions.
Historical Note
Here Was New York: Twin Towers in Memorial Images was a photo exhibition held in eleven Brooklyn galleries with work submitted by people from the New York area. Over 300 photographs documented the World Trade Center towers as seen in wall murals, painted trucks, graffiti, home displays, and tattoos in an effort to demonstrate forms of remembrance in a post 9/11 world. The exhibit was modeled on Here is New York, a 2001 photography exhibit that invited New Yorkers to hang images documenting September 11th.
Galleries Included:
BAC Gallery
5+5 Gallery
Safe-T Gallery
Gloria Kennedy Gallery
Goloborotko's Studio
Brooklyn Historical Society
3rd Ward
Cinders Gallery
City Reliquary
Proteus Gowanus
ElevenTen Gallery SONYA
McCaig-Welles
Promotional, Oversize, 2006
Photographer Lists, Exhibition Information, 2006
Submission Forms Without Photographs, Labels, 2006
Barker, Sarah, 2006
Barros, Rita, 2006
Becker, Michelle Aki, 2006
Bornholtz, Steven, 2006
Brush, Victoria, 2006
Cherkewski, Anita, 2006
Cherry, Michael, 2006
The City Reliquary, 2006
Clarke, Alison, 2006
Condon, Eileen, 2006
Court, Artelia, 2006
Devero, Annette, 2006
DeVito, Fred J., 2006
Dredericks, Christiaan, 2006
Dinshaw, Carolyn, 2006
Dr. Drum, 2006
Elder, Melissa, 2006
Epes, Maria, 2006
Fenger, Lisa, 2006
Fossard, Etieme, 2006
Frankel, Bruce, 2006
G, 2006
Halporn, Constance H., 2006
Handy, Jolene Varley, 2006
Haney, Vanessa, 2006
Hart, David, 2006
Hutchinson, Sydney, 2006
Hirsch, Robert, 2006
Incampo, Melissa, 2006
Isles, Stephani, 2006
Katz, Kitty, 2006
Krzeminska, Zofia Kamila, 2006
Lane, Bettye, 2006
Lee, Franchot T., 2006
Long, Marget, 2006
Longo, Liz and Hiram, 2006
Longo, Richard F. and Liz, 2006
Margolis, Paul, 2006
Marreno, Elena, 2006
Mason, Todd, 2006
McPhelim, Mary Ellen, 2006
Ostrander, Janis, 2006
Patous, Paul, 2006
Picton, David, 2006
Raczkiowicz, Justine, 2006
Racnier, Helaine, 2006
Ratner, Rochelle, 2006
Reifeiss, Katrin, 2006
Rockwell, Geoffrey, 2006
Rodriguez, Jessica, 2006
Ryan, B.J., 2006
Schaefer, Robert A. Jr., 2006
Schwartz, Molly, 2006
Schwittek, Sara K., 2006
Sciorra, Joe, 2006
Sciarrino, Stefanie, 2006
Shield, Sonja, 2006
Smith, Mona, 2006
Smotherman, Darby, 2006
Sokolin, Deanne, 2006
Something, Jonathan Wesley, 2006
Stein, Fred, 2006
Sterling, Carol, 2006
Sturman, Sally Mara, 2006
Sullivan, Kerry Ann, 2006
Turner, Kay, 2006
Unidentified, 2006
Vita, Grazia, 2006
Walker, John, 2006
Weinberg, Louise, 2006
Weiner, Hal, 2006
Weiss, Ella, 2006
World Trade Center Family Center, Dr. Demaria, 2006
Xiao, An, 2006
Yamada, Takeshi, 2006
Not Accepted, 2006
Photographers A-H, Oversize, 2006
Photographers I-P, Oversize, 2006
Photographers Q-Z, Oversize
Sub-series 12.3: September 11th Remembered in Film
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this sub-series includes copies of the films accepted and not accepted for screening. Additional items include applications, promotional materials, and notes.
Historical Note
September 11th Remembered in Film was a screening of documentary and interpretive films inspired by the September 11th attacks and it's aftermath, which ran from September 7-10, 2007. Discussions with the filmmakers took place after the screenings.
