Artisan initiative kicks off Sep 9, 2008
Artwork such as: folk art and crafts, pottery, ceramics, sculpture, glasswork, jewelry, paper craft, candles, metal and ironwork, tin ware, clothing, furniture, basketry, leatherwork, toys and games, books and CDs, photography, woodwork, ceramics, graphic and printmaking, home and outdoor accessories, and musical instruments represent a sampling of IADP-eligible creative forms. Participants include any artisan or value-added producer that: produces a product or creates art that can be purchased... (Brownstown Jackson County Banner, IN)
Marianne Taylor, 78; taught dance, kindled folk art scene Sep 8, 2008
Marianne Taylor cofounded the Folk Arts Center of New England in Cambridge ... A virtuoso of that basic instrument, Ms. Taylor cofounded the Folk Arts Center of New England in Cambridge and spent decades inspiring class after class of students to learn everything from a simple contra dance to an Austrian Laendler ... To many, Marianne and Conny Taylor were the center of folk dancing in the region, and the couple founded the nonprofit Folk Arts Center of New England in 1975, initially running it... (Boston Globe)
What's On Sept. 5-11 Sep 6, 2008
The Cobourg and District Seniors Activity Centre in the Cobourg Market Building offers crafts at 9:30 a.m. (905-373-4171), rug hooking at 9:30 a.m. (905-372-8852), folk art at 9:30 a.m. (905-372-1328), shuffleboard at 1 p.m. (905-372-7654), fitness level 3 at 4 p.m. (905-377-1257), and woodcarving at 7 p.m. (905-372-5529). The Cobourg Ontario Early Years Centre of the Cobourg Family YMCA (905-377-1271), 339 Elgin St. W., and the Port Hope Centre (905-885-8856), 74 Queen St., have programs at... (Northumberland News)
Film by former Clevelanders shows transformative power of art Sep 5, 2008
Dickenson has long had an interest in Folk Art ... In 1984, when Dickenson directed the documentary Cleveland Black Folk Art Exhibit and Festival, Wagner was one of the featured artists. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Photo Release -- Wall Street Journal Unveils Highly Anticipated WSJ., a Glossy Lifestyle Magazine Targeting Journal Readers Sep 3, 2008
Now they're looking closer to home where surprising values can be found among the works of American Folk Art masters such as Edward Hicks, who will be represented by two iconic 'Peaceable Kingdom' paintings going under the hammer at rival auction houses this fall. Economies of Scale: Why buy a luxury box when you can buy an entire sport. (Primezone Releases)
Critics' picks - visual arts Aug 31, 2008
Organized by the state's chief folklorist, Maggie Holtzberg, working in tandem with the museum and the Massachusetts Cultural Council /lh, it features a range of folk art, from duck decoys to tin men and a dazzling Caribbean Carnival costume. Through Feb. 8. (Boston Globe)
An Odd Group Aug 31, 2008
The use of bold color and text, and appropriations from pop culture, folk art and graffiti traditions certainly figure in. Terms such as DIY (do it yourself) and street art get tossed around liberally. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Around Oconee: Bee expert speaks out Aug 27, 2008
The Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation will hold fall art classes for all ages and levels including drawing, oil painting, watercolor, acrylic painting, folk art, sculpture, clay arts, papermaking, book making and bag pipes. For more information, call OCAF at (706) 769-4565 or visit. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A first for India: A museum of contemporary art Aug 27, 2008
Poddar, whose day job is running an upscale hotel company, admits to being inspired by his mother, who began collecting modern and folk art several decades ago. Except that the work his mother sought out, including pieces by the post-Indian-independence generation of artists known as the Progressives, did not resonate with the son. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Morehouse to get $1M worth of folk art in donation Aug 26, 2008
A Miami art collector is giving Morehouse College $1 million worth of works from folk artist Purvis Young. Morehouse officials are expected Thursday to announce the gift, the single largest art donation ever to the all-male historically black college. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Review of Olympic Peninsula Loop To... Aug 19, 2008
The 7 guides have been produced in conjunction with the Folk Art Program of the Washington State Arts Commission. For an overview of this audio tour, read. (Suite101.com)
Driving Tour of the Olympic Peninsu... Aug 17, 2008
The 7 guides have been produced in conjunction with the Folk Art Program of the Washington State Arts Commission. The copyright of the article Driving Tour of the Olympic Peninsula Loop in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Hang on to summer at these affordable lake towns Aug 16, 2008
Figurative arts are also well represented in Shelburne, whose namesake has a notable collection of American folk art and paintings by Impressionists. The independent devotes a special section to homegrown talent like novelist Chris Bohjalian. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Folk Art Festival-goers travel around world through dance Aug 14, 2008
