Folk Art

This Is What A Virus Looks Like

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Models of Virus, Medical Imaging, Visual Virus, Video, Adventures in the Human Virosphere: The Use of Three-Dimensional Models to Understand Human Viral Infections, Art Meets Science, Stanford University, Stanford, Cantor Arts Center, Slidepollajax, Folk Art, Arts News

Here at HuffPost Arts we are big fans of looking at scientific data through an aesthetic lens; for this reason, we tend to appreciate scientific model...

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From The Cotton Fields To The Art Gallery

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert, Winfred Rembert, Black Voices, Adelson Gallery, African American Artists, African American Art, Winfred Rembert Documentary, Civil Rights, Folk Art, Yale, Arts News

When most artists were in art school, Winfred Rembert was working on a chain gang. He was serving time in a Georgia prison after being arrested at a c...

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And This Is How You Weave Paint

Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Toronto, Monet, Paint, Canadian Art, Gladstone Gallery, Folk Art, Woven Paint, Rob Davidovitz, Arts News

Robert Davidovitz creates mesmerizing paintings without ever touching a brush. Instead the multidisciplinary Canadian artist combines painting, sculpt...

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Ga. County Buys Late Folk Artist's Paradise Garden

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Preacher, Appalachian Regional Commission, World's Folk Art Church, Atlanta, Paradise Garden, Atlanta-Georgia, Folk Art, Howard Finster, Chattooga County, Arts News

ATLANTA -- A northwest Georgia county has bought the garden where the late folk artist Howard Finster held court for tourists and art lovers from arou...

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Bob 'Hoff' Hoffman's Handcrafted Harmonica Cases At Artisphere (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Virginia, Video, Art, Art Opening, Harmonica, Dc Around Town, Artisphere, Gallery, Folk Art, Rosslyn, DC News

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Harmonica-playing Bob "Hoff" Hoffman, who lives most of the year in the D.C. area, has a collection of more than 350 handmade harmon...

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'Day Of The Dead' Expanding In U.S.

AP | By RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Day of the Dead, Halloween, New Mexico, Hispanic Heritage, Mexico, All Saints Day, Day of the Dead Halloween, Dia De Los Muertos, Folk Art, Latino Voices News

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- Growing up in South Texas, Kiko Torres saw the Day of the Dead as an obscure holiday celebrated in southern Mexico. Few peo...

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SAVED: American Folk Art Museum Gets Bailed Out

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Met, American Folk Art Museum, Folk Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Economic Recession, Ford Foundation, Economic Crisis, Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Moma, New York Art Museum, New York, Folk Art, New York Art, Arts News

The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) has been in dire financial straits in recent months, but the establishment announced this week that it will contin...

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Bob Dylan's Painting Exhibition

Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: China Art, Bob Dylan Art, Art New York, Bob Dylan, Dylanology, Dylan Artist, Gagosian, New York, Gagosian Gallery, Dylan Fan, Asia Series, Paintings, Bob Dylan Paint, Vietnam, Japan, Asia, China, Folk Art, North Korea, Arts News

Dylan fanatics can begin the countdown to his first ever New York Gallery exhibition, entitled "The Asia Series," starting September 20th at Gagosian ...

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Bob Dylan's Painting Exhibition

AP | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: China Art, Bob Dylan Art, Art New York, Bob Dylan, Music, Dylanology, Dylan Artist, Gagosian, New York, Gagosian Gallery, Dylan Fan, Asia Series, Paintings, Bob Dylan Paint, Vietnam, Japan, Asia, Folk Art, China, North Korea, Arts News

NEW YORK -- A New York City gallery will be exhibiting 18 drawings and paintings by Bob Dylan created while the musician was touring Asia. The Gagosi...

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MoMA Buys Museum Of Folk Art

AP | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Manhattan, New York, Museum of Folk Art, Museums, Lincoln Center, Folk Art Musuem, Moma, Real Estate, Folk Art, Maria Ann Conelli, Arts News

NEW YORK -- New York City's Museum of Modern Art has agreed to buy the building of the financially strapped Museum of Folk Art. The building is next ...

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Modern vs. Traditional: Redefining Residential Interior Design

Jacob Slevin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Architecture, Design, Ad Home Design Show, Interior Design, Slidepollajax, Oprah Winfrey, Ad 100 List, Candice Bergen, Ellie Cullman, Architectural Digest, Folk Art, Arts News

With New York City's annual Architectural Digest Home Design Show recently coming to a close, I wanted to step a bit outside my core competency of arc...

