The capstone of official festivities commemorating Emperor Franz Josef's sixtieth jubilee, the 1908 Kaiserhuldigungsfestzug was a costumed historical spectacle informed by ‘living museum’ ethnographic ...

What comes to mind when you think of folk art? Maybe "country," or "old" or "unusual." Folk art can be from the past or the present. It's not taught in universities. As with most artists, the work ...

"Jimmie Lee Sudduth has the same joy in each stroke that he had years ago," says Woodie Long of his friend and fellow painter. "That's the sign of a true folk artist." Brian Noyes "Kentuck shows us ...

The definition of folk art has evolved over the years. At first, in the late 19th century, it meant distinguishable crafts produced by a particular country or culture – Mexican, Pennsylvania Dutch.

The passion for outsider, naïve, primitive, folk, and self-taught art—none of the traditional adjectives really captures its character—is one of the oldest romances in modern culture. For a ...

DAVENPORT, Ia. – A length of burlap-colored linen is stretched taut across a square wooden frame on a pedestal. In one hand, Beth Anne Smiley holds a thin strip of colorful wool under the linen, and ...

Displaying a collection of Mexican folk art built over the decades since HemisFair requires a special house. Margaret and Fred Schellenberg knew immediately when they found the right one. Throughout ...

Penryn woodcarver and history buff Doug Shaw stands by the motto “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s why visitors to this weekend’s Christmas Folk Art Show at the Manheim train station will ...

When the Manheim Railroad Station was built in 1881, it undoubtedly was buzzing with activity this time of year, as folks traveled to visit with family and friends over the holidays. While those days ...

TODAY’S visitor to Indonesia will find artists at work in two rather distinct traditions. Let us call one the folk-art tradition, though much of such work is now more sophisticated than primitive, and ...