Street vendor Tommy Walton with apprentice James Watson

Apprentices

African Americans

Teaching of folklore

Selling

Oral communication

Oral performance

Street vendors

Twenty-one color slides. Tommy Walton sold hot dogs at the local baseball stadium. He would sing, dance, and tell stories while he sold the food. He often played at the Florida Folk Festival. For more information on Watson, see S 1640, box 9, folder 4. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1577

1989-08

Florida Folklife Program

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1577

v. 68

S95-462 - S95-473; S95-486 - S95-497

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Saltzman, Riki

Walton, Tom, 1930-1997

Watson, James, 1964-

African American

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