This New Iberia couple doesn’t just collect art. They live in it, from Clementine Hunter's paintings to Edgar Tolson's wood ...
The Collins' interest in folk art started by collecting Louisiana artists Chestee Herrington and Rita Fontenot. When they discovered the Kentuck Festival of the Arts in Tuscaloosa — considered by many ...
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The first ever folk art museum in Columbus is now open at the Columbus Collective Museums. The Folk Art Junction Museum held its grand opening Friday, March 15. The gallery is a ...
“He was collecting vernacular and designing modern,” explains curator Monica Obniski. An amateur collector might own a handful of pieces, a hobbyist a few dozen, and a serious collector a few hundred.
Last week, the American Folk Art Museum announced Jason T. Busch as its new executive director, replacing Anne-Imelda Radice, who retired in March after leading the museum for six years and steering ...
The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...
Just a few years ago, Audrey B. Heckler’s over 500-piece collection of outsider art had rarely been seen in public. Now, nearly the entirety of her holdings—one of the country’s most important and ...
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The hardest thing about filling a room with “folk art” is that no one knows exactly what folk art is. “It’s a term to be struggled with,” says Meredith Affleck, manager of the upcoming exhibition at ...
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U.S. News Insider Tip: Located 2.5 miles south of the Santa Fe Plaza on Museum Hill, the Museum of International Folk Art neighbors the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Museum of Indian Arts and ...