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Educator / Artist Inreach Project records, 2002-2004.
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Legislation in 1979 (79-322, SB 1208) transferred the Florida Folk Arts component of the Stephen Foster Memorial to the Florida Department of State. Operating as the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs from ca. 1985 until 1995, the Bureau coordinated the annual Florida Folk Festival and directed such programs as Folk Arts Apprenticeships, Folk Arts in Education, Folk Heritage awards, annual research surveys, and numerous other projects and programs. From 1995 through June 30, 2021, the renamed and reorganized Florida Folklife Program continued the majority of these operations from within the Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation in Tallahassee. During the 1995 reorganization, the State Archives of Florida acquired the Florida Folklife Collection from the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs’ previously maintained Florida Folklife Archives. Legislation in 2021 (2021-71, L. O. F., HB 909) transferred the Florida Folklife Program and its operations from the Division of Historical Resources to the newly renamed Division of Arts and Culture, previously the Division of Cultural Resources, effective July 1, 2021. The program is charged to "identify, research, interpret, and present Florida folk arts, artists, performers, folklore, traditions, customs, and cultural heritage and make folk cultural resources and folklife projects available throughout the state."
The Florida Folklife Program received a Challenge America Fast Track grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the Florida Folklife in Education: Educator / Artist Inreach Project. The program's grant was awarded in 2002, and the project spanned two years. The project aimed to integrate classroom instruction with community folklife resources through a series of traditional music and dance performances paired with teacher-education workshops. Instructional resources included the Florida Music Train and other resources provided to the schools by the Florida Folklife Program. The goal of the program was to provide students with greater understanding of folklife in their communities and provide teachers the skills and resources to teach folklife in their social studies, language arts, music and art education classes.
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This series consists of records from the Florida Folklife Program's Educator / Artist Inreach Project. Included is the original 2002 National Endowment for the Arts Challenge American Fast Track grant application that was awarded for the two-year program. This grant includes photographs and slides. Also included are administration materials, lesson plans, evaluations, and workshop information. Lastly is a copy of the unawarded 2004 grant application that would have funded the program into 2005 and 2006.
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Florida Folklife Program
Folklore and education Florida Education--Florida--Teachers Education Florida Folklife.
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