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Richard and Valerie Tucker will speak about their book Step Right Up: Classic American Arcade and Target Forms<\/em>. Book signing and reception to follow.<\/p>\n","category":{"term_id":40,"name":"Discussions","slug":"discussions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":40,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_content":"

Richard and Valerie Tucker will speak about their book Step Right Up: Classic American Arcade and Target Forms<\/em>. Book signing and reception to follow.<\/p>\n

Step Right Up: Classic American Arcade and Target Forms<\/em> explores self-taught art of late nineteenth and early twentieth century shooting gallery targets, whole galleries, and arcade forms. Commonly seen on early midways and carnivals as well as in saloons and other public places of amusement, the artworks presented are the rarest and most aesthetically pleasing decorative targets and arcade forms known. The progression from the world of shooting gallery and arcade forms, as well as painted American fixtures and accessories, to contemporary art and sculpture has been a natural evolution. Also featured are examples of other amusement attractions to which the visitor to the carnival, circus, or midway would have been exposed. A few European forms are included to illustrate the difference to and American forms.<\/p>\n

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Image: Cover of <\/em>Step Right Up: Classic American Arcade and Target Forms, designed by Schiffer Publishing and featuring the Dickman Great Clown (Bright Eye) photographed by Kimberly Gavin\/Kimberly Gavin Photograph.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"call_to_action":[{"call_to_action":{"ID":5711,"post_author":"16","post_date":"2014-10-20 21:01:45","post_date_gmt":"2014-10-20 21:01:45","post_content":"","post_title":"Discover Great Gift Ideas at the Shop (T)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"find-great-gift-ideas-at-the-shop-t","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-10-20 21:09:55","post_modified_gmt":"2014-10-20 21:09:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/afam.brooklynunited.com\/?post_type=callstoaction&p=5711","menu_order":0,"post_type":"callstoaction","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}],"day":"18","month":"Dec","year":"2014","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/step-right-up-discussion-121814\/"},{"ID":6928,"post_type":"programs","title":"Winter's Eve Family Event 12\/1\/14","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2014-11-13 15:26:33","name":"winters-eve-family-event","parent":0,"modified":"2017-10-04 18:58:44","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":35,"name":"Families","slug":"familyprograms","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":35,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":7579,"id":7579,"title":"1980.13.1_1260","filename":"1980.13.1_1260.jpg","filesize":213494,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1980.13.1_1260.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/winters-eve-family-event\/1980-13-1_1260\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"1980-13-1_1260","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":6928,"date":"2014-11-19 15:58:58","modified":"2014-11-19 15:58:58","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":504,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1980.13.1_1260-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1980.13.1_1260-300x120.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":120,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1980.13.1_1260.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1980.13.1_1260-1024x409.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":409,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1980.13.1_1260.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":504,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1980.13.1_1260.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":504}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1980.13.1_403.jpg","headline":"Winter's Eve Family Event","di_date":"2014-12-01","excerpt":"

A special family event in celebration of Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square<\/p>\n","start_time":"5:00 pm","end_time":"7:00 pm","admission":"Free; drop in","main_content":"

Visit the museum for a special family event in celebration of Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square! Families with children ages 4 to 12 are welcome to participate in two different hands-on art workshops to honor the season.<\/p>\n

Inspired by a selection of images from the museum’s collection, participants will use a variety of winter-themed stencils, materials, and textures, adhering them to family keepsake boxes of their own design. In an additional workshop designed for younger folk art enthusiasts, participants will create their own snowflake designs in the art studio, using crayon resist watercolor techniques. Meet in the museum atrium.<\/p>\n

Image: Fancy-Weave Doublecloth Coverlet: Snowflake Medallion with Hemfield Railroad Border, artist unidentified, possibly West Virginia or Pennsylvania,\u00a01850\u20131857, wool and cotton,\u00a090 1\/4 \u00d7 81″, American Folk Art Museum, gift of Stephen L. Snow, 1980.13.1.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Info:<\/strong>\u00a0familyprograms@folkartmuseum.org<\/a> or 212.265.1040, ext. 381<\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"call_to_action":[{"call_to_action":{"ID":5211,"post_author":"16","post_date":"2014-10-17 22:36:12","post_date_gmt":"2014-10-17 22:36:12","post_content":"","post_title":"Explore the Collection 3 (T)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"explore-the-collection-3","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-10-20 20:35:53","post_modified_gmt":"2014-10-20 20:35:53","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/afam.brooklynunited.com\/?post_type=callstoaction&p=5211","menu_order":0,"post_type":"callstoaction","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}],"day":"01","month":"Dec","year":"2014","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/winters-eve-family-event\/"},{"ID":3568,"post_type":"programs","title":"Leslie Umberger on Ralph Fasanella 11\/20\/14","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2014-09-30 22:20:30","name":"leslie-umberger-fasanella-1120","parent":0,"modified":"2017-10-04 19:00:12","headline":"Leslie Umberger on Ralph Fasanella","category":{"term_id":25,"name":"Symposia & Lectures","slug":"symposiaandlectures","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"di_date":"2014-11-20","main_image":{"ID":6261,"id":6261,"title":"Fasanella_NYC_1260","filename":"Fasanella_NYC_1260.jpg","filesize":136206,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fasanella_NYC_1260.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/leslie-umberger-fasanella-1120\/