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PLAN ForYourArt: March 24-30

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Craft and Folk Art Museum, Folk Art, Arts, Lacma, Paul Morrissey, The Avenues, Los Angeles, Highland Park, Andy Warhol, Barbet Schroeder, Scoli Acosta, West Hollywood, Liza Lou, John M. White, L&M Gallery, Armory Center for the Arts, Weho, Art & Design Walk, Los Angeles News

LACMA presents a screening of More, written and directed by Barbet Schroeder.

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Wikileak's Julian Assange Inspires Street Artists

brooklynstreetart.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comic Books, Coloring Book, Brooklyn Street Art, Art, Amorfart Stencils, Adobe of Chaos, Street Art, Julian Assange, Artists, Thierry Ehrmann, Billy the Kid, Wikileaks, Folk Art, Regan Tamanui, Arts News

Pre-dating the modern "Street Art" movement, the street has traditionally been an outlet for the voice of the people and social movements have almost ...

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BLOG WATCH> Gert & Uwe Tobias' German Exhibit On ArtObserved

AO Art Observed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Modern Art, Graphic Design, Art Exhibits, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Textiles, Berlin Art Galleries, Artobserved, Art Galleries, Folk Art, Art Exhibitions, Blog-Watch, Berlin, Arts News

Currently on view at Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin is "Neue Arbeiten," an exhibition of recent work by fraternal collaborative Gert & Uwe Tobias (b. 1...

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American Quilts as Art as Well as Documents of Politics and History

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Politcis, Quilting, America's Past, Sewing, Folk Art, Good Causes, Elizabeth Warren, Arts News

When we think of quilts, we tend to think of women making them from scraps of material to keep their families warm in drafty houses. The introduction of quilts to this country was actually quite different from this impression.

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BLOG WATCH> Behind The Scenes At Etsy's Headquarters In NYC

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Etsy, Art, Crafts, Swissmiss, Dave Brown, Randy Hunt, Headquarters, Interior Design, New York, Behind the Scenes, Folk Art, Corporate Culture, Arts News

I had the pleasure to meet two Etsy folks, Randy J Hunt and Dave Brown, for lunch today. Even though Etsy's headquarter is only two blocks away from s...

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2010 Workers' Voice Awards: Worker Worthy Pop Culture Standouts

Wyatt Closs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ceos, Immigration, Service Economy, Donna Summer, Matt Damon, The Chemical Brothers, Movies, Mtv, Bailout, Unions, Workplace, Up in the Air, Austin, The Yes Men, JJ Abrams, John Steinbeck, Sundance Film Festival, Protest, Jobs, Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, Economic Crisis, Folk Art, Film, Labor Unions, Elvis Presley, Tyler Perry, Seth MacFarlane, Adventureland, Awards Season, Entertainment, Work, Jason Reitman, Diego Rivera, Working Women, March on Washington, Books, Janitor, Elaine Elinson, Norman Lear, Economy, Reality Television, Chile, Getty Center, Reality TV, Motorcycles, Bbc, Workers, Martin Starr, Music, Undercover Boss, Arts, Musicians, Television, Nurses, Labor Day, Michael Moore, Edie Falco, Elizabeth Dee, Entertainment News, MTV Video Music Awards, Humble-Pie, Arts News, James Brown, Tom Morello, Politics, Matthew Crawford, Judd Apatow, George Clooney, Hip-Hop, Emmy Awards, Big Banks, Wall Street, Howard Zinn, Boycott, Art, Nurse Jackie, Entertainment News

Wanna honor Labor Day but not work at it? Check out any of these pop culture expressions from the last year. Just in time for your nod to Labor Day, ...

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Worker Worthy Standouts: Part 5 - Art & Books

Wyatt Closs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Getty Center, John Steinbeck, Workers, Austin, Books, Economy, Immigration, Motorcycles, Labor Unions, Matthew Crawford, Art, Workplace, Work, Diego Rivera, Holden Caulfield, Elaine Elinson, Unions, Elizabeth Dee, Folk Art, Labor Day, Arts News

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, its even harder to spot when the beautiful object is something that illuminates the voices of workers today. ...

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Shopaholic Anti-Poverty Solutions

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Santa Fe Market, Folk Art, Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, Arts News

Every four years a case of global amnesia occurs at the Olympics. We fail to remember that the original Olympics showcased artistic expression as wel...

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Haiti's Canvas

Heather Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, SOS Children's Villages, Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Folk Art, Heather Paul, Haiti, Orphans, Impact News

Before the earthquake, the SOS Children's Village in Santo, Haiti cared for 200 children who were without parental care. That number has since swelled to over 500.

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