Screening Schedule:
Communities, September 7th
American Dreams #3, Moira Tierney
9/11 Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Randi Cecchine
9/12: From Chaos to Community, Susanna Styron
Through My Eyes, Shawn Batey
All Our Sons: Fallen Heros of 9/11, Lillian Benson
Parallels, September 8th
Watching Smoke from the Otherside, Sara Ching-Yu Sun
Market Day, Anita Glesta
Legally Blind, Ingrid Rojas
Demons, Tyler Cartner
Stardust, Conlin Gee
We Are Family, Danny Schechter
I Heart Hip-Hop in Morocco, Josh Asen
Windows, September 9th
Say Can You See, Tony Caio
Zahira's Peace, Nina Rosenblum
Welcome to New York, Norman Cowie
The History Makers, Louise Tiranoff/Lynn McVeigh
America Rebuilds II- Return to Ground Zero, Kenneth Mandel/Daniel Polin
Vigils, September 10th
The Disappearing View, Simon Lund
Searching for Sense, Katja Esson
In the Spirit of Peace, Al Santana
Parallel Lines, Nina Davenport
FDNY Thank You Ride, Make Gaughan
In Memoriam 9/11, Alicia Ng
Closure, D.R. Hernandez
Application and Terms, Films Used, 2007
Application and Terms, Films Not Used, 2007
Publicity, 2007
Schedules and Notes, 2007
Films Used, DVD and VHS, 2007
Films Not Used, DVD and VHS, 2007
Sub-series 12.4: September 11th Memorials: Tracing the Traces of Their History
Scope and Contents
This sub-series includes one folder with a printed copy of the essay as it appeared on the Brooklyn Arts Council website.
Historical Note
September 11th Memorials: Tracing the Traces of Their History is an essay written by Kay Turner for the seventh anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Turner traces the legacy of the ephemeral memorials created in New York City and their relation to other expressions of mourning.
Essay, 2008
Sub-series 12.5: September 11th Memorial Sing
Scope and Contents
This sub-series includes artist submission forms and audio, as well as promotional materials, permit information and a final performance list.
Selected Song List:
Cliff Matias, Honor Song
Tom Chelston, Never Forget
Annie Dinerman, Talking with Friends
Alex Schein, Breathe Out
Jane Byaela, This Tower's Burning
Dave Hall, Two Cities
Papa Dish, The September 11th Song
Michael Hill, Heart of New York
Bob Wright, The Dust Come Down
Doug Katsaros, Ordinary Hero
Eric Kivnick and Fourth Graders from PS 48, Twin Towers
Jan Bell, No Country
Brian DeVale, NY's Damn Bravest
Roberta Scott, Angel Wings
Bruce Markow, Let's Be Honest
Bev Grant, Truth That's Real
Colin Steel, Brooklyn Bridge
Hilary Hawke, This Country
Wendy Starland, Stolen Love
Steve Wallace, Packages
Tah Phrum De Bush, WTC
Biographical Note
Memorial Sing was a concert that took place on the evening of September 11, 2009 at the Powerhouse Arena. Performers submitted original songs about September 11th through an open call, and Folk Arts selected twenty-one to be performed. Originally planned as an outdoor event, Memorial Sing was moved to the Powerhouse Arena due to rain.
Artist Information, 2009
Permit and Insurance Information, 2009
Program, 2009
Permissions Forms and Correspondence, 2009
Promotional, 2009
Press Clippings, 2009
Submission CDs and Cassettes, 2009
Submission CDs and Cassettes, Duplicates, 2009
Sub-series 12.6: September 11th Memorial Poetry Project
Scope and Contents
This sub-series includes poetry submissions and releases, as well as a print out of the selected poems from the Brooklyn Arts Council website. Audiovisual materials include CDs with photographs and video of the live reading at P.S. Bookshop.
