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 ...

From simple geometric shapes to the intricately wrought details of daily life, the quilt designs in a show now running at the American Folk Art Museum ... including tropical flowers and pugs ...

Across the Atlantic, tulips were fast becoming a mainstay of American folk art. The flowers were introduced to the continent relatively shortly after their import to Holland, with bulbs being ...

One quilt estimated to be from the early 1800s bursts with details, including tropical flowers and pugs with ... Knows About Me" runs at the American Folk Art Museum until Oct. 29.

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 ...

Staff at the American Folk Art Museum (Afam) voted unanimously on Thursday (6 June) in favour of forming a union. The election was held just a month after cultural workers at the museum formally ...

Quilts come in many colors and patterns and are made from a variety of materials. They keep people warm on a cold night, but they can be much more than that. "I love being able to hear directly ...

PORTLAND — “American Perspectives” is the anodyne title of a traveling exhibition from New York’s American Folk Art Museum, now on a stop at the Portland Museum of Art. It’s hard to ...

The artist's work is currently on view in "Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered" at the American Folk Art Museum. Hirshfield Morris, Tiger (1940). Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York ...

One quilt estimated to be from the early 1800s bursts with details, including tropical flowers and pugs with ... Knows About Me” runs at the American Folk Art Museum until Oct. 29.

The "Sacret Bibel Quilt Top," which was made between 1875 and 1895, features the name Susan Arrowood inscribed at the bottom, but nobody knows who she might have been, despite ext ...