{"88":{"ID":23153,"post_type":"programs","title":"Verbal Description Program 12\/10\/19","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2019-10-31 09:16:58","name":"verbal-description-program-12-10-19","parent":0,"modified":"2019-10-31 13:56:44","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":36,"name":"Access","slug":"access","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":36,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":21296,"id":21296,"title":"verbal-des-banner","filename":"verbal-des-banner.jpg","filesize":287353,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/verbal-description-program-5-21-19\/verbal-des-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"verbal-des-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":21293,"date":"2019-03-13 19:35:15","modified":"2019-03-13 19:35:15","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/site\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1260,"height":460,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-list.jpg","headline":"Verbal Description Program","di_date":"2019-12-10","excerpt":"

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted are invited to join us for an interactive verbal description and touch tour in the museum\u2019s galleries. The tour incorporates verbal imaging techniques and the museum\u2019s Touch Collection, which includes objects that are expressly meant for handling.<\/p>\n","start_time":"10:00 am","end_time":"11:30 am","admission":"Free; registration required","main_content":"

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted are invited to join us for an interactive verbal description and touch tour in the museum\u2019s galleries. The tour incorporates verbal imaging techniques and the museum\u2019s Touch Collection, which includes objects that are expressly meant for handling. A trained museum educator will facilitate a 90-minute gallery tour exploring the current exhibitions.<\/h3>\n

Memory<\/strong> Palaces:<\/strong> Inside the Collection of Audrey B.<\/strong> Heckler<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The works revealed in the collection of Audrey B. Heckler are grounded in a variety of human experiences. They have been mainly gathered at a time when their creators\u2014all self-taught\u2014were marginalized by the art mainstream, a context that defined their artistic status temporarily. The perspective for this exhibition, which is centered on an individual approach to each work and its maker, invites us to consider them as memory palaces, which are visualizations used to organize and recall constellations of information in an ever-expanding mental landscape.<\/h3>\n

Heckler\u2019s collection is emblematic of the growth of the field of self-taught art in the United States, which manifests a strong interest for African American artists, a curiosity for European art brut, a consistent attention on American classics, and a search for international discoveries. Known for her keen eye, Heckler has surrounded herself for the last twenty-seven years with excellent examples by the most significant artists in this art niche.<\/h3>\n

Space is limited; registration is required. Contact Rachel Rosen at 212-595-9533, ext. 381 or\u00a0education@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Time: 10:00 am\u201311:30 am<\/h3>\n

Free; registration required<\/h3>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"day":"10","month":"Dec","year":"2019","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/verbal-description-program-12-10-19\/"},"91":{"ID":21293,"post_type":"programs","title":"Verbal Description Program 5\/21\/19","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2019-03-13 19:35:42","name":"verbal-description-program-5-21-19","parent":0,"modified":"2019-05-01 20:16:37","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":36,"name":"Access","slug":"access","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":36,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":21296,"id":21296,"title":"verbal-des-banner","filename":"verbal-des-banner.jpg","filesize":287353,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/verbal-description-program-5-21-19\/verbal-des-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"verbal-des-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":21293,"date":"2019-03-13 19:35:15","modified":"2019-03-13 19:35:15","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/site\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1260,"height":460,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/verbal-des-list.jpg","headline":"Verbal Description Program","di_date":"2019-05-21","excerpt":"

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted are invited to join us for an interactive verbal description and touch tour in the museum\u2019s galleries. The tour incorporates verbal imaging techniques and the museum\u2019s Touch Collection, which includes objects that are expressly meant for handling.<\/p>\n","start_time":"10:00 am","end_time":"11:30 am","admission":"Free; registration required","main_content":"

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted are invited to join us for an interactive verbal description and touch tour in the museum\u2019s galleries. The tour incorporates verbal imaging techniques and the museum\u2019s Touch Collection, which includes objects that are expressly meant for handling. A trained museum educator will facilitate a 90-minute gallery tour exploring the current exhibitions.<\/h3>\n

