KRQE Blogs

First ever South American Folk Fair comes to Santa Fe

Santa Fe (KRQE) – For the first time in New Mexico, a festival dedicated to the Art, Dance, Music and traditional flavors of South America. All are welcome to bring the whole family to La Posada de ...
Moviefone

Where to Watch All Rendered Truth: Folk Art in the American South (2009)

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 1st, 2009 - Buy All Rendered Truth: Folk Art in the American South DVD ...
Artnet

Long Obscure, Self-Taught Artist Madalena Santos Reinbolt Is Stepping Out of the Shadows

You’d be forgiven for not knowing the name Madalena Santos Reinbolt (1919–1976). Her current exhibition at New York’s American Folk Art Museum is the self-taught Afro-Brazilian artist’s first museum ...
Albuquerque Journal

Down to the wire: 'iNgqikithi yokuPhica (Weaving Meanings)' showcases a South African art tradition spanning nearly 100 years

“Weaving Meanings” spins stories of fighting clubs, apartheid and the dazzling artworks wire weavers create today. Open at Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art, this exhibition of a South ...
KEYT

Nativity collection on display at Brander Museum of Folk Art

SANTA YNEZ, Calif.-The world's largest collection of Mexican and South American folk nativity scenes are on display in Santa Ynez. The show entitled "Nacimientos" is located at the Brander Museum of ...
Berkshire Eagle

He was the most prominent Black resident of Stockbridge in his day. Now, Agrippa Hull's portrait hangs in a major folk art exhibit

STOCKBRIDGE — It’s a major point of pride for the Stockbridge Library’s Museum & Archives. "It’s one of the most treasured items in our collection, and we’re really proud and grateful of the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Grandma Moses’ Folk Art Took Her from the Farm to Fame

Discover how Grandma Moses, a self-taught artist, turned to painting in her late 70s and became an American folk-art icon. Leslie Umberger & Meredith Herndon Portrait of Grandma Moses in 1950 by Clara ...