Beginning in 2002, McMahon has helped organize the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center's Folk Arts in Central New York Festival, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, which kicked off Wednesday night with a celebration of folk dancing ... The Folk Art festival will continue at the Schweinfurth during Schwein-Fest from 2 to 4 p.m., Oct. 5, with performers from the Sudan, the Ivory Coast of Africa and the Onondaga and Oneida Nations. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Pulsating Decorativeness: Recent Paintings of Asit Mondal Aug 14, 2008
Primitive, tribal and folk art of our country and also those around the world provide ample examples of this. This 'decorative style' that Ray considered 'most attractive and original' which Mondal adopted as one of his formal attributes was probably accepted deliberately by him as a way to connect himself with the living traditions of our country. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Mexican Fiesta Summerfest Grounds M... Aug 11, 2008
Exhibition of Alebrijes, a brightly colored Mexican Folk Art sculpture presented by Jacobo Dominguez. Music. (Suite101.com)
Folk art on display at three-day fest Aug 11, 2008
Suwanee folk artist Joycelyn Hairston will exhibit her work at the three-day Folk Fest 2008, beginning Friday ... The three-day event, which runs through Sunday at the North Atlanta Trade Center in Norcross, is the brainchild of Steve and Amy Slotin, who founded the fest shortly after discovering a plethora of folk art while on their honeymoon in 1994 ... Steve Slotin said he first wanted to exhibit folk art at an outsider fair in New York but organizers rejected the idea. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Reflecting Quebec's heart and soul Aug 11, 2008
Blanchette is the curatorial mind behind Heart and Soul, a temporary exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Civilization featuring 400 pieces of Quebec folk art celebrating the 400th birthday of la belle province ... Nettie Covey Sharpe, a dedicated collector of folk art at a time when it received little attention from experts, bequeathed some 3,000 pieces to the museum when she died at age 94 in 2002 ... The overarching question a visitor faces when exiting the exhibition, Blanchette said, is how... (Globe and Mail)
Art.view: Passion project Aug 3, 2008
Its three large floors house British folk art, Neapolitan pictures and related objects (1600-1800), northern European (especially German) paintings and sculpture (1450-1650), British portraits and early Chinese art. Sir Peter wanted to showcase stuff that would be easily accessible to people who are were not art educated, without dumbing down. (The Economist)
Pulleys, sprockets and whimsy automate artist's sculptures Aug 3, 2008
Gerberich, whose work has been feted on CBS "Sunday Morning" and NBC's "The Today Show," along with glowing reviews in such critical publications as Art in America, continues to create window installations in New York City, particularly at the American Museum of Folk Art. WCA Curator Kent Shankle has been helping with the highly detailed gallery installation. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Mexican Museum may finally have found a home Aug 2, 2008
In the past few years, several new cultural institutions - including the Museum of Craft and Folk Art, the Contemporary Jewish Museum and the Museum of the African Diaspora - have opened nearby ... It also owns Mexican folk art, including an important collection donated by the Rockefeller family, Jose Clemente Orozco paintings and Diego Rivera drawings. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Neon lights fading from the landscape Jul 31, 2008
Waller, whose collection was displayed in the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, said he views neon signs as folk art. Waller said he is saddened by the impending demise of Skip's. (Boston Globe)
* Red House Theater marks 100 years Jul 30, 2008
It was turned into a stage for Chinese opera, plays and folk art performances after 1945 and into a movie house in the 1960s. The theater fell into disrepair in the 1970s after a large number of Western-style movie theaters sprang up in the Ximending area. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Group advises men to seek help for erectile dysfunction Jul 30, 2008
As such, the council has made a DVD using Taiwanese folk art puppets that perform skits discussing these embarrassing, but important problems, which will be played in the urology departments of major hospitals around the country, Hwang said. We chose folk art puppets because most men with physical erectile difficulties are between the ages of 40 and 65, and puppet shows are a part of their childhood. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Folk art of old Beijing on show Jul 26, 2008
