The American Folk Art Museum gives the late self-taught Afro-Brazilian artist Madalena Santos Reinbolt her first museum solo ...

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 ...

An Antiques Roadshow expert admitted he couldn't figure out how a piece of folk art was assembled in a bottle.

Instead you’ll find a strong cross-section of folk art’s various forms; from carvings to paintings to sewn crafts. Near the entrance to shop, which stays open longer than the museum itself ...

A Grand Forks folk artist, Pieper Bloomquist, will have her work featured in a new exhibition, "Nordic Echoes: Tradition in Contemporary Art," which opens April 5 at the Scandinavia House in New York ...

The American Folk Art Museum in New York has received a new gift of works made by self-taught artists from the legendary collection of Audrey B. Heckler. The works will be exhibited at some point ...

The Kentucky Folk Art Center (KFAC) is one of Kentucky's unique places. It houses a permanent collection of nearly 1,400nal folk art, which portrays pieces of regio the culture and heritage of ...

Made from papier-mâché, its title is “Battleship Kate,” and it’s a major piece of American folk art. But it’s not the sculpture that makes it important. It’s the tattoos. The sculpture ...

Long overlooked, the artist made pioneering works in the early 20th century. Today she’s a global star—but some scholars insist she should be sharing the spotlight Wayne Martin Belger set out ...

American folklorist and historian Simon J ... a crucial attribute of folk art, and instead toward content optimized for ...

Tradition in Contemporary Art exhibit at the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Scandinavia House in Manhattan Pieper Bloomquist of Grand Forks is an award-winning folk artist whose work often ...