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
The 2020 Anne Hill Blanchard Uncommon Artists Lecture will explore new research on self-taught art in conjunction with the exhibition Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler. Presentations include Diana Greenwald on James Castle, Raphael Koenig on Yuichiro Ukai, and Jonathan Frederick Walz on Eddie Owens Martin (St. EOM).
January 19, 2020
$10 members, students, artists, and seniors; $12 general public
Bill Wurtzel & Guests perform live jazz for the holidays. The concert is free.
December 15, 2019
Free
Join us for an offsite family program at the St. Albans branch of the Queens Library. Through guided discussion and hands-on artmaking, we will explore the works of John Dunkley, Nick Quijano Torres, celebrated Haitian Vodou drapo artist Myrlande Constant, Amos Ferguson, and Jamaican painter Everald Brown.
December 14, 2019
Free; registration required
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
AFAM gave its annual Visionary Award to Tom di Maria, the director of external affairs at Creative Growth Art Center.
November 15, 2019
Support the museum’s mission to uphold the legacy of traditional folk art and self-taught art.
The American Folk Art Museum mourns the passing of Roger Cardinal (1940–2019).
November 5, 2019
By appointment only.
Support the museum’s mission to uphold the legacy of traditional folk art and self-taught art.
Bill Wurtzel & Guests perform live jazz for the holidays. The concert is free. more info: https://t.co/ytk8vA4IBn https://t.co/SW1f2AF7tD
Sunday December 8 12:02 pm
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services #MA-10-0181-13.