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
In response to exhibition artist Paa Joe’s slave castles, large-scale wooden sculptures of the forts located along Ghana’s Gold Coast that were used in the transatlantic slave trade, this panel discussion will bring scholars together to engage in a conversation about memorializing sites of trauma and legacies of slavery.
December 12, 2018
$10 members, students, artists, and seniors; $12 general public
The 2019 Anne Hill Blanchard Uncommon Artists Lecture will explore new research on self-taught art of Ghana in conjunction with the museum exhibition Paa Joe: Gates of No Return. Speakers include Kristin Otto on fantasy coffins, Silvia Forni on Asafo flags, and Ernie Wolfe on hand-painted movie posters.
January 20, 2019
$10 members, students, artists, seniors; $12 general public
47-29 32nd Place
Long Island City, Queens
Highlights from the American Folk Art Museum’s permanent collection are always on view in changing exhibitions. Open Monday through Thursday, 11 am to 5 pm. Admission is free.
A message from the director, Jason T. Busch
December 11, 2018
The American Folk Art Museum mourns the loss of Fred Siegmund, who passed away on November 23, 2018.
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The American Folk Art Museum gave its annual Visionary Award to Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in a ceremony last evening.
November 16, 2018
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Monday December 10 10:55 pm
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services #MA-10-0181-13.