Two folk artists perform wrestling in Tianqiao area of old Beijing at Dongcheng Culture Museum in Beijing, capital of China, July 25, 2008. A performance featuring folk art of old Beijing was on show here on Friday ... folk artists perform Shuanghuang, a two-man act with one acting in pantomime and another hiding behind him doing all the speaking and singing, at Dongcheng Culture Museum in Beijing, capital of China, July 25, 2008. (Xinhuanet, China)
Raucous rooster round-up Jul 24, 2008
After a two-week stint in "solitary confinement," the large, red rooster that terrorized visitors, businesses and homeowners near the Spotted Owl Folk Art Gallery on North Bend Way, is now strutting his stuff around a new custom coop. Gallery owner Bob Antone said that the bird, the sole survivor of four Polish chicks gifted to Antone's son from Opstad Elementary School teacher Karen Eddy, has made quite an impression on gallery visitors during his first year. (King County Journal Newspapers, WA)
African-American Folk Art Painting Jul 22, 2008
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Alabama man turns 112, still spends days drawing Jul 21, 2008
"People may say, 'Well, he's a folk artist. I don't like folk art.' But if you ever meet him, there is such life in what he creates, and you can't look at one of his paintings without seeing that smile, without seeing that gentle man.". Type Size. (AZCentral -- News)
Cutouts: Create art for the home Jul 20, 2008
The Dimensions series are solution-dyed felted acrylics in patterns that resemble folk art or lace doilies, while others have a more graphic flair. I always liked the idea of playing with negative spaces and creating the right rhythm between the positive and the negative, Liora notes. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Vendors come from near and far for event, despite high gas prices Jul 19, 2008
Kay Smart of Kalispell is a first-timer, too, selling her folk art dolls Raggedy Ann and Andy, Humpty Dumpty and others. They re a little more whimsical than traditional dolls, she said, adding that so far she s impressed with the event. (Montana Standard, MT)
Louisiana's other Creole city Jul 19, 2008
It features creole cuisine, entertainment and folk art. 2250 Highway 484, Natchitoches. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Ten recommended Beijing shopping streets Jul 19, 2008
Founded in 1992, it is China's largest market for folk art and covers 48,500 square meters. Stalls selling paintings and penmanship, jewellery and jade, folk art, old books, coins and other paraphernalia are open year round. (Xinhuanet, China)
La Cienega offers Mexican cuisine Jul 18, 2008
It contains folk art and other decorations picked by the Bodians themselves during their travels to Mexico, such as four hanging papier-mache parrots from Guadalajara. The restaurant is currently open for dinner from 5:30-9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, and from 5:30-10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. (Pine Plains Register Herald, NY)
Shandong folk art greets Olympics Jul 16, 2008
BEIJING, July 16 -- Olympic fever has spread to Gaomi city, the renowned birthplace of Shandong folk handicrafts. Local artists from this area of eastern China are sending best wishes to the Beijing Olympic Games through their latest works. (Xinhuanet, China)
NYC & Company Spotlights New York City's Museum and Cultural Institutions as Hidden Shopping Gems Jul 16, 2008
Innovative items can be found at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (), which sells stylish accessories that range from cufflinks to neckerchiefs in character with the new exhibit, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, while the American Folk Art Museum () carries educational and fun license-plate placemats and compass necklaces. The Museum of Modern Art () is producing exhibit-themed goods, including books on Olafur Eliasson, the artist behind The New York City Waterfalls, four man-made waterfall... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lucky Cloud Houses to display ethnic culture, folk art of China Jul 14, 2008
A cultural exhibition themed "China Story" is to open from Aug. 9 to 24 and Sept. 7 to 17 to exhibit outstanding representations of ethnic culture and folk art of China in the Lucky Cloud Houses. Images, objects and multimedia works of art, as well as handicrafts performances from all over China will be displayed in the exhibition. (Xinhuanet, China)
112-year-old Alabama man's drawings gain attention in art circles Jul 14, 2008
But soon, a national audience will get a chance to view the folk art of one of the country's oldest residents, a man who has lived in state mental institutions for 60 years. In October, the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore will display 18 of Calloway's scroll pieces along with one of his notebooks full of numbers, said Rebecca Hoffberger, founder and director of the museum. (AL.com)
A Trip Down Peoria Road Jul 13, 2008
Donna also hosts fabulous seasonal sales of folk art and home dcor. One of my favorite places to stop for the past 12 years is Gindhart s Nursery. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Story: Art with a point Jul 8, 2008
