Keeping It Alive: Wooden Boatbuilding

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Keeping It Alive

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Introduction

Profiles of Masters and Apprentices

David Allen and Bennie Holyfield, Walking Stick Carving, Homer, Claiborne Parish

Charles Taylor and Traynell Mitchell, Mardi Gras Indian Costumes, New Orleans, Orleans Parish

Marc Savoy and Ward Lormand, Accordion Making, Eunice, St. Landry Parish

Elie Guidry, Thomas Colvin, and Errol Cuneo, Wooden Boatbuilding, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish

Raymond Blakes and Clarastine Cook, Blues Guitar Playing, Shreveport, Caddo Parish

Lula Landry, Inez Catalon, and Marce Lacouture, Cajun Home Music, Abbeville and Kaplan, Vermilion and Acadia Parishes

Lionel LeLeux and John Vidrine, Fiddle Repair, Kaplan, Acadia Parish

Bel Abbey and Timothy Langley, Koasati Crafts and Storytelling, Elton, Jefferson Davis Parish

Mary Jackson Jones and Herman Jackson, Choctaw Language, Jena, LaSalle Parish

Gladys LeBlanc Clark and Elaine Bourque, Acadian Brown Cotton Weaving, Scott, Lafayette Parish

Azzie Roland and Alice Roland Holley, Split-oak Basket Making, Marion, Union Parish

Errol Verret and Garland Frederick, Wooden Boatbuilding, Henderson, St. Martin Parish

Nancy Cooper and Lori McMahon, Horsehair Rope Making, Longville, Beauregard Parish

Master boatbuilder Errol Verret of Henderson taught apprentice Frederick Garland of Cecelia to build a cypress Atchafalaya skiff with a Louisiana Division of the Arts apprenticeship in 1991. <br><em>Contains photos.</em>

Errol Verret and Garland Frederick

Wooden Boatbuilding

Henderson, St. Martin Parish

In 1991, master boatbuilder Errol Verret of Henderson taught apprentice Frederick Garland of Cecelia to build a cypress Atchafalaya skiff with a Louisiana Division of the Arts apprenticeship.

Apprentice Garland Frederick and master Errol Verret work on a cypress boat. Photo: Maida Owens.

Errol Verret and Garland Frederick

This apprenticeship profile was originally published in 2013 in the virtual booklet, Keeping It Alive: Cultural Conservation Through Apprenticeship, by Sheri Dunbar and Maida Owens.