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 ...

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.

"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 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 ...

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 ...