Artists Activate Traditions” at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) made me reconsider what folk art really is. I’m used to curators making the case for why traditional artisans or “folk” ...
November 5, 2025 Made from natural sources and transformed through a range of artisanal and industrial processes, quilts carry deep geographical and cultural histories. Artist and scholar Lauren ...
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A beloved collective museum adds their 8th museum in its collection of museums in Columbus on Friday. This unique museum is a collective of now 8 museums that collect artifacts ...
HOW MUCH: $7-$12 at internationalfolkart.org, 505-476-1204; free for 16 and under and museum members For the first time in the Museum of International Folk Art’s 70-year history, all of its staff ...
“It’s probably one of the most important acquisitions of an archive in our history, aside from our Henry Darger collection,” Valérie Rousseau, the museum’s senior curator, told Artnet News. “My ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The American Folk Art Museum, unlike many other arts institutions, managed to avoid layoffs and other cutbacks in the two years after the pandemic through a mix of fundraisers and ...
On Wednesday the High Museum in Atlanta announced that it had hired Katherine Jentleson to be its next curator of folk and self-taught art. “Searching for any curator is very hard work because any ...
The long-lost masterpiece Martha and Mary, which had been shown at MoMA in 1937, was spotted by an eagle-eyed collector. William Edmondson, Martha and Mary (ca. 1931–1937) as it was spotted by John ...
The seven Amana Colonies are one of the oldest communal societies in Iowa, founded by German settlers in 1842. Just 30 minutes east of Iowa City, the community draws thousands of tourists and visitors ...
The American Folk Art Museum announced on Tuesday a $5 million donation from Rogers couple Becky and Bob Alexander. Becky and Bob Alexander, who are both Northwest Arkansas natives, completed degrees ...
A vital American Folk Art Museum show reckons with centuries of erasure by uncovering historical records of the unnamed Black people depicted in artwork. By Karen Rosenberg In addition to its ...
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