Festival of American Folklife 1996, June 26-30 & July 3-7 on the National Mall of the United States, Washington D.C. PDF
Preview Festival of American Folklife 1996, June 26-30 & July 3-7 on the National Mall of the United States, Washington D.C.
American Folklife 1996 Smithsonian gardener Sung Do Kim shows orchids to children at the Museum National of Natural History. From:TheSmithsonian:150YearsofAdventure,Discovery,andWonder byJamesConaway,SmithsonianBooks. Copyright© 19%SmithsonianInstitution.PhotobyLaurieIVIinor-Penland/SI Complimentary Copy SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Eestival of American Folklife 1996 June 26-30 & July 3-7 ON THE National Mall of the United States Washington, D.C. — Iowa Community Style The American South Working at the Smithsonian cosponsoredbythe National Park Service 1996 Festival of American Folklife On the cover — Iowa Community Style 7 Catherine HiebertKerst& RachelleH.Saltzman CommunityMattersin Iowa David M.Shribman |^# Iowa:ACivicPlace •^-^- f ATasteofThailand: S—ervingthe "Publics" Dan Hunter& PatrickMcClintock .... •^llC^... Tom Morain RAGBRAI,theDesMoinesRegister's General IowaSmallTowns AnnualGreatBicycleRideAcwssIowa, Information hasbecomeagrassrootsfestivalon Services&Hours Small-Town Newspapers: wheels.Storyonpage21. —IowaCommunitiesin Print © Participants Photo DavidThoreson JayBlack DailySchedules Back cover SiteMap Richard Horwitz Hogs&theMeaningofLifein Iowa Contributors&Sponsors IowaWomenonthe Farm — Staff PhyllisCarlin Friendsofthe Festival RinzlerMemorialConcert Chuck Offenburger ARolling Festivalin Iowa Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Don Wanatee MeskwakiCulture Contents MississippimasterartistHystercine Cynthia Schmidt Rankin, whocreatedthisdesignshe Michael Heyman I. TheySing, Dance& Remember: callsSunburst, teachesquiltingat 1996: CelebrationsinWestern Iowa IVlississippiCulturalCrossroads. AYearofCelebration .... © Piioto RolandL.Freeman Between the Rivers: Bruce Babbitt Previous page An Iowa PhotoAlbum AConfluenceofHeritage JohnDuccinimaneuversahoopnet onthe National forcatchingMississippicatfishand Watershed perchoffthesideofhisboat. PhotobyJanetGilmore, Richard Kunn& courtesyIllinoisArtsCouncil/Mississippi Diana Parker RiverMuseum,Dubuque,lA TheFestival inthe Electronic Age 1996 Festival ofAmerican Folklife The American South 33 Working at the Smithsonian Philippa Thompson Jackson TheAmericanSouth JT' BettyJ.Belanus& MarjorieHunt John Shelton Reed WorkingattheSmithsonian TheSouth:WhatIsIt? 35 M//>erelslt? MarcPachter SmithsonianCulture: Lydia Martin APersonalView When South Is North PainterJohnHavenner,oftheSmith- sonian'sOfficeofPhysicalPlant, Julian Bond touchesupasignattheMional BettyJ. Belanus TheQuestionofRace MuseumofAmericanHistory. "AChallengea Day": Pam Henson, PhotobyEricLong Smithsonian Institution Historian . PuraFeCrescioni Amy Ballard BeingSouthern IsBeing Invisible "OtherDutiesAsAssigned" Edward Cohen Jamesl.Deutsch Recollectionsofa SouthernJew The Eyes& Ears oftheSmithsonian William Ferris — ACircle Unbroken Celebrations Smithsonian Voices intheAmerican South A Photo Essay BluesguitaristJohnLeeZeiglertakesa compiled byBettyJ. Belanus, Curtina Moreland-Young breakduringarecordingsessioninhis Marjorie Hunt& EmilyBotein ReflectionsofaSouthernWoman Kathleen,Georgia,home. BillCMalone PhotobyTimothyDuffy ©1996 SouthernMusic SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ISSN 1056-6805 M—usic&theU.S.Civil RightsMovement editor:Caria M. Borden JacquelinC. Peters ASSOCIATEeditor: PeterSeitel DESIGN director: Kenn Shrader Mary Hood designers: Karin Hayes, On BeingaSouthernWriter MarcusJohnson,Jr. productionmanager: ReynaldSearles DESIGNintern:TracyLee SteveKerper, woodcarverandsmall- printer: SchmitzPress towngrocer,carvesaduckdecoyfrom typefaces:AdobeMyriad, localv\/oodatthecounterofthe AdobeTekton, KerperCountryStoreinNewVienna, AdobeBerkeleyOld Style Iowa. PhotobyLeSpearman paperstock: LOE Dull White, Simpson Evergreen 1996 Festival ofAmerican Folklife 996: A Year of Celebration 1 Michael Heyman Dreams to The Bridges of Madison County. But I. Iowa is also home to agribusiness, high-tech Secretary, SmithsonianInstitution and high-skill industnes that manufacture The Festival is a good place to celebrate. computerized combines and hber optics, and Twenty years ago, in 1976, the Festival of to high-quality service industnes from educa- American Folklife was a centerpiece in the tion to insurance. Not without dynamic ten- nation's Bicentennial. It was three months sions and social, demographic, and occupa- long, with programs from thirty-five nations, tional changes, Iowa in its sesquicentennial every region ofthe United States, and scores of year does indeed foster and nurture a quiet occupational, ethnic, and American Indian but steadfast ci\ac pride that turns out whole groups on the Mall, as well as tounngpro- towns for girls' basketball games, propels grams in some 100 cities and towns. That youth into 4-H clubs, adults into