Here is proof, once again, that the spark of artistic genius may glow in the hearts of even the most unlikely-seeming people.
Current and coming: All Stars at AFAM
The American Folk Art Museum is celebrating the start of its seventh decade with a power-packed exhibition
Kissing Cousins: The Art of Laurene Krasny Brown at Olde Hope
Shelf Life: The Art of Laurene Krasny Brown is perfectly at home in the compact galleries of Olde Hope Antiques
How American Weathervanes Became Art
An excerpt from the book that is the basis for a new exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum
Current and coming: In Boston, folk art Fundamentals
On Feb. 6 the MFA will open Collecting Stories: The Invention of Folk Art, a reconsideration of works on paper and sculpture from the Karolik Collection of American Folk Art
Taking Inventory: Lovable Leos
Get to know a pair of winsome pieces of Pennsylvania pottery at the Met
Themes and Variations at Shelburne
Formal, academic rigor is not the point here; curiosity, wonder, and enchantment are
Who was the Burpee-Conant Limner?
America is filled with local history museums, town libraries, and regional art museums containing some of the finest examples of early American portraiture
The Virginia Dulcimer (From our Archives)
For generations of Virginia musicians, dulcimer (or dulcimore) has described a family of instruments with three characteristics
In Chicago, Photos meet Folk Art
As part of their Photography + series, the Art Institute of Chicago is examining the influence of photography and folk art on American culture in the Depression years by bringing together FSA images and folk artifacts emblematic of those painted for the Index.