Poems Read:
Dana Leslie Goldstein, Ready or Not and On Waking (After Almost a Decade)
Michael Cook, AFTERMATH
Norman Stock, What I Said and New York: Save for Later
Kyla Marshell, DEATH'S WAY
Michael Schwartz, The Disarming
Velez Moore, Running Man
Tim Suermondt, MISSING SUPPER and RUBIES OF BABYLON
Hillary Gardner, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Aftermath
Lawrence Swan, Jackinbox
Juliet P. Howard, 9/11
Jeannine Bardo, Light
Austin Alexis, RELIC
Melinda Thomsen, New York Blood Center
Cynthia Hilts, Emma's Light
Historical Note
September 11th Memorial Poetry Project was a project to collect and share poems inspired by the September 11th attacks. Poets submitted their work and selections were read live at the P.S. Bookshop on September 9, 2010. The poems were also made available on the Brooklyn Arts Council website.
Submissions, 2010
Releases, 2010
Website, 2010
Video, 2010
Photographs, 2010
Sub-series 12.7: Return, Remember: Ephemeral Memories in the Legacy of September 11th
Scope and Contents
Materials in this sub-series include calls for submission, two promotional post card, information about similar events, funding and expense information. Audiovisual materials include video records of the September 2nd panel. Ephemera items collected from the Rethinking Memorial: Ten Interactive Sites for Remembering 9/11 exhibit are also included.
Panelists:
Martha Cooper, documentary photographer
Steve Zeitlin, Director of City Love
Kay Turner, Folk Arts Director, Brooklyn Arts Council
Lisa Radakovich Holsberg, Long Island University, C.W. Post
Marci Reaven, Vice President for History Exhibitions, Brooklyn Historical Society
Bob Holman, Poet
Harriet F. Senie, Director of Museum Studies and Professor of Art History, City College
Rethinking Memorial: Ten Interactive Sites for Remembering 9/11 Artists:
Kimberly Carmody
Matt Freedman
Kay Turner
Jennifer Cecere
Michael McDevitt
Friendly Falcons
Legacy Russell
Sonya Belofsky
Dylan Angell
Historical Note
Return, Remember: Ephemeral Memorials in the Legacy of September 11th marked the ten year anniversary of the attacks and was the final September 11th Memorial Project. The 2011 program focused on ephemeral memories that were created spontaneously in New York in the weeks after the attack. Folk Arts invited people to create a simple memorial, photograph it, and submit the photos to be included on the Brooklyn Arts Council website. A panel discussion was held on September 2, 2011 at the Powerhouse Arena to assess the legacy of the memorials created after the attack. The event also included a book launch and sighing for Remembering 9/11, by photographer Martha Cooper, who was one of the panelists. The final part of the program was Rethinking Memorial: Ten Interactive Sites for Remembering 9/11, an outdoor exhibition of ten interactive memorial stations created by artists, held on September 10, 2011.
Event Planning and Signage, 2011
Promotional, 2011
Calls for Submissions, 2011
Related Events, 2011
Expenses, Check Requests, 2011
Expenses, 2011
Funding, 2011
Panel Video, CD and Cassettes, 2011
Ephemera
Ephemera
Series 13: Williamsburg Bridge 100th Anniversary
Scope and Contents
Program Files include contracts, financial records, and correspondence with Empire Events Group, vendors, elected officials, and participants. Commemorative items produced for the event include t-shirts, banners, flyers and posters. Also included are banners printed with photographs and text tracing the Bridge's history and items used by Kay Turner to research the history of the Bridge. Papers outlining operations, responsibilities, and schedules for the day of the celebration are also included.
Audiovisual items include VHS tapes of BCAT (local television) broadcasts and bridge research, as well as radio spots, event recordings, and Bridge opening day recordings on CD. Cassette tapes include interviews with participants, community members, and individuals involved with the Bridge. Photographs and slides include "Junior" Tirado making a cake for the celebration at 4Gs Trucking, performers, and photos of the Williamsburg Bridge. Photographs are print and digital.
Items in boxes 99-101 labeled "Special Collections" are materials concerning the history of Williamsburg, the bulk of which are local newspapers and magazines dating 2000-2006. Also included are two folders with photographs and personal items from Williamsburg residents.
