The American Folk Art Museum looked more plucked than plucky at the close of 2011. The museum owns the most extensive collection of American folk art anywhere, along with a large selection of folk art ...

Folk art has demanded much more respect lately, not least of all because of the American Folk Art Museum’s dedication to the genre for more than 60 years. A visit to the institution will make ...

The first is “Anything But Simple: Gift Drawings and the Shaker Aesthetic,” a show of elaborate and intricate “gift drawings” at the American Folk Art Museum near Lincoln Square ...

His bold work, which often incorporates wood carving and found objects, is now held in collections at places like the American Folk Art Museum and El Museo del Barrio, both in New York ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Located 2.5 miles south of the Santa Fe Plaza on Museum Hill, the Museum of International Folk Art neighbors the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Museum of Indian Arts ...

Her craft became her storytelling. Shelley’s works are in numerous collections, including the American Folk Art Museum, High Museum of Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Smithsonian ...

With more than 7,000 objects on hand, the museum ... folk art. The more than 3,500-piece collection represents work found in 30 countries over four centuries, including doll, French, black ...

The African American Museum of Dallas features one of the largest collections of African American folk art in the U.S. The museum displays African art, Black renaissance paintings, decorative arts ...