"Even if she just likes the dresses, it still makes it about women and she ends up with a powerful female voice," said Decker, who believes "contemporary folk art comes the closest to describing Aube's work, since it merges art and craft, but not in the sense that it's made by someone without formal training.". At the art fair in Tokyo, some people described Aube's work as outsider art, Sekine noted. (Anchorage Daily News)
Work from Illinois artists displayed as part of Tarble painting and drawing exhibition Jul 5, 2008
Folk art from the Tarble collection is represented through paintings by Jerome McGahan, Charleston, and Mary Sophia Eveland, Pekin. McGahan was the uncle and painting companion of noted folk artist Jennie Cell, and their styles are very similar. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
The art of preservation Jul 5, 2008
The center, on the third floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, has workrooms surrounded by glass where visitors can watch conservators in action, cleaning a painting or restoring folk art. by Dominic Bracco/Washington Post. (The Daily Reflector)
Ellwood House features 36th art fair, sale Sunday Jul 3, 2008
Included are paintings, watercolors, prints, sculpture and photography, as well as a great variety of handcrafted jewelry, ceramics, basketry, fiber arts, metalwork, folk art and other fine crafts. This is a juried show with each exhibitor vetted for quality. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
The age of resin Jul 3, 2008
Once considered folk art, amber jewellery is growing in popularity as a fashion accessory. The smaller fragments are cheap and easy to work into pendants and rings, even cufflinks. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
City Council Retreat, part 2 Jul 3, 2008
the revenue derived from any hotel occupancy tax imposed and levied by this article may be used to only promote tourism in the convention and hotel industry, and that use is limited to the following: (part 4) The encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the arts, including instrumental and vocal music, dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design, and allied fields, painting sculpture, photography, graphic and draft arts, motion pictures, radio, television,... (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
All-American, all day Jul 2, 2008
Then make like Paul Revere and head to the National Heritage Museum in Lexington for the enthralling exhibit "Keepers of Tradition: Art and Folk Heritage in Massachusetts." This is not your mom's folk art show: check out the stone fence, the sheet-metal "tin men," and the boat making, as well as the scrimshaw, quilts, and redware pottery. Free. (Boston Globe)
National Museum of Mexican Art Jun 30, 2008
This exhibit has an extensive collection of indigenous artifacts, traditional folk art, photographs and contemporary pieces. Pre - Cuauhtemoc Mexico. (Suite101.com)
Threads of a cultureSecaucus resident featured in NJN folk art program Jun 28, 2008
Secaucus resident featured in NJN folk art program ... Thakkar is one of four folk artists featured in NJN's television special, "Culture in Context: A Tapestry of Expression," which will air in June and July ... "One of the reasons I love folk arts and working with folks life so much is because I love stories. I love the stories of people's lives. And folk art objects are also stories," said Rita Moonsammy, the curator of the state exhibit. (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
Museums of Eastern European Heritag... Jun 28, 2008
The museum's focus includes Ukrainian folk art, Cossack history, Ukrainian cartographic history, 20th century Ukrainian history, and Ukrainian paintings and sculpture. Ukrainian folk dress and fine art make up the museum's permanent collections. (Suite101.com)
Kutztown Festival is all about fun Jun 27, 2008
Visitors each year come from far and wide - some first-timers but many return visitors - as the festival has earned the reputation as a destination for families and fans of folk art and crafts from the world over ... "There is so much to do at the 2008 Festival. There is literally something for everyone, including our famous folklore programs, the huge quilt show, folk art and crafts, music, dancing and entertainment running continuously on six stages, an expanded program of children's... (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Kutztown's cooking Jun 27, 2008
Included in the nine-day festival are folk art and crafts by 200 juried Pennsylvania German and early American craftsmen, a huge exhibition and sale of nearly 2,500 hand-made Pennsylvania Dutch quilts, folklore programs that highlight the traditions of the Pennsylvania Germans, historical reenactments, antiques and collectibles, music, dancing and entertainment running continuously on six stages, an expanded program of children's activities and the best Pennsylvania Dutch food anywhere. Tickets... (The Trentonian, NJ)
Shape note singing comes to Muir Jun 13, 2008