volunteer fire Festival provided a dramatic illustration of companies and social clubs, unity on our 200th birthday, demonstrating and joins residents around a "Each of theee that Americans are a diverse yet tolerant peo- morning coffee table, on a ple, interested m knowing their neighbors and Saturday night dance floor, or annivereariee injoining together with them in acts ofcivic in a Sunday school. Anyone reminds us of participation. who witnessed the great floods In 1996, questions ofn—ational unity and of 1993, who saw exhausted what we value purpose remain with us yet there is much neighbor helpingneighbor, and helps set to celebrate, and good cause to do so. On the cannot be unmoved by the state level, this year marks the 150th anniver- prevailingsense ofcommunity our course for sary of Iowa statehood; on the international held by the people ofIowa. level, we mark the 100th anniversary ofthe This sense ofcommunity is the future!' modem Olympics; and for the nation and the celebrated by the Festival world, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of program here on the Mall in the Nation's the Smithsonian. Each ofthese anniversanes Capital. It will also be evident back m Iowa for reminds us ofwhat we value and helps set our the hrst Festival of Iowa Folklife on the course tor the future. grounds ofthe State Capitol Building in Des Iowa IS an icon ofAmerican heartland val- Moines inAugust, and in a Smithsonian Folk- ues. We imagine its main-street towns and ways recording, Iowa Public Television docu- farmlands in a peaceful vision ofAmerica, mentary, and educational materials growing where the drama ofde—ep personal relation- from the Festival and distributed to lowans in ships c[uietly unfolds from the Field oj the months to come. The Olympic Gamesjoin athletes from across the globe in the highest levels ofcom- petition and excellence. The games have included, since their inception, a cultural com- ponent, but never before as extensively as this year inAtlanta. The Centennial Olympic Festival ofAmerican Folklife 1996 1996 Festival ofAmerican Folklife Games bring together excellent musical and The Smithsonian is a cherished s\'mbol of dramatic perlormances, exhibttions, and artists knowledge, a repositop.' for treasures and Irom around the world. But most importantly, national memories, a shrine ofhuman ac- the Olympic Arts Festival highlights the complishment and natural wonders. The American South, Southern culture was born Smithsonian celebrates—its 150th \ear with horn the interactions over the past centuries of AnuTicti'.s Smithsonian a ma|or exhibition— Native Americans, European settlers, and peo- traveling to twelve cities across the nation ples trom Africa, In the South, various forms and with television specials and minutes, a ol expression have arisen and transcended birthda}' celebration on the Mall m .August, boundaries of race, gender, religion, and geog- and a host ofother exhibits, World Wide Web raphy.—So poweriul have these expressions programs, and scholarly conferences. The been jazz, blues, gospel, rock n" roll, c—ivil Smithsonian was founded for the "increase rights songs. Southern oratory, and food and dittusion ol knowledge" and took root m that they have come to stand for uniciue an American, democratic society as an organ- American contributions to world culture. At ization dedicated to the pursuit ofknowledge the Festival here on the Mall, we celebrate in the public eye, and for the public good. At these forms ol expressive culture. Later this the Festival, we demonstrate just how we do summer in Atlanta during the Olympic this, by turning the institution "mside out," as Games, this program will be the core of scientists, curators, conser\'ators, exhibit mak- 5on(luTn Crcivsrocitis. a lestival ot Southern ers, secunt)' olhcers, accountants, and admin- culture to be m—ounted in the new Centennial istrators show the public how the Smithsonian Olympic Park the gathering spot for some works. Theirwork also testihes to the impor- 250,000-400,000 visitors a day and literally tance ofknowledge as a basis for understand- billions more through television coverage. An ing the world, the signiticance ol an educated Enhanced-CD Smithsonian Folkways record- citizeniy, and the civic value ol long-li\'ed, ingwith Internet connections and other edu- high-quality public institutions. cational material deri\-ed from this Festnal The Festu'al is a wonderlul wa\- to help cele- program will reach millions more alter the brate the anniversaries ofthese institutions, for Olympic Games. like them, the Festival stands as a tnbute to our own ability to speak with each other, to share our cultures and traditions, and to do so m a civil, tolerant, respectful, and enlighteningway. The Festival itselfis an endunng institution, and this year it marks u—s own thirtieth anniver- saiy in typical fashion by working hard to amplily the \'oices ol others. Festival ofAmerican Folklife 1996
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