Artists Activate Traditions” at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) made me reconsider what folk art really is. I’m used to curators making the case for why traditional artisans or “folk” ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A beloved collective museum adds their 8th museum in its collection of museums in Columbus on Friday. This unique museum is a collective of now 8 museums that collect artifacts ...

November 5, 2025 Made from natural sources and transformed through a range of artisanal and industrial processes, quilts carry deep geographical and cultural histories. Artist and scholar Lauren ...

“It’s probably one of the most important acquisitions of an archive in our history, aside from our Henry Darger collection,” Valérie Rousseau, the museum’s senior curator, told Artnet News. “My ...

Nov. 15—Muziwandile Sibongiseni Gigaba, who goes by Muzi Gigaba, doesn't remember telephone wire art being considered as art when he was growing up in Kwa Zulu Natal. Nor was it prominent. Unlike ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The American Folk Art Museum, unlike many other arts institutions, managed to avoid layoffs and other cutbacks in the two years after the pandemic through a mix of fundraisers and ...

On Wednesday the High Museum in Atlanta announced that it had hired Katherine Jentleson to be its next curator of folk and self-taught art. “Searching for any curator is very hard work because any ...

The museum would remain in the depot through February if council members vote to end the lease. It is unclear what would happen next. City leaders said this week there were no imminent plans for the ...

The American Folk Art Museum announced on Tuesday a $5 million donation from Rogers couple Becky and Bob Alexander. Becky and Bob Alexander, who are both Northwest Arkansas natives, completed degrees ...

A vital American Folk Art Museum show reckons with centuries of erasure by uncovering historical records of the unnamed Black people depicted in artwork. By Karen Rosenberg In addition to its ...

A visit to AFAM for "Material Witness: Folk and Self-Taught Artists at Work." A visit to the American Folk Art Museum for "Material Witness: Folk and Self-Taught Artists at Work," which explores how ...

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 ...