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The Folk Art Society of America Auction is Officially Open!

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Everhart Museum’s New Exhibition – For Every Season: Folk Art in Daily Life and Celebration

Girl in Red Dress - Photo Courtesy Everhart Museum

The Everhart Museum, the largest general museum in Northeastern Pennsylvania-located in Scranton, opens a new exhibit, For Every Season: Folk Art in Daily Life and Celebration on September 24, 2010 and continuing on display through December 31, 2010.

For Every Season presents a new interpretation of the Everhart Museum’s premiere Folk Art collection and features over 50 museum objects alongside those borrowed from the community. In this exclusive exhibit, the universal stages of life are examined by looking at the rich assortment of hand-crafted objects representing America’s cultural heritage, both past and present. Read the full story

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Artist Statement on the new “Thunder-Sky” documentary by Alfred Eaker

Raymond Thunder-Sky, photo credit Thunder-Sky, Inc.

In 1999, I participated in a group show at the Base  Art Gallery in Cincinnati with Keith Banner, Bill Ross and Raymond Thunder-Sky. Raymond was an autistic, Native American self-taught artist who repeatedly depicted imagery of construction sites. He would draw the wrecking ball tearing down an existing building and, through text, imagine what would go in place of the condemned building. More often than not, Raymond envisioned a clown suit factory, a circus, or a highway named after his father being erected in place of the old.  Raymond never visually depicted these imaginary  replacements, but expressed them in text.   Raymond’s father was a Mohawk chief who acted in Hollywood westerns and worked construction.  A family friend introduced Raymond to the circus and Raymond developed an intense love for clowns. These exposures formed him as a character and artist. Read the full story

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John Shaw – Folk Art in Enamel

John Shaw-Family Picnic, 12" X 16"

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It was in the mid 1990’s that I looked at my schedule and saw the name John Shaw.   It was nothing unusual, a fairly common name but little did I know what awaited me behind that examination room door.   I walked in to find a gentleman in his mid 80’s, somewhat rough around the edges but with a jovial New York accent not to be missed.   We introduced ourselves and the relationship was started.   I saw him on a couple of occasions but time came for his annual physical.   It was then I noticed a physical feature that stopped me in my tracks.

John Shaw - Whaling Ship Scene, 8" X 10"

Not an ailment but a thing of beauty hanging around his neck.

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LaM of Lille Reopens its Doors

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Formerly known as the Greater Lille Museum of Modern Art and Contemporary Art and Art Brut the L.a.M-Lille Métropole Museum will be reopening its doors, after a four year renovation, to the public this September 25, 2010.  Located near London, Paris, Brussels, and close to Amsterdam and Cologne (in the Nord region of France)-the LaM is the only museum in Europe to present collections of Outsider Art, contemporary art, and modern art concurrently-with approximately 4,500 works in the exhibitions. Read the full story

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Howard Finster Exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center

July 24 through September 26, 2010

The Chicago Cultural Center, once the central library building, was converted to an arts and culture center in the early 1990’s under the leadership of Lois Weisberg, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs. It became the nation’s first free municipal cultural center.  Known as one of the city’s most popular attractions the Chicago Cultural Center is also considered one of the United States most extensive arts showcases.  Their latest exhibition, Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster (curated by Glen C. Davies), Read the full story

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“Out of this World:  A Centennial Celebration of Eugene von Bruenchenhein”

Born July 31, 1910, in Wisconsin, Eugene von Bruenchenhein probably learned to paint from his father, who was a sign painter, and his mother, who painted on canvas and wrote treatises on evolution and reincarnation.  Eugene’s professions included running a small family grocery, working in a greenhouse and florist shop, and, finally, working in a commercial bakery between 1944-1959.  Unknown to all but a few family and friends, Eugene was a visionary artist who pursued his passion in his free time.  When he died in 1983, he left behind several thousand works of art.

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