{"0":{"ID":35966,"post_type":"programs","title":"Virtual Insights: Self-Made 5\/12\/26","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2026-03-24 00:02:48","name":"virtual-insights-self-made-5-12-26","parent":0,"modified":"2026-05-19 00:25:48","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":46,"name":"Virtual Tour","slug":"virtual-tour","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":35967,"id":35967,"title":"banner design(1)","filename":"banner-design1.jpg","filesize":135449,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner-design1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/virtual-insights-self-made-5-12-26\/banner-design1\/","alt":"","author":"30","description":"","caption":"","name":"banner-design1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":35966,"date":"2026-03-23 23:59:33","modified":"2026-03-23 23:59:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/site\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner-design1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner-design1-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner-design1-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner-design1.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner-design1-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner-design1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner-design1.jpg","headline":"Virtual Insights: Self-Made","di_date":"2026-05-12","excerpt":"

Join us for a curatorial walkthrough of the exhibition, Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Lead support for\u00a0Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists\u00a0<\/i>and associated public programs is provided by Elizabeth Hurtt and Douglas Branson.<\/p>\n

Watch a recording of this program online<\/span> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","start_time":"1:00 pm","end_time":"2:15 pm","admission":"Virtual; free with registration","main_content":"

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Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists<\/em><\/a>\u00a0takes a critical look at the historical definition of the \u201cself-taught artist\u201d in the United States from the early twentieth century to today. This exhibition examines how artists without academic training have depicted themselves, on their own terms, through the lenses of self-portraiture, alter egos, and autobiography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Val\u00e9rie Rousseau<\/strong>, Curatorial Chair and Senior Curator of 20th-Century & Contemporary Art, and\u00a0Suzie Oppenheimer<\/strong>, Ponsold-Motherwell Curatorial Fellow and Research Associate, will lead a walkthrough of the exhibition in dialogue with one another. Together, the co-curators will highlight drawings, paintings, sculptures, films, and notebooks on view in the gallery and explore how artists conceptualized and represented themselves over the last century.<\/p>\n

This program offers a unique opportunity to witness the diversity and depths of the Museum\u2019s collection while looking into the entwinement of creative agency and conceptions of the self.<\/p>\n

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About the speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Val\u00e9rie Rousseau<\/strong>, Ph.D., is Curatorial Chair and Senior Curator of 20th-Century & Contemporary Art at the American Folk Art Museum, New York. She overviewed critically acclaimed exhibitions, notably\u00a0When the Curtain Never Comes Down\u00a0<\/em>(AAMC Award, 2015),\u00a0Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet<\/em>\u00a0(2015),\u00a0Photo|Brut\u00a0<\/em>(2021),\u00a0Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered<\/em>\u00a0(2022), as well as projects on the concomitance of psychiatric and artistic avant-gardes (Francesc Tosquelles<\/em>, 2024), neurodiversity (IMLS, 2024\u20132026), the intersections of folk art and art brut (Cahiers du Mnam<\/em>\u00a0166, 2023\u20132024), and artists William Edmondson, Auguste Forestier, Eugen Gabritschevsky, Bill Traylor (FILAF Award, 2018), and Madalena Santos Reinbolt (ARTnews Award nomination, 2025).<\/p>\n

Suzie Oppenheimer<\/strong>\u00a0is the Ponsold-Motherwell Curatorial Fellow and Research Associate at the American Folk Art Museum, New York. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at the City University of New York, Graduate Center, where she researches art of the hemispheric Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She has held curatorial positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, and has taught as an adjunct lecturer across the CUNY colleges. Her curatorial projects have included\u00a0Eleanor Antin: Time\u2019s Arrow\u00a0<\/em>(2020) and\u00a0Pope.L: The Escape<\/em>\u00a0(2018). She has presented her research at the Institute of Fine Arts\u2013Frick Symposium, the Yale University American Art Graduate Symposium, the College Art Association conference, and the International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association conference.<\/p>\n

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Images\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Left: Bill Traylor (1853, near Pleasant Hill and Benton, Alabama\u20131949, Montgomery), Untitled, 1939\u20131942, Montgomery, Alabama, Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, 10 3\/4 x 15 in., American Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift from the Estate of Lanford Wilson, 2022.24.1, image courtesy Ricco\/Maresca<\/p>\n

Middle:. John Kane (1860, Scotland\u20131934, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), John Kane and His Wife, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, c. 1928, Oil on canvas, 23 x 23 1\/2 in. Collection of Frank S. Tosto Photo courtesy Kallir Research Institute, New York<\/p>\n

