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
Join us for a tour of Signature Styles: Friendship, Album, and Fundraising Quilts, led by Emelie Gevalt, curator of folk art, at the Self-Taught Genius Gallery in Long Island City.
February 5, 2019
Free
Teaching artist David Barnett will discuss the vanishing art of hand-painted signs in New York City, followed by a hand-painting workshop using both freehand and transfer techniques found in the typographical works featured in American Perspectives.
March 19, 2020
$25 members, students, artists, seniors; $30 general public
Join the Folk Art Explorers on a trip to Atlanta, Georgia, the hub of Southern Folk Art, on April 22–26.
April 22, 2020
A message from the director, Jason T. Busch
December 18, 2019
The Board of Trustees announces the election of four new members: KAWS (the artist Brian Donnelly), Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, Jane A. Shallat, and Joanne Siegmund.
December 10, 2019
Support the museum’s mission to uphold the legacy of traditional folk art and self-taught art.
AFAM gave its annual Visionary Award to Tom di Maria, the director of external affairs at Creative Growth Art Center.
November 15, 2019
By appointment only.
Support the museum’s mission to uphold the legacy of traditional folk art and self-taught art.
See work of Domenico Zindato, inspired by Mexico’s architecture and folk art in “Memory Palaces: Inside the Collect… https://t.co/khzOLitzr6
Sunday January 19 12:02 pm
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services #MA-10-0181-13.