The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

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 ...

In fact, it's one of the largest collections of American folk art. A Congressional Curriculum - 1:30 pm Hennage Auditorium What should a congressman study to become the best statesman possible?

Early American Art, 19th and 20th–Century Art; Contemporary Art; Photography; Modern Folk and Self-Taught Art; African American Art; Latino Art; New Deal Art; and the Luce Foundation Center for ...

Folk art reflects ... used in this folk art. The more than 3,500-piece collection represents work found in 30 countries over four centuries, including doll, French, black-American and Amish ...

Her contributions to the genre were immense. As a trustee of the American Folk Art Museum for 20 years and through her generous lending of works to global exhibitions, Heckler saw to it that ...