Folk art as communal culture and art proper

Art Education;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......on the study of contemporary American folk art. WHAT IS FOLK ART? Doug Blandy...when museums began to exhibit American folk art as a category of "art proper...spiritual life. THE ASCENT OF AMERICAN FOLK ART Current appreciation of contemporary...

Big-spending collectors warm to folk art fever

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 4, 1990 ;     700+ words ......folk art. At Sotheby's Jan. 27 American Folk Art Auction, from the collections...William C. Ketchum Jr., author of American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century says...director of New York's Museum of American Folk Art and the author of several books...

Encyclopedia of American Folk Art

The Journal of American Culture;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Encyclopedia of American Folk Art Gerard C. Wertkin, Editor. New...Routledge, 2004. The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art includes one very manageable volume...the longtime director of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, engaged ninety-t...

Folk Art Acquired; Smithsonian's NMAA Pays $1.4 Million for Diverse...

The Washington Post;  January 19, 1987 ;     700+ words ......s principal collections of American folk art at a price of $1.4 million...now, the principal trove of American folk art here was in the Garbisch collection...who has about 2,500 pieces of American folk art crammed into a two-rooms-plus-kitch...

Smithsonian Adds 220 Folk Art Objects

The Washington Post;  June 17, 1997 ;     577 words ......one of the country's finest American folk art holdings, has just grown richer...three books on 20th-century American folk art, have accumulated more than...Cutting Edge: Contemporary American Folk Art," organized by the Museum of...

At PCA&D, recognizing folk art

Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  September 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ......tradition. So is it folk art? A new course of study...the question, "What is American Folk Art?" "Is it what people...if Amish quilts are folk art, would someone going...community be producing folk art? "Purists would say...groups known for their folk ...

Folk art beauty in the eye of the collector

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 14, 2001 ;     663 words ......years ago, one dealer proudly displayed some folk art paintings with price tags of $5,000 and up...others are anonymous. One of the best-known folk art carvers of the 19th century is Wilhelm Schimmel...with imagination. In the 1980s, a new type of folk art began to be seriously ...

The spirit of America lives in folk art.

U.S. News & World Report;  July 16, 1984 ;     245 words ...AN EXHIBITION of American folk art from handcrafted weather vanes...extended tour. The show, called American Folk Art: Expressions of a New Spirit...Bishop, director of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York, which organized the...

Recapturing America's heritage: retailer's guide to folk art.

Gifts & Decorative Accessories;  March 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ......original antiques reached new heights. Then new folk art sales surged. Retail folk art sales increased 18 percent from 1987 to 1988...lucrative option for gift retailers. The term folk art reaches back to the early American craftsman...his own, unique interpretation. Followers ...

American Folk Art Museum reveals impressive collection

University Wire;  January 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......building on West 53rd Street, the American Folk Art Museum has assumed a new identity...this year as the Museum of American Folk Art, it has rearranged its name...Esmerian's gift of traditional American folk art. The Esmerian gift is the most...

In Celebration of Ralph Esmerian Collection at American Folk Art Museum,...

Armenian Reporter, The;  February 16, 2002 ;     583 words ......a cocktail reception at the American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan on Sunday...sizable private collection to the American Folk Art Museum. Considered one of the...collections of nineteenth- century American folk art, the Esmerian gift is currently...

Shock of the true.(American Folk Art Museum)(Brief Article)

U.S. News & World Report;  December 17, 2001 ;     476 words ......and democracy. Indeed, folk art is, above all, a populist...Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum, includes such...gemstone dealer and major folk art collector, believes these...it's no mistake that the folk art museum, which is funded...

The Lure of American Folk Art

Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...NOT THAT LONG AGO, folk art admirers and serious collectors were...But in recent years, attitudes toward folk art have taken a turn, including the introduction...Shelburne, Vermont, defines an aspect of folk art's current appeal. "While the art itself...

In New York, Folk Art Finds a Home

The Washington Post;  May 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......The new home of the American Folk Art Museum. WHERE: West...observers, the words "folk art" conjure up cutesy...fact, a collection of American folk art can be as sophisticated...K.C. Summers The American Folk Art Museum (45 W. 53rd...

Art: Moonshine Jugs And $8 Million; A New Museum Setting for the...

The Washington Post;  July 26, 1992 ;     700+ words ......compunctions about displaying American folk art with modern and Oriental art...the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center has grown to 3,000 objects...allow visitors, who may not know folk art from folk rock, to understand...