Right: Lee Godie (1908, Chicago, Illinois\u20131994, Plato Center, Illinois), Untitled (\u2018Lee in a large hate.\u2019), Chicago, Illinois, 1970s, Ballpoint pen on photograph, 5 x 3 3\/4 in. American Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift of Charles B. and Janice M. Rosenak, 2024.14.1<\/p>\n

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Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Space is limited; advance registration is required. Please consider making a donation when you register to support ongoing virtual programming.<\/p>\n

Instructions for joining with a Zoom link and password will be provided by email upon registration confirmation under \u201cAdditional Information.\u201d<\/p>\n

For questions or to request accessibility accommodations, please email publicprograms@folkartmuseum.org.Closed captioning will be provided in English.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"WATCH HERE","reserve_link":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4dKlUrMj7cM","day":"12","month":"May","year":"2026","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/virtual-insights-self-made-5-12-26\/"},"2":{"ID":35972,"post_type":"programs","title":"Virtual Insights: Folk Nation 4\/27\/26","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2026-03-24 00:10:19","name":"virtual-insights-folk-nation-4-27-26","parent":0,"modified":"2026-05-19 00:22:28","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":46,"name":"Virtual Tour","slug":"virtual-tour","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":35973,"id":35973,"title":"image","filename":"image.jpeg","filesize":60950,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/virtual-insights-folk-nation-4-27-26\/image\/","alt":"","author":"30","description":"","caption":"","name":"image","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":35972,"date":"2026-03-24 00:07:28","modified":"2026-03-24 00:07:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/site\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":940,"height":529,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-300x169.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-768x432.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.jpeg","large-width":940,"large-height":529,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.jpeg","1536x1536-width":940,"1536x1536-height":529,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.jpeg","2048x2048-width":940,"2048x2048-height":529}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.jpeg","headline":"Virtual Insights: Folk Nation","di_date":"2026-04-27","excerpt":"

Join us for a curatorial walkthrough of the exhibition, Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Watch a recording of this program online<\/span> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","start_time":"1:00 pm","end_time":"2:15 pm","admission":"Virtual; free with registration","main_content":"

Drawn from the American Folk Art Museum\u2019s collection,\u00a0Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States<\/em><\/a>\u00a0examines how Americans have defined themselves through the creation, collection, and transmission of vernacular objects.<\/p>\n

In this virtual walkthrough, Emelie Gevalt, AFAM\u2019s Deborah Davenport and Stewart Stender Deputy Director & Chief Curatorial and Program Officer, guides us through the galleries to discuss the variety and artistry of works on view, including oil paintings, drawings, needlework, and sculpture.<\/p>\n

Focusing on objects and the stories they hold, this tour illuminates how folk art has both reflected and shaped diverse narratives of American identity from the 18th century to the present.<\/p>\n

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About the speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emelie Gevalt<\/strong>\u00a0is Deborah Davenport and Stewart Stender Deputy Director and Chief Curatorial & Program Officer at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Her exhibitions at AFAM include the critically acclaimed\u00a0What that Quilt Knows About Me<\/em>\u00a0(2023) and\u00a0Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North<\/em>\u00a0(2023). Gevalt received her B.A. in art history and theater studies from Yale University, her M.A. from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, and her doctorate in art history from the University of Delaware. Her two decades of art-world experience include positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Christie\u2019s, New York, where she was a Vice President in the Estates, Appraisals & Valuations department.<\/p>\n

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Images<\/strong><\/p>\n

Left: William Edmondson (1874\u20131951),\u00a0Angel,\u00a0<\/em>Nashville, Tennessee, 1937, Limestone 18 3\/8 x 13 x 6 1\/2 in. Gift of Audrey B. Heckler, 2025.14.19<\/p>\n

Right:\u00a0Situation of America, 1848,\u00a0<\/em>1848, Oil on wood panel, 34 x 58 1\/2 x 1 3\/8 in.
\nGift of Ralph Esmerian<\/p>\n

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Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Space is limited; advance registration is required. Please consider making a donation when you register to support ongoing virtual programming.<\/p>\n

Instructions for joining with a Zoom link and password will be provided by email upon registration confirmation under \u201cAdditional Information.\u201d<\/p>\n

Closed captioning will be provided in English.<\/p>\n

For questions or to request accessibility accommodations, please email publicprograms@folkartmuseum.org.<\/p>\n

