Southern New England Apprenticeship Program Gathering, 2004
SubjectPortrait of
Somaly Hay
(Cambodian, 1959 - 2016)
SubjectPortrait of
William Hare
Date2004 February 21
Mediumprint photographs
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
CopyrightIn Copyright
Object number2015.196.549.19-.34
DescriptionPhotographs from the Southern New England Apprenticeship Program gathering in 2004 at the Institute for Community Research Gallery in Hartford.
(.19-.20) Photos of apprentice weavers from the Finnish American Heritage Society.
(.21-.22) Photos of participants joining in a square dance.
(.23-.24) Photos of Peruvian dance being performed by teacher Teresa Stagnaro and apprentice Adrian Ugarte.
(.25-.26) Photos of the Second Baptist Men’s Choir.
(.27-.28) Photos of Cambodian court daner and teacher Somaly Hay showing the kbach, hand gestures of Cambodian dance.
(.29) Photo of Irish music apprentice Will Hare playing flute.
(.30) Photo of decorative ironwork created by teacher Walt Scadden and apprentices Susan Madacsi and Brian Hall.
(.31-.34) Photos of French Canadian fiddler and teacher Rosaire LeHoux playing fiddle for the square dance being called by teacher Bob Livingston.
NotesSubject Note: The Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program is a CCHAP initiative since 1997 that fosters the sharing of community-based traditional (folk) artistic skills through the apprenticeship learning model of regular, intensive, one-on-one teaching by a skilled mentor artist to a student/apprentice. The program pairs master artists from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or Connecticut with apprentices from one of the other states, as a way to knit together members of the same community or group across state lines. Teaching and learning traditional arts help to sustain cultural expressions that are central to a community, while also strengthening festivals, arts activities and events when master/apprentice artists perform or demonstrate results of their cooperative learning to public audiences. The Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program at the Connecticut Historical Society manages the program in collaboration with the Folk Arts Program at the Massachusetts Cultural Council and independent folklorist Winifred Lambrecht who has a deep knowledge of the folk arts landscape of Rhode Island. Primary funding for the program comes from the National Endowment for the Arts, with support also from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, the Institute for Community Research, and the Connecticut Historical Society.(.19-.20) Photos of apprentice weavers from the Finnish American Heritage Society.
(.21-.22) Photos of participants joining in a square dance.
(.23-.24) Photos of Peruvian dance being performed by teacher Teresa Stagnaro and apprentice Adrian Ugarte.
(.25-.26) Photos of the Second Baptist Men’s Choir.
(.27-.28) Photos of Cambodian court daner and teacher Somaly Hay showing the kbach, hand gestures of Cambodian dance.
(.29) Photo of Irish music apprentice Will Hare playing flute.
(.30) Photo of decorative ironwork created by teacher Walt Scadden and apprentices Susan Madacsi and Brian Hall.
(.31-.34) Photos of French Canadian fiddler and teacher Rosaire LeHoux playing fiddle for the square dance being called by teacher Bob Livingston.
Subject Note: As part of its NEA-funded Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, the Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program produced an informal gathering of artists who had participated in the program since its inception in 1997. The event took place in the Institute for Community Research Gallery on February 21, 2004. The artists demonstrated their art work or performed their music and dance, sharing their stories and techniques across art forms and cultures. Artists who displayed examples of their art included: blacksmiths, rosemalers (Norwegian painting on wood), Puerto Rican cuatro makers, a Polish iconographer, and Finnish weavers. Performers included Cape Verdean musicians and dancers, a square dance caller, two Peruvian dance groups, an Armenian kamancha student, an Irish flute player, a gospel quartet, Franco-American fiddlers, and Cambodian singers and dancers. Participants sampled food from a variety of local ethnic restaurants and a cake made by traditional Puerto Rican baker/decorator Ana Lozada from Hartford. The gathering provided feedback from the artists about their experiences with the Program, helping to improve it and plan for future directions. The success of this event led CCHAP and project partners to plan a public festival and exhibit of all apprenticeships which was held in June 2005.
Additional materials exist in the CCHAP archive for this event and artists.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
Status
Not on view
