Passing It On workshops are one of the types of workshops supported by the Bayou Culture Collaborative. They are taught by a tradition bearer to pass on a tradition in one of the coastal parishes in Louisiana or highly endangered traditions. We provide funds to an organization or the tradition bearer for workshops or mini-apprenticeships and expenses generally cover the teacher honorarium and supplies.
Contact: Maida Owens, Louisiana Folklife Program, folklife@crt.la.gov to explore possibilities.
2022 Passing It On Workshops
Waxed Flower Making
DATE: Saturday, September 17, 2022
PLACE: Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, 314 St Mary Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301
TIME: 11 am – 1 pm
DESCRIPTION: Participants will learn to create a waxed flower bouquet by cutting a pattern, assembling the flower parts and dipping the flower in wax.
COLLABORATORS: Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center
FACILITATOR: Sabina Miller
REGISTRATION: Open to the public. Limited to 50 participants. To register, email Sabina Miller, sabinabiz@yahoo.com or call 504-444-1814.
Past Passing It On workshops
- Vermilion Parish Cajun Songs and Dance Traditions, Abbeville
- Mardi Gras costume designing, Krewe of Tradition, Houma
- Cajun music, Cajun Music Preservation Society, Thibodaux
- Houma Indian gumbo making, Chauvin
- Wood carving, Terrebonne Folklife Center, Houma
- Houma Indian Palmetto weaving, Janie Luster, Theriot
- Traditional plant storytelling, Pointe-au-Chien
- Pointe-au-Chien traditions, Pointe-au-Chien
- Houma half-hitch palmetto weaving and Spanish moss doll making, Janie Luster and Ann Luster Robichaux, Theriot
- Brown cotton weaving, Elaine Bourque, Lafayette
- Sewing regalia, Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, Chauvin
- Indian foodways, Atakapa-Ishak Chawasha, Grand Bayou Indian Village
- Cypress paddle making, Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building,Lockport
- Cloth doll making, Jessica Brown, Houma
- Healing plants and gardening, Botanica: A Series of Conversations, Neighborhood Story Project, New Orleans
- Cypress dugout pirogue restoration, Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building, Lockport
- Medicinal herbs and the traiteuse tradition, Marlène Toups, Thibodaux
- Traditions and storytelling, United Houma Nation, Golden Meadow
- Adding Curved Roofs to Buildings, Quang Huynh
- Grayhawk's Shaving Horse Program, Grayhawk Perkings
- Grayhawk's Storytelling Program, Grayhawk Perkins
- French Storytelling Program, Richard Landry,
- Bousillage Workshop, Dale Pierrottie
For details about these workshops that were previously supported, see Passing It On Workshops.