Historical Note
The Williamsburg Bridge 100th Birthday Celebration was held on June 22, 2003 at the Continental Army Plaza Park in Williamsburg. The event celebrated the history, occupational labor, and communities that distinguish the culture of the Williamsburg Bridge. The event featured a fourteen foot tall birthday cake, a procession across the bridge, storytellers, tours, food representing Bridge communities, and Bridge-themed art shows held at local galleries. Music performances included Jewish Chassidic dance, Puerto Rican songs, Dominican merengue tipico, the Italian giglio brass band, and a grand finale song tribute to the bridge. Related events were held before and after the June 22, 2003 celebration.
Sub-series 13.1: Program Files
Correspondence, Empire Events Group, 2003
Correspondence, Email, Karen Rosenberg, Empire Events Group, 2003
Correspondence, General, 2002-2003, bulk
Correspondence, Invitation to Participate to Vendors, 2003
Correspondence, Invitations, Elected Officials, 2003
Correspondence, Invitations, VIP, 2003
Correspondence, Promotional, 2003
Correspondence, Sample Letters, 2003
Correspondence, Thank You Letters, 2003
Mailing List, 2003
Meeting Sign-In Sheets, 2002
Programming, Activities, 2003
Programming, Banners, 2003
Programming, Banner Documents, 2003
Programming, Booth Registration Packet, 2003
Programming, Booth Registration, 2003
Programming, Cake, 2003
Programming, Daily Schedule, 2003
Programming, Event Production, 2003
Programming, Event Signage, 2003
Programming, Hat Design, 2003
Programming, ID Badges and Passes, 2003
Programming, Logo, 2003
Programming, Maps, 2003
Programming, Mayor's Office, 2003
Programming, Movies, 2003
Programming, Notes, 2003
Programming, Participants, 2003
Programming, Postcard and Pre-Events, 2003
Programming, Posters, 2003
Programming, Posters, Oversize
Programming, Program, 2003
Programming, In Case of Rain, 2003
Programming, Remarks by Participants, 2003
Programming, Restaurants, 2003
Programming, Souvenir Pins, 2003
Programming, Souvenir Water Bottles, 2003
Programming, Tee Shirt Design, 2003
Programming, Tee Shirts, 2003
Programming, Vendors, Business Cards and Flyers, 2003
Programming, Vehicle Permit, 2003
Programming, Vendor List, 2003
Programming, VIP, 2003
Contracts, City Services, Contracts and Permits, 2003
Contracts, Empire Events Group, 2003
Contracts, Letters of Agreement (empty), 2003
Financial, Budget, 2003
Financial, Fundraising, General, 2003
Financial, Fundraising, Fleet, 2003
Financial, Fundraising, Mark Monteverdi, ATT, 2003
Financial, Fundraising, NY Building Congress, 2003
Financial, Insurance, 2003
Financial, POs and Invoice, 2003
Publicity, BAC Newsletter, 2003
Publicity, Daily News, 2003
Publicity, New York Magazine, 2003
Publicity, Time Out New York, 2003
Publicity, NYFS Voices, 2003
Publicity, Flyers and Clippings, 2003
Publicity, Flyers, Spanish, 2003
Publicity, Information Card, 2003
Publicity, Placements, 2003
Publicity, Postcard with Map, 2003
Publicity, Press Book, 2003
Publicity, Press Conference, 2003
Publicity, Press Clippings, 2003
Publicity, Press Kit, 2003
Publicity, Press Releases, 2003
Related Events, Brooklyn Bridge Birthday Party, Contractors Breakfast, 2003
Related Events, Historians Panel, NYHS, 2003
Related Events, The Giglio and the Bridge, 2003
Related Events, Williamsburg Bridge Centennial Breakfast, 2003
Related Events, Opening Reception, 2003
Dan Dalrymple, Postcards and Illustrations, 2003
Jerry Dantzic, Photographer, 2003
Larry Racioppo, O Giglio E Paradiso, 2003
Work Files, Business Cards, 2003
Work Files, "Current", 2003
Work Files, Notebooks, 2003
Work Files, "To Do", 2003
Work Files, Williamsburg, Manhattan, 2003
Bridge History, Artist and Community Interviews, 2003
Bridge History, 2003, 2003