In addition to making his way back to his hometown to teach shape note singing, Cook was awarded a grant as a master folk artist by the Alabama State Council on the Arts to teach the singing technique around the state of Alabama ... As an official folk artist, Cook joins the company of others who take part in folk art around the state of Alabama. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Peruvian cuisine entices diners (1) Jun 9, 2008
The year after it opened, Gourmet magazine wrote: rare Peruvian gem filled with folk art and weavings, this is unique on the West Coast. Last year, The Oregonian, the state's largest newspaper, named it restaurant of the year. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Local art collectors: Ann Hooper Jun 4, 2008
Alabama folk artist's self-portrait makes Atlantan happy ... Ann Hooper has a prized spot for 'Self Portrait' by folk artist Mose Tolliver ... She has about 30 pieces by well-known folk artists, including Georgia's own Howard Finster. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Ethnic Polish Fest Milwaukee WI Jun 3, 2008
Summerfest Grounds on Lake Front Hosts Largest Polish Festival in US. The largest Polish festival in the United States is on Milwaukee's Summerfest Grounds June 20 - 22, 2008. (Suite101.com)
Wood carver enlivens town with his quirky works Jun 2, 2008
He welcomes tourists into his home and yard, a virtual folk art museum crammed with the colorful, eye-catching pieces, and his work livens up this entire lost-in-time town on the Florida Panhandle. Mr. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Review: Discovering Great Artists May 26, 2008
Artists from the Renaissance to the present time are included, covering artistic styles such as cubism, abstract, cartoon, naturalism, impressionism and folk art. Activities are as diverse as the artists themselves, with Invention Art (Da Vinci), Action Spatter (Pollock), Starry night (Van Gogh), Colour Collage (Matisse) and Comic Dots (Lichtenstein). (Suite101.com)
Artist finds inspiration, supplies on old home May 23, 2008
Folk artist Aaron Hequembourg demonstrates his working style in his studio in Monticello ... "The next generation of folk art" ... Once he moved to the farm, Hequembourg's art began to shift away from the abstract engravings that defined his work in Atlanta to figurative pieces with a Southern folk art sensibility. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
TAKE UP A HOBBY: OCFAC to hold summer art classes May 22, 2008
1 -- African-America Folk Art Painting with Helen Stewart. 1:30-2:30 p.m. for first through fourth graders; 3-4 p.m. for fifth through eighth graders. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
100 years of ‘pleasure and education’ May 18, 2008
By the late 40s, the museum was in possession of a significant collection of American folk art and African and Oceanic art that was donated by Isabel R. Scott, daughter of local art collectors Mr. and Mrs. John Law Robertson ... 1934 Mr. and Mrs. John Law Robertson lend significant pieces of American folk art and African and Oceanic art to the Everhart. (Scranton Times, PA)
Charleston artist interprets fairytale characters in series of dolls May 17, 2008
Captured in a box frame, Diana Olsons Frog Prince is part of her Pop Psychology Through Folk Art show at the Coos Bay Public Library ... This month, she is the featured artist at the Coos Bay Public Library, where her art dolls, peering from within the lobby s tall glass cases or hanging from the interior walls, introduce the show s theme, Pop Psychology Through Folk Art: A sequential look-read-think exhibit. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Local art collectors: Deborah Wolf May 17, 2008
She also collects folk art by U.S. artists ... I love all the work that went into it,' folk art collector Deborah Wolf says of 'Parcheesi House,' by self-taught Mississippi artist Elayne Goodman ... Collecting focus: Wolf regularly buys pieces at art fairs in Brazil as well as at Folk Fest, the big annual folk art sale in Norcross. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Dart: Multitude of memories May 15, 2008
Some call it folk art. Bird preffers to think of it as a way to pass the time. (Demopolis Times, AL)
Top Sights in Innsbruck, Austria May 13, 2008
The large tomb with a life-size statue of Maximilian himself on top of the tomb and 28 larger-than-life statues surrounding it is in the Hofkirche (Imperial Court Church) enter through the Tiroler Volksmuseum (Tyrolean Folk Art Museum). The lavish grave is empty though. (Suite101.com)
The face of a nation - but is it ours? May 5, 2008
Perry would prefer that his skull be seen as a piece of folk art and he has covered it with representations of Britain, such as the union flag, Anne Boleyn, the routemaster bus, Beefeaters, a postbox, a ban the bomb symbol, a bowler hat, the Queen, and so on. Perry hopes people will identify more with these than bling diamonds. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Framers rebuild from embers of fire May 3, 2008
I get more into primitive, country, folk arts, Kowalski said ... I like dealing with the New York people; I don t mind if Beth deals with the folk art people. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