Made in New York City: The Business of Folk Art<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Folk art has flourished in the heart of New York City since the eighteenth century, contrary to popular belief that it was a rural genre that reflected local tastes, traditions, and needs. In fact, many of the objects that have been associated with the heartland were manufactured and used in New York City by artists and artisans who, in the tradition of self-taught artists around the world, learned their skills by joining family businesses, apprenticing to masters, or by teaching themselves the expertise needed to produce those pieces that we now consider among the core expressions of American folk art. Around one hundred works of art by self-taught artists tell the story about New York City as the center of America\u2019s financial and commercial world from two perspectives simultaneously: \u201cThe Art of Business\u201d portrays the people and places that were part of the city\u2019s thrumming commercial life, and \u201cThe Business of Art\u201d highlights the diverse mediums and formats used by the artists, artisans, and manufacturers. The exhibition draws on the collections of a number of New York City museums, including the American Folk Art Museum, The New-York Historical Society, and historical societies and museums in all five boroughs, as well as private collections.<\/h3>\n

Space is limited; registration is required. Contact Rachel Rosen at 212-595-9533, ext. 381 or\u00a0education@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

Time: 10:00 am\u201311:30 am<\/span><\/h3>\n

Free; registration required<\/span><\/h3>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"day":"21","month":"May","year":"2019","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/verbal-description-program-5-21-19\/"},"93":{"ID":20511,"post_type":"programs","title":"Verbal Description Program 1\/15\/19","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2018-12-04 19:51:13","name":"verbal-description-program-1-15-19","parent":0,"modified":"2019-07-02 20:42:21","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":36,"name":"Access","slug":"access","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":36,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":20514,"id":20514,"title":"verbaldescript-paajoe-banner","filename":"verbaldescript-paajoe-banner.jpg","filesize":258913,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/verbaldescript-paajoe-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/verbal-description-program-1-15-19\/verbaldescript-paajoe-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"verbaldescript-paajoe-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":20511,"date":"2018-12-04 19:50:38","modified":"2018-12-04 19:50:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/site\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1260,"height":460,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/verbaldescript-paajoe-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/verbaldescript-paajoe-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/verbaldescript-paajoe-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/verbaldescript-paajoe-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/verbaldescript-paajoe-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/verbaldescript-paajoe-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/verbaldescript-paajoe-list.jpg","headline":"Verbal Description Program","di_date":"2019-01-15","excerpt":"

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted are invited to join us for an interactive verbal description and touch tour in the museum\u2019s galleries. The tour incorporates verbal imaging techniques and the museum\u2019s Touch Collection, which includes objects that are expressly meant for handling.<\/p>\n","start_time":"10:00 am","end_time":"11:30 am","admission":"Free; reservation required","main_content":"

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted are invited to join us for an interactive verbal description and touch tour in the museum\u2019s galleries. The tour incorporates verbal imaging techniques and the museum\u2019s Touch Collection, which includes objects that are expressly meant for handling. A trained museum educator will facilitate a 90-minute gallery tour exploring the current exhibitions.<\/h3>\n

John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

John Dunkley (1891\u20131947) is widely considered to be one of Jamaica\u2019s most important artists. This first exhibition of his oeuvre outside of his native country creates an international context for its appreciation. Composed of forty-five works, it includes his paintings from the 1930s and 1940s, which are primarily landscapes defined by their distinctive dark palette and psychologically suggestive underpinnings, alongside rare carved wood and stone figurative sculptures. Dunkley was working at a pivotal time in Jamaica\u2019s history, contributing to the formation of an independent nation. His life and work provide insight into the broader economic and social factors, as well as the popular culture, that defined this era in Jamaica and the Caribbean.<\/h3>\n

Paa Joe: Gates of No Return<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Accra-based artist and craftsman Paa Joe (b. 1947), known for his figurative coffins that draw from the traditional Ghanaian custom of abebuu adekai, gained international recognition in seminal presentations like Magicians of the Earth (Pompidou, 1989). This exhibition presents a unique series of large-scale painted wood sculptures commissioned in 2004 and 2005\u2014architectural models of Gold Coast castles and forts that served as way stations for more than six million Africans sold into slavery and sent to the Americas and the Caribbean between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Once forced through these \u201cGates of No Return,\u201d they started an irreversible, perilous journey during which many died. This production alludes to Paa Joe\u2019s coffins, seen as vessels ferrying the dead in the afterlife, speaking to spirits separated from bodies in trauma. Archival documents and recordings accompany the show.<\/h3>\n

Space is limited; registration is required. Contact Rachel Rosen at 212-595-9533, ext. 381 or\u00a0<\/b>education@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Photo by\u00a0Olya Vysotskaya.<\/em><\/h3>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"day":"15","month":"Jan","year":"2019","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/verbal-description-program-1-15-19\/"}}