Major support for this exhibition is provided by Julie Lindberg, with additional support by Deborah Davenport and Stewart Stender, David Davies and Jack Weeden Fund for Exhibitions, Michael Del Castello, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, and the Council for Traditional Folk Art. 1683 Brandenburg, 1717-24 Ahanta, 1724 Neths, 1872 Britain, Cape Coast Castle – Cape Coast. This production alludes to Paa Joe’s coffins, seen as vessels ferrying the dead in the afterlife, speaking to spirits separated from bodies in trauma. Join us for this interactive, intergenerational program exploring two quilts from the exhibition American Perspectives! The only museum of American decorative and folk art outside the United States Showcasing American arts and culture in the UK since 1961 Curator: Sarah Margolis-Pineo, Steffi Ibis Duarte, and Ariel Wilmott. Archival documents and recordings accompany the show. May Cheung photo by Zenith Richards. Join us on Facebook for live performances by Matt Wheeler, Mercy Bell, and Lizzie No.

This special performance will take place via Zoom, with an opportunity to speak in both English and Spanish to the musician after this live, interactive music event. Unwind and find inspiration in self-taught art! This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services #MA-10-0181-13. Such moments are captured by American folk and self-taught artists in powerful visual narratives that offer firsthand testimony to chapters in the unfolding story of America from its inception to the present. Everyone has a story to tell—a life lived, witness to and participant in events both private and shared. Join us for a conversation with historian Nalleli Guillen and Curator of Folk Art Emelie Gevalt on race, representation, and exclusion in 18th- and early 19th-century American art. 1653 Sweden, 1665 Britain, Fort St. Anthony – Axim. Everyone has a story to tell—a life lived, witness to and participant in events both private and shared. For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Join us on Facebook for live performances by May Cheung, Ali Aslam, and Yurby. American Folk Art Museum is using Eventbrite to organize 2 upcoming events. Such moments are captured by American folk and self-taught artists in powerful visual narratives that offer firsthand testimony to chapters in the unfolding story of America from its inception to the present. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services #MA-10-0181-13. Folk Art Reflections Music Series with Julia Patinella . The American Folk Art Museum is the premier institution devoted to the creative expressions of self-taught artists, past and present. The works of art on view in Six Decades of Collecting Self-Taught Art provide a rich snapshot of the museum’s extensive and growing collection of more than 8,500 works of art. Come behind the scenes with contemporary self-taught artist Kevin Blythe Sampson as he discusses the inspiration he draws from African spiritual traditions, African American folklore, the Black Lives Matter movement, and his own family and community’s histories, as well as his creative practice, current projects, and work featured in the museum’s exhibition American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection. Queen Esther photo by Tanya Braganti.

Log in or sign up for Eventbrite to save events you're interested in. Gathering works dating from 1870 to the present by artists from various countries, the exhibition reveals the critical potential of this still relatively unexplored segment of the research on art brut. Check out American Folk Art Museum's events, learn more, or contact this organizer.

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Once forced through these “Gates of No Return,” they started an irreversible, perilous journey during which many died. Drink, draw, and connect virtually with AFAM Education staff and other creatives. The Folk Art Reflections Music Series offers free live music programs designed for adults living with memory loss, their families, and care partners. Join us for a virtual tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection led by exhibition curator Stacy C. Hollander.

Acompáñenos a un recorrido interactivo en español de la exhibición actual, Come behind the scenes with contemporary self-taught artist Kevin Blythe Sampson as he discusses the inspiration he draws from African spiritual traditions, African American folklore, the Black Lives Matter movement, and his own family and community’s histories, as well as his creative practice, current projects, and work featured in the museum’s exhibition, Perspectivas estadounidenses: Historias de la colección del Museo de Arte Folclórico Estadounidense, American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection. This exhibition presents a unique series of large-scale painted wood sculptures commissioned in 2004 and 2005—architectural models of Gold Coast castles and forts that served as way stations for more than six million Africans sold into slavery and sent to the Americas and the Caribbean between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. 1653 Sweden, 1665 Britain. This experience will be offered remotely through verbal description and guided discussion.

Join us on Facebook for live performances by Niall Connolly, Charming Disaster, and Queen Esther. Cape Coast Castle. Acompáñenos a un recorrido interactivo en español de la exhibición actual Perspectivas estadounidenses: Historias de la colección del Museo de Arte Folclórico Estadounidense con Chris Sánchez, educador del museo. Mercy Bell photo by Tyler Varvel. As a center of scholarship and by showcasing the creativity of individuals whose singular talents have been refined through experience rather than formal artistic training, the museum considers the historical, social, and artistic context of American culture. This exhibition showcases more than seventy stellar works of folk and self-taught art from the museum’s collection. Beautiful, diverse, and truthful, the art illuminates the thoughts and experiences of individuals with an immediacy that is palpable and unique to these expressions. The selection conveys the museum’s commitment to study, preserve, and present the complexity, ingenuity, and relevance of artistic creations that have emerged in the United States and internationally. Accra-based artist and craftsman Paa Joe (b. 1947), known for his figurative coffins that draw from the traditional Ghanaian custom of abebuu adekai, gained international recognition in seminal presentations like Magicians of the Earth (Pompidou, 1989). The Folk Art Reflections Music Series offers free live music programs designed for adults living with memory loss, their families, and care partners.This special performance will take place via Zoom, with an opportunity to speak in both English and Spanish to the musician after this live, interactive music event. Its collection includes more than seven thousand artworks dating from the eighteenth century to the present, from compelling portraits and dazzling quilts to powerful works by living self-taught artists in a variety of mediums. Perspectivas Virtuales: Perspectivas Estadounidenses, Virtual Insights: In the Studio with Kevin Blythe Sampson, Virtual Insights: Bisa Butler in Conversation with Dr. Myrah Brown Green, Virtual Insights: A Reading from Foodie Faces, Digital Drink + Draw: Pattern and Repetition, Virtual Insights: A Reading from Fables across Time, Digital Drink + Draw: Fantasy and Alternate Realities, Critical Walk-Through: Cheryl Pope on (Text)iles and Power, Encompassing America: Identity, Immigration, and Museums, Families and Folk Art: Artists' Materials, Families and Folk Art: American Perspectives, 2020 Anne Hill Blanchard Uncommon Artists Lecture, Families and Folk Art: Found Materials & Art Environments, Southern Sounds: Listening Party with Dust-to-Digital, Dialogue + Studio: Unconventional Materials. Free, registration required. Individuals who are blind or have low vision are invited to virtually explore the current exhibition, American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection with a museum educator. Since 1961 the American Folk Art Museum has been shaping the understanding of art by the self-taught through its exhibitions, publications, and educational programs. PHOTO | BRUT: Collection Bruno Decharme & Compagnie presents the first international survey of self-taught photography. 1515 Portugal, 1642 Netherlands, 1872 Britain, [Fort] Gross-Friedrichsburg – Princestown. View American Folk Art Museum's upcoming event schedule and profile - New York, NY.