South Florida Folklife Center. Haitian Community Arts - 2003-2006

This series contains materials associated with a project in which photographers from the Iris PhotoCollective documented the South Florida Haitian community’s expressive traditions between 2006 and 2007. The collection of photographs produced by the project give special attention to traditional arts in the lives of individuals during religious and festive events, offering a view of Haitian life in South Florida that rarely represented in mass media coverage of the community. Among the traditions featured are fe koupe (steel drum sculpture), woodcarving, sewing, cooking, baking, drumming, dancing, singing, poetry, kite-making, and children’s games. Materials include: field notes and reports; photographic images; audiocassette tape and compact disc (CD) recordings of interviews with artists and experts by Joanne Hyppolite and Kiki Wainwright.

Additional digital formats of audio and image files available: Records were digitized 2015 – 2016. Users must contact staff ahead of visit for access.

Arranged into three series by format.

Digital materials available on Folklife Archive external drive.

Other Information

Accession numbers include:

2005-534

Finding Aid Authors: Katherine L. Fleming, David Font, Vanessa Navarro, and Katharine Labuda 2014-2016.

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