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A Plate Full of Family
This still image depicts a white, 18 karat gold-trimmed porcelain plate. In the center is a hand painted depiction of Jesus, fashioned in a pink and white cloak, holding a cane and knocking on someone’s door. The painting is lined with a custom…
Día de los Muertos in the United States
This still image shows a finished altar, called an ofrenda, an important aspect of Dia De Los Muertos. On the alter are five different photos: four photos are loved ones of the Fernandez-Martinez family and Mancillas family. Including in the alter is…
From Line to Line
This painting shows how fishing has always been an important part of my family’s tradition. My grandpa taught my dad how to fish, and my dad taught me.
Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Two young girls are kneeling and hugging in front of a decorated altar dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe. The altar has a large, framed image of the Virgin of Guadalupe surrounded by red, green, and white fabric draped behind the framed image. The…
Eid Celebrations in Gambia and Egypt
These two images shows how families in Gambia and Egypt celebrate Eid, a major Islamic holiday marking the end of Ramadan, Eid is celebrated differently. The Egyptian gathering is indoors with people seated and sharing sweets and conversation. The…
Turkmen Traditional Handmade Carpets
This still image depicts the Turkmen traditional practice of carpet-making, implemented by women.
Young girls and womenare gathered to waive a carpet, and other Turkmen handicrafts such as yaglyk, alaja , korpence. In the picture on the left side…
Young girls and womenare gathered to waive a carpet, and other Turkmen handicrafts such as yaglyk, alaja , korpence. In the picture on the left side…
Nowruz to Iranian Cultural and Societal Traditions of Nowruz
In this image there is a haft-seen table which is a table set up during the Nowruz which consists of seven things that start with the letter "س" or seen, sabzeh (sprouts), samanu (sweet pudding), senjed (oleaster), sir (garlic), seeb (apples), …
Fireworks of Tradition
The moving image is a painting showing an explosion of fireworks in a dimly lit driveway
A Plan of a Table of the Future
This is an image of a console table that was computer rendered. Every part in the model was designed with building the model in mind. As rendered, it has a dark wood top and sides with two drawers with a light front. It also has a side door with for…
Christmas Party
This is a collage of four still images pictures of different years capturing different moments and elements of a family's Christmas celebration. Clockwise from top-right: The picture on the top right shows a boy and a girl and two adults painting on…
This Little Light of Mine
This is an image of a church Christmas Eve service taken from an angle that allows one to see most of the sanctuary. It shows all the seats being filled with people holding lit candles while singing along to the song "Oh Holy Night." Most of the…
A Chef's Passion
This image represents the preserved familial food ways of the Henson Family. Created by Michael Henson, the three dishes in this image are garnished with edible yellow and pink flowers for a catered baby shower. In the bottom- left corner there are…
Baptism As a Right of Passage
This is a still image of a young boy getting baptized by his uncle, a man in a white robe gently holds a child dressed in white during a baptism ceremony in a small indoor baptismal pool, while people watch quietly in the background. This takes place…
Jamaican Recipe Book
The first image features a yellowed, worn-down composition book that serves as a cookbook, filled with tradition Jamaican recipes. This book has been passed down for generations.
In he second image, the cookbook is opened to a banana bread…
In he second image, the cookbook is opened to a banana bread…