Research Catalog

Title

The Arts of Black folk : the Arts of Black Folk Conference for Community Organizations : presenting African American folk arts.

Author

Arts of Black Folk Conference for Community Organizations (1988 : New York, N.Y.)

Publication

New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Davis, Gerald L.
• Dodson, Howard
• Freeman, Roland
• King, Sharon V.
• Long, Worth W.
• May-Machunda, Phyllis M.
• Robinson, Beverly J.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
• New York State Council on the Arts. Folk Arts Program.

Description

22 videodiscs (416 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects

• Nonfiction films
• Speeches
• Folk art > United States > Congresses
• Urban folklore > Congresses
• Conference papers and proceedings
• African American arts > Congresses
• African American folk art > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Speeches.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• Conference organized by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library and New York State Council on the Arts, Folk Arts Program.

Contents

• What are African American folk arts? : the importance of presenting, preserving, and promoting African American aesthetic traditions / Gerald L. Davis -- Cultural organizing and participatory research / Worth Long -- Revitalizing folk art within the community / Beverly Robinson -- Presenting African American folk culture / Sharon V. King -- Documenting Black life / Roland Freeman -- Mind-Builders project / Beverly Robinson -- The Metropolitan Washington Program / Phyllis M. May-Machunda -- The Cleveland Folk Arts Survey and Exhibition / Gladys-Marie Fry -- Expanding the scope of documenting and presenting African American folk arts -- Funding African American folk arts : the view from the New York State Council on the Arts / Robert Baron and Diana Baird N'Diaye -- Funding African American folk arts / Bess Lomax Hawes -- Funding from the New York Council for the Humanities / Nancy Groce.
• Disc 1 (22 min.) Gerald Davis -- Disc 2 (22 min.) Gerald Davis (cont.) -- Disc 3 (17 min.) Gerald Davis (concl.) -- Disc 4 (22 min.) Worth Long -- Disc 5 (21 min.) Worth Long (concl.) ; Beverly Robinson -- Disc 6 (21 min.) Beverly Robinson, conclusion -- Disc 7 (18 min.) Beverly Robinson. Q&A -- Disc 8. Sharon V. King -- Disc 9 (21 min.) Phyllis M. May-Machunda -- Disc 10 (22 min.) Phyllis M. May-Machunda (cont.). Disc 11 (19 min.) Phyllis M. May-Machunda (concl.) ; Gladys-Marie Fry -- Disc 12 (22 min.) Gladys-Marie Fry (cont.) -- Disc 13 (15 min.) Gladys-Marie Fry (concl.) ; Roland Freeman -- Disc 14 (21 min.) Roland Freeman (cont.) -- Disc 15 (20 min.) Roland Freeman (cont.) -- Disc 16 (20 min.) Q&A session with Phyllis M. May-Machunda and Gladys-Marie Fry -- Disc 17 (22 min.) Panel discussion with Diana Baird N'Diaye, Gladys-Marie Fry, Phyllis M. May-Machunda, Sharon V. King, Beverly Robinson, Gerald L. Davis, and Worth Long -- Disc 18 (21 min.) Panel discussion Q&A -- Disc 19 (22 min.) Panel Discussion with Bess Lomax Hawes, Robert Baron, Diana Baird N'Diaye, Nancy Groce -- Disc 20 (21 min.) Panel discussion Q&A -- Disc 21 (22) Panel discussion Q&A (cont.) ; Howard Dodson concluding remarks -- Disc 22 (5 min.) Howard Dodson concluding remarks (cont.)

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1287

OCLC

• 944455860
• 944455860

Conference

Arts of Black Folk Conference for Community Organizations (1988 : New York, N.Y.)

Title

The Arts of Black folk : the Arts of Black Folk Conference for Community Organizations : presenting African American folk arts.

Production

New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1991.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Digital File Characteristics

video file DVD

Event

Recorded April 22-23, 1988. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.

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Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added Author

Davis, Gerald L., speaker.

Dodson, Howard, speaker.

Freeman, Roland, speaker.

King, Sharon V., speaker.

Long, Worth W., speaker.

May-Machunda, Phyllis M., speaker.

Robinson, Beverly J., speaker.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

New York State Council on the Arts. Folk Arts Program.

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1287