The Folk Art Society of America Auction Is Officially Open!
The Folk Art Society of America announces their annual online auction. Bid or donate items to support The Folk Art Society of America and the publication of The Folk Art Messenger, art donations to museums and other related activities. The online auction ends September 20, 2010, and is continued with a live auction on September 25, 2010, at the 23rd annual Folk Art Society of America conference.
Everhart Museum’s New Exhibition – For Every Season: Folk Art in Daily Life and Celebration
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...
Artist Statement on the new Raymond “Thunder-Sky” Documentary by Alfred Eaker
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.
John Shaw – Folk Art in Enamel
John Shaw was a native New Yorker who earlier in his life worked in the field of commercial art and textile design. While he painted mostly on canvas and wood early on, those examples are few and far between. It is what this early style led to that was a breathtaking discovery...
The LaM Lille Museum-Reopens its Doors
The LaM Lille Museum-Brings Together Outsider Art, Modern Art, Contemporary Art 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.
Come Outside and Play with Intuit
09 August 2010
Intuit House Tours 2010 Come out and play in the summer sunshine, score some deals at the fair and admire these amazing collections located conveniently nearby in both Indiana and Michigan.
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Purvis Young Exhibit – Miami Art Museum
07 August 2010
Featuring Purvis Young - the Miami Art Museum is currently exhibiting his paintings in their Focus Gallery. Mostly taken from their permanent collection, the paintings will be on exhibit until November 7, 2010.
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Detour Art: Outsider, Folk Art, and Visionary Environments Coast to Coast
28 July 2010
Detour Art highlights art and images by visionaries, untrained artists, and folk creators found along the back roads of America. The exhibit is an informative introduction to contemporary American folk art, and echoes the collector's passion and intrigue in creative expression off the beaten path.-CityofLakeCharles.com
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Around Back at Rocky’s Place-5th Annual Folk Art Family Reunion
22 July 2010
The Folk Art Family Reunion is a festival held with over 200 of the gallery's represented artists, many of which were in attendance. We spoke with Around Back at Rocky's Place gallery owners, Tracey Burnett and Robin Blan, about how the festivities played out...
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No Ordinary Folk: Southern Self-Taught Artists from the Permanent Collection at Telfair Museum
20 July 2010
For the first time in eight years, the Telfair presents an exhibition from its growing collection of work by self-taught artists, largely from the southeastern United States.
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From M&M’s & Solitary Confinement – ART EMERGES!!
18 July 2010
Donny Johnson, in solitary confinement, housed in an 8 by 10 cell has created art out of a stimulatory abyss from the pigments of M&Ms. With little hope of ever being a free man, he paints for himself.
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Folk Fest 2010-The 17th Annual World’s Greatest Folk Art Show and Sale
17 July 2010
Self-taught Art - Outsider Art - Southern Folk Pottery - Anonymous Works - New Discoveries The Largest and Most Important Self-taught Art Show in the World! August 20, 21, 22, 2010 - Atlanta, Georgia
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“Trash is the failure of imagination.”-Aaron Kramer
17 July 2010
"There's a distinct difference between trash and garbage. Trash is ooh, and garbage is eww. Trash is something that has a potential reuse."-Aaron Kramer
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