The Home of Folk Art

Chris E. Lewallen – Success Without Intention

Chris E. Lewallen - Fish - Photo Credit LiveAuctioneers.com

A Gainsville, Georgia, paramedic by day and a painter by heart.  Chris Lewallen has painted for as long as he remembers, but he never dreamed of what would come from this passion.  Using bright enamel paint colors on tin and wood, as well as other found objects he deems worthy, he creates his pieces of art focusing mostly on animals as his subject matter.  In the early 1990’s Chris began selling his work.  At the time the relationships he had with folk artists R.A. Miller and Rev. Howard Finster gave him the encouragement he needed to start traveling the art festival circuit.  Chris hasn’t looked back... Read the full story

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Nicholas Vasilieff, The Green Cloth, 1950 - Photo Credit Sheldon Museum of Art

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Sheldon Museum of Art  has a new exhibit open to the public until October 17, 2010.  The exhibit is curated by Sheldon Director Emeritus, Norman Geske.  The exhibition is composed of pieces from the Sheldon’s permanent collection, loans and a selection of works by local Lincoln artist Jeffrey Randall.  The museum is open free to the public during regular hours of opperation.

Parallel Starts: Outside Art Inside Collections’ opens at Sheldon

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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

WHERE: Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, 12th and R Streets

“Parallel Starts: Outsider Art Inside Collections,” opening Aug. 6 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Sheldon Museum of Art, looks at the challenge of defining outsider art and how its inclusion in museum collections blurs traditional art historical definitions. Read the full story

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Come Outside and Play with Intuit – House Tours 2010

Saturday, September 4, 2010

With three wonderful locations in the lineup – this year the Intuit House Tours is sure to please.  Mixing 20th century popular culture and Americana, wind-up toys, advertising art, Imagist art, ’50s furniture, cowboy collectibles, ethnographic material, outsider and folk art, lake-inspired nautical art, Mary T Smith, Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Ras Dizzy, Jimmie Lee Sudduth, Edward Avila, and Bruce Wood – there is sure to be something for everyone!  Plus, you are even invited to the Annual Labor Day Barbecue. Read the full story

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Your Opportunity Awaits – At Slotin’s Auction!

Steve and Amy Slotin - photo by Access Atlanta

On May 2nd, in Buford, Georgia, we will once again be presented with what has become the envy of the auction circuit.   While there are many auction galleries around, there are very few with such a loyal and knowledgeable following that Steve and Amy have cultivated.  Is it the fact that Steve and Amy put together a catalog that is as nice as any, full color, very accurate and descriptive, post it online and mail it right to you – ALL FOR FREE?   Is it the party before the auction where guest are served drinks (including alcohol) for free? Read the full story

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Space Ghost: Talk show host and intergalactic folk art collector

The man behind the voice and the collection…

Voice actor George Lowe has more than 35 years in the business and more than 200 cartoon credits to his name. He is best known for his 10 years as the voice of Cartoon Network’s spoof on late-night show hosts, Space Ghost. Right now we can catch him as the promo voice for FX’s brand new show The League. But that isn’t the only place he is leaving his mark these days. He has another passion that gets him out of the voice studio and down to earth like the rest of us. It is his passion for art. He is an artist himself and an avid Folk Art collector amassing a collection worthy to be shown in museum exhibitions. Here’s George in his own words…
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