The Hand Dancing Workshop: Smooth & EZ -- The Musical Life of Chuck and Being in the Chuck Brown Band: Donald Tillary-Trumpet 1969-on; Ronald Smith-1979-87; Sharee Mitchell-Keyboard; Kego Wellman 94-2001; Curtis Johnson-organ-1978-91

Object Details

Date: 2012 July 7

Extent: 1 Sound recording (compact audio cassette)

Type: Archival materials; Sound recordings

Collection Rights: Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier: CFCH.SFF.2012, Item FP-2012-CT-0196

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Scope and Contents note

This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Materials may include photographs, audio recordings, motion picture film and video recordings, notes, production drawings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, informational materials, publications, and ephemera. Such materials were created during the Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as in the featured communities, before or after the Festival itself.

Historical note

The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival was produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and cosponsored by the National Park Service. For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Date

June 27-July 8, 2012

Extent

1 Cubic foot (approximate)

Rights

Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.

Citation

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence

Video recordings

Audiocassettes

Audiotapes

Business records

Photographic prints

Negatives

Notes

Slides (photographs)

Memorandums

Videotapes

Contracts

Digital images

Plans (drawings)

Sound recordings

Topic

Folklore

Folk music

arts and crafts

Folk festivals

World music

Folk art

Food habits

Place

Latin America

Venezuela

Identifier

CFCH.SFF.2012

Introduction

Initiated in 1967, the Festival has become an international model for presenting the vitality of contemporary cultural traditions. In producing Festival programs, Smithsonian curators collaborate with partner organizations and communities to conduct research and create strategies for presenting their traditions to a broad public. Through the voices of community members themselves, the Festival shows that cultural traditions are a living, dynamic part of contemporary life. The 2012 Festival resulted from collaboration with numerous partners, resulting in three Festival programs that looked at ways in which culture, creativity, and ingenuity shape communities. Creativity and Crisis presented the creative response of communities in the U.S. and worldwide to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Campus and Community celebrated the 150th anniversary of the public and land grant university system and showed the ways in which public universities and the U.S. Department of Agriculture work with communities to strengthen culture and to understand and overcome challenges. The Citified program, presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, celebrated the ways in which artistic expression fosters community in an urban environment. Together, these programs showed the strength and diversity of community-based culture in the United States, fostered a shared appreciation of human creativity, created a deeper understanding of participating communities, and forged lasting connections among participants and visitors. Special evening concerts included the Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert, concerts of Azerbaijani music and of Roma music, concerts spotlighting recent Smithsonian Folkways recordings, and two concerts co-organized with the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Bring Back the Funk and Music from Monticello, looking at the broad range of African American music. The 2012 Festival took place for two five-day weeks (June 27-July 1 and July 4-8) between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive and between 9th Street and 14th Street, south of the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of Natural History (see site plan). It featured three programs and special events including the Rinzler Concert. The 2012 program guide included descriptions and participant lists for each program, a site plan, and daily schedules. The Festival was co-presented by the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service and organized by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Daniel Sheehy, Director; Sojin Kim, Curator and Special Assistant to the Director; Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Stephen Kidd, Festival Director; Reshma Sinanan-Hill, Production Manager The Festival was supported by federally appropriated funds; Smithsonian trust funds; contributions from governments, businesses, foundations, and individuals; and food, recording, and craft sales. Smithsonian Channel was a Supporter of the Festival. General in-kind support was provided by WPFW, Pacifica Radio, 89.3 FM.