1:00-2:15 p.m. ET<\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"WATCH HERE","reserve_link":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vNYlUn0oXgM","day":"27","month":"Apr","year":"2026","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/virtual-insights-folk-nation-4-27-26\/"},"7":{"ID":35099,"post_type":"programs","title":"Virtual Insights: An Ecology of Quilts","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2025-06-13 21:14:02","name":"virtual-insights-an-ecology-of-quilts","parent":0,"modified":"2025-10-01 21:00:08","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":46,"name":"Virtual Tour","slug":"virtual-tour","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":35100,"id":35100,"title":"unnamed","filename":"unnamed-1.png","filesize":1873492,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-1.png","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/virtual-insights-an-ecology-of-quilts\/unnamed-5\/","alt":"","author":"30","description":"","caption":"","name":"unnamed-5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":35099,"date":"2025-06-13 21:12:14","modified":"2025-06-13 21:12:14","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/site\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-1-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-1-300x169.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-1-768x432.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-1.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-1-1536x864.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-1.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed.png","headline":"Virtual Insights: An Ecology of Quilts","di_date":"2025-09-30","excerpt":"

Join curators Emelie Gevalt and Austin Losada for a behind-the-scenes look at <\/span>An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles <\/span><\/i>to learn more about the themes, the artworks, and the artists included in the exhibition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch a recording of this program online<\/span> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","start_time":"1:00 pm","end_time":"2:15 pm","admission":"Virtual; free with registration","main_content":"

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles<\/span><\/i><\/a> traces the relationship between the environment and traditional quilting practices through a selection of quilts from the Museum\u2019s rich collection, dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show\u2019s co-curators\u2014AFAM\u2019s Deputy Director and Chief Curatorial & Program Officer, Emelie Gevalt and the Museum\u2019s Art Bridges Fellow, Austin Losada\u2014will lead a walkthrough of the galleries in dialogue with one another. Together, the speakers will highlight selected quilts and accompanying materials on view\u2014including watercolors, historical illustrations, swatch books, raw fibers, dye stuff samples, and instructional video\u2014while exploring the botanical knowledge and industrial techniques involved in producing textile materials, colors, and patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a focus on the environmental impact of quiltmaking, this walkthrough is a unique opportunity to learn about the many facets of global material culture that emerged in the early modern period and profoundly shaped the United States in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. <\/span><\/p>\n

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About the speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emelie Gevalt<\/b> is Deputy Director and Chief Curatorial & Program Officer at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Her exhibitions at AFAM include the critically acclaimed <\/span>What that Quilt Knows About Me<\/span><\/i> (2023) and <\/span>Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North<\/span><\/i> (2023). Gevalt received her B.A. in art history and theater studies from Yale University, her M.A. from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, and her doctorate in art history from the University of Delaware. Her two decades of art-world experience include positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Christie\u2019s, New York, where she was a Vice President in the Estates, Appraisals & Valuations department.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Austin Losada<\/b> is Art Bridges Fellow working within the Curatorial and Collections & Exhibitions teams at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. He is a scholar and curator of American art and material culture with a specialty in the history of photography from its invention to the present day. Losada earned his M.A. in Material Culture Studies from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware and a B.A. in Art History and German from Rutgers University. He previously served as the Andrew W. Mellon Post-Graduate Intern at the Zimmerli Art Museum where he curated several exhibitions, including <\/span>\u201cBeauty Among the Ordinary Things\u201d: The Photographs of William Armbruster<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Space is limited; advance registration is required. Please consider making a donation when you register to support ongoing virtual programming.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructions for joining with a Zoom link and password will be provided by email upon registration confirmation under \u201cAdditional Information.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Closed captioning will be provided in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For questions or to request accessibility accommodations, please email <\/span>publicprograms@folkartmuseum.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Images<\/strong><\/p>\n

Left: Tree of Life Cutout Chintz Quilt, probably Wiscasset, Maine, c. 1925\u20131935, cotton, 96 x 90 in. Gift of Cyril Irwin Nelson in honor of Elizabeth V. Warren and Sharon L.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Middle: Nicolas Regnault (1746\u20131810), \u201cL\u2019Anil, ou, l\u2019Indigo [indigo],\u201d from <\/span>La botanique mise \u00e0 la porte\u00e9 de tout le monde; ou, Collection des plantes d\u2019usage dans la m\u00e9decine, dans les alimens et dans les arts<\/span><\/i> [Botany made accessible . . .], 1774. Hand-colored engraving. New York Public Library.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Right: 14. Wholecloth Quilt, England or United States, c. 1785\u20131790, cotton and linen, 96 x 93 in. Gift of Cyril Irwin Nelson in honor of Laura Fisher<\/span><\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"WATCH HERE","reserve_link":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ESln_GNUprs","day":"30","month":"Sep","year":"2025","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/virtual-insights-an-ecology-of-quilts\/"}}