Press Inquiries
Please contact the Press Office for information about the Museum or to be added to our distribution list. Images for editorial publicity and other materials may be obtained by e-mail.
Email: publicrelations@folkartmuseum.org.
Phone: (212) – 977 – 7295
See below for a selection of press releases for current and future exhibitions and other recent announcements.
Current Exhibitions
Anything but Simple: Gift Drawings and the Shaker Aesthetic (Through January 26, 2025)
Playing with Design: Gameboards, Art, and Culture (Through January 26, 2025)
Somewhere to Roost (Through January 26, 2025)
Recent News & Announcements
- The American Folk Art Museum Elects New Trustee James Rohrbach
- The American Folk Art Museum Announces a Gift of Gameboards
- Explore Our Free Digital Guide via Bloomberg Connects
- AFAM Launches Both/And, a New Program Series
- Summer Quilting Workshop Series in Partnership with Harlem Needle Arts, The Africa Center, and Contemporary artists
- Chris Giglio Elected to the Museum’s Board of Trustees
- AFAM Receives Major Gift from Becky and Bob Alexander
- Healing Arts Initiative’s Archives Acquired by AFAM
- Extraordinary Portrait by Ammi Phillip Given to AFAM by Lucy and Mike Danziger