WheatonArts :: Folklife Center :: Events and Programs
Folklife Center
Celebrating American Roots Music
November 8 through December 31, 2011
Exhibition Opening: November 12, 2011 at 5:30pm
Concerts:
Old Time Country and Bluegrass
November 12 at 7:30pm
Steve Byrne, BelAire Boys, The Towheads, The Snake Brothers
"The origins of modern country music can be traced to folk songs and ballads brought to North America by settlers from the British Isles. In America, musicians all over played country music and added their own creativity and regional playing styles to develop new sounds and rhythms. Jimmie Rodgers, a guitar player and singer from Mississippi, added the influences of blues musicians to his music and became country music’s first major star. In the West, musicians combined Mexican music with American country music to create country western or western swing music. In the East, musicians in the Appalachians used faster rhythms and vocal harmonies to create a style known as bluegrass."
Program Schedule
7:30pm – 8pm: Steve Byrne
8pm – 8:30pm: BelAire Boys
8:30pm – 8:45pm: Intermission
8:45pm – 9:15pm: The Towheads
9:15pm – 9:45pm: The Snake Brothers
Advance Tickets: $10 Adults, $9 Members, 12 & under are free (but, must have an advance ticket)
Concert Day: $15 at the door for everyone
For tickets call: 800.998.4552 or 856.825.6800 ext 100
Old Spirituals and Gospel
December 10 at 7:30pm - Old Spirituals and Gospel
St James AME Church Gospel Choir, Atlantic City
The Whittington Family of Port Norris
South Jersey Community Men’s Gospel Choir
The origin of spirituals can be traced back to the slavery period of the African Americans who created these remarkable sacred songs. Although numerous rhythmic and sonic elements of the
spirituals can be traced to both West African and European sources, they are a musical form that is indigenous and specific to the religious and social experience of African Americans in
the United States. Many of the spirituals are performed in a ‘call and response’ singing style that relates them to the work songs of the early 19th century, while others are known to have
carried double meanings associated with the Underground Railroad practices. Spirituals later evolve into a more sophisticated form called Gospel. There are different types and versions of Gospel and many of them utilize choirs, incorporate distinct musical improvisation, with piano and/or Hammond organ, drums, bass guitar or other instrumental accompaniment. Earlier forms of Gospel fuse musical elements of both the spirituals and the blues while its more recent
developments incorporate elements of Hip Hop, R &B, or Rap. Spirituals and Gospel not only reflect religious, aesthetic and social values of the community, but also have significant impact
on other musical genres and have become an integral part of the American musical heritage and cultural identity.
Program Schedule
7:30pm – 8pm: St James AME Church Gospel Choir, Atlantic City
8pm – 8:30pm: The Whittington Family of Port Norris
8:30pm – 8:45pm: Intermission
8:45pm – 9:30pm: South Jersey Community Men’s Gospel Choir
Advance Tickets: $10 Adults, $9 Members, 12 & under are free (but, must have an advance ticket)
Concert Day: $15 at the door for everyone
For tickets call: 800.998.4552 or 856.825.6800 ext 100
New Harmonies Workshops/Presentations On Music And Musical Instruments
November 13 & 20 from 11am to 1pm
Make Your Own Paper Instruments
with Katherine Landberg
November 20 from 2pm to 4pm
Music Appreciation: Storytelling and Performance
with Jim Albertson
November 25, 26 & 27
Vitreous Music:
The Making of Holiday Instruments in Glass
with the WheatonArts Glass Studio Artists
December 4 from 2pm to 4pm
Instrument Making Presentation: Appalachian Dulcimer and Celtic
Harp with David Field and Mouth Bow Harp with Jim Albertson
December 11 from 2pm to 4pm
Instrument Making Presentation: Native American Drums
with Mark “Quiet Hawk” Gould
Family Fun Days Every Sunday Through Dec. 18, 2011
All children 17 and under are FREE!
A Celebration of Japanese and Japanese American
Arts and Culture September 17 & 18, 2011
Enjoy Special Performances, Cultural Workshops and Presentations
Saturday, September 17 from 3- 4pm
Japanese Tea Ceremony with Mariko Ono*
12 (Noon) to 2pm
Haiku and Tanka Poetry Workshop with Dr. Antoinette Libro (Registration Fee: $12 Members/$15 Non-Members. Register online or call 856-825-6800, ext. 100)
Sunday, September 18
PROGRAM SCHEDULE*
3pm - 3:45pm
Seabrook Community: Past and Present (film presentation by John Fuyuume)
3pm – 4pm
Special Demonstrations: Japanese Calligraphy by Toshio Ozawa and Japanese Origami by Akimi Ozawa
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Japan
ese Katazomé Art: Transforming Tradition (slide show by Kumiko Murashima)
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Special Demonstrations: Japanese Calligraphy By Toshio Ozawa and Japanese Origami byAkimi Ozawa
4:45pm - 5pm Intermission
5pm - 5:30pm
Seabrook Minyo Dancers, NJ
(demo-performance with audience participation and Kimono Show)
5:30pm - 6pm
Hoh Daiko Drummers of Seabrook, NJ (demo-performance and hands-on 
audience participation)
Visit the “Japanese Ceremonial Dolls”
Exhibition in the Folklife Center*
September 17 10am to 5pm
September 18 10am to 6pm
*Included in the price of admission to WheatonArts.
Saturday, April 16, 2011, 10am-12noon and 1pm-3pm
Old Traditions Reconsidered: Painting on Glass
(Displays and Special Demonstrations)
Location: Down Jersey Folklife/Education Center
Special displays will feature works of two artists working in the tradition of glass painting. Examples of their work as well as traditional tools will be arranged on light tables and exhibition pedestals in the front gallery.
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Ezili Danto by Kesler Pierre |
J. Kenneth Leap painting St. Augustine |
J. Kenneth Leap, Artist-in-Residence at the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center and Education Chair of the American Glass Guild will do a demonstration of traditional glass painting techniques using kiln-fired pigments. His work will provide a reflection on an art form that is associated with the sacred spaces of medieval Europe and will be interpreted in both its historical developments and contemporary relevance.
Kessler Pierre, Haitian-American artist with multiple interests, will communicate the symbolic meanings of the traditional Haitian veve designs while painting them on glass or drawing them with flour on a flat surface. His work will be interpreted in the context of the traditional Haitian belief system and ceremonial practices as well as from the perspective of Kesler’s unique artistic experience.
Displays will be open to the public from 10am to 4pm. Join us for this special day!
This Mid Atlantic Folk Arts Outreach Project is funded by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