Bridge History, Harper's Weekly, 1900
Bridge History, Opening Program Photocopy, Short Story, 1903-1907, inclusive
Bridge History, Photographs, 2003
Bridge History, Reconstruction DOT Brochures, 1999
Bridge History, Reconstruction, DOT Brochures, 2000-2002, inclusive
Bridge History, Brooklyn Bridge, 2000-2002, inclusive
Oversize Posters, 2003
Special Collections, Brooklyn Historical Society, 2000
Special Collections, Kitty Katz "Welcome to Williamsburg", 2003
Special Collections, Angelo Cruz, 1945, 1970, 2003, inclusive
Special Collections, Alice Yuskowski Clauss, 1929-1947, 1968, 2000-2003, inclusive
Special Collections, CAF, 2003
Special Collections, Diner, circa 2000
Special Collections, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Giglio, 2003-2004, inclusive
Special Collections, People's Firehouse, circa 2000
Special Collections, Power Plant, 2002
Special Collections, Safe-T Gallery, 2003-2005, inclusive
Special Collections, Unseen 2 Urban Navigator, circa 2000
Special Collections, 1211, 2001-2003, inclusive
Special Collections, 1211, 2003-2005, inclusive
Special Collections, BAC News, 2002
Special Collections, Crain's NY Business, 2005
Special Collections, NYC College of Technology Connections, 2004
Special Collections, New York Magazine, 2000-2003, inclusive
Special Collections, Time Out New York, 2000
Special Collections, WAGMAG, 2003-2004, inclusive
Special Collections, Waterfront Week, 1996, 1999, inclusive
Special Collections, Block Magazine, 2002-2006, inclusive
Special Collections, The Brooklyn Rail, 2004-2005, inclusive
Special Collections, Greenpoint Star, 2003-2004, inclusive
Special Collections, New York Daily News, 1985
Special Collections, Greenline, 2003
Special Collections, Raw, 2007
Special Collections, Roger Haight "Marcy Avenue", 1999
Sub-series 13.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
Interviews include:
Lina Manino, Aido's Restaurant, 5/26/2002
Inez Pasher, WABA, 5/15/2003
Mike Devine, Dime Savings Bank, 5/30/2003
Sam Schwartz, Chief Engineer, 5/28/2003
Maestro Belisano, undated
José Matías, undated
Natalio "Junior" Tirado Ruiz, undated
John Meroda, Yonkers Construction, 5/9/2003
Rabbi Weber, 5/25/2003
Hernández Family, undated
James Connor, undated
Daniel Vederlinic, undated
Elliot Gabey, 5/23
Rabbi Nierderman, undated
Neil Zenlenitz, undated
Bobby Taylor, 5/23/2003
Frank Kodah, DOT Williamsburg Bridge Restoration, undated
Verghese Menachery, undated
Jamey Barbas, Parsons, undated
Connie Crawford, MTA, undated
Anthony Grasso, WB, undated
Kay Turner, undated
Nelson Gonzalez, undated
Marvin Gelfand, undated
Slides and Photographs, 2003
Photographs, Slides, Discs, 2003
BCAT Presents Williamsburg Bridge 100th Celebrations, VHS, 2003
Research, VHS, 1988, 2000, inclusive
"Bridge" by Emma Hogarth, VHS, 2002-2003, inclusive
Event Recordings and Images, CD, 2003
Event Radio Promotion, CD, 2003
Williamsburg Bridge Opening Day, CD, 2003
General
Original recording dated December 19, 1903.
Music Inspired by the Williamsburg Bridge, CD, 2003
Recordings by Participating and Potential Artists, CD, circa 2000-2003, inclusive
Interviews, Cassettes, 2003
Los Sures, Williamsburg Stories, 2003
Storytelling, DAT Cassettes, 2003
Series 14: Brooklyn Arts Council Materials
Scope and Contents
The materials in this series were created by the Brooklyn Arts Council, not for the Folk Arts program. Items in the Program Files sub-series include copies of BAC News, brochures for various events including film festivals, and brochures providing general information about the Brooklyn Arts Council. The Audiovisual sub-series includes copies of films screened at Scene: Brooklyn and Women of African Descent Film Festivals as well as a Brooklyn Arts Council event held at City Lore.
