American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square Columbus Ave. between 65th and 66th Sts New York City
166th street-lincoln center
American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square Columbus Ave. between 65th and 66th Sts New York City
166th street-lincoln center
Most self-taught artists can be perceived as performance artists. Their work is infused with daily rituals, public actions, gestures, and enactments, defining a lifelong artistic practice for which the curtain never comes down. Beyond paintings and sculpture, the exhibition includes ceremonial clothes, kinetic apparatuses, ephemeral installations, writings, fragments of ever-changing constructions, music, recordings, and other statements that have been captured by photographers and filmmakers.
March 26–July 5, 2015
What do a giant set of teeth, a man-eating tiger, and a waving train conductor whirligig have in common? They’re all sculptures on display in A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America! Families will examine the works on view to inspire their own moving sculptures. Families and Folk Art is held the first Saturday of every month. This program introduces children ages 4 to 12 and their accompanying adults to folk art through interactive discussion-based tours in the galleries followed by hands-on artmaking activities inspired by objects in the museum.
Saturday, March 7
Join the museum for a daylong exploration of traditional folk art in Philadelphia, including a visit to a remarkable private collection in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, and a visit to the the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a private tour of Drawn with Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur from the Joan and Victor Johnson Collection, led by collector and American Folk Art Museum trustee emerita Joan Johnson.
Thursday, March 19
Chris Q. Murphy presented by Jalopy Theatre
Friday, March 6
Free
Teachers and administrators are invited to join the museum’s education staff for private tours, free classroom resources, and refreshments.
Wednesday, April 1
Free
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An exciting new publication will usher in the new year, and partnerships with the Outsider Art Fair and Metro Curates this month include celebratory events.
On view at the Figge Art Museum through March 15, 2015
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Tuesday March 3 12:04 pm
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services #MA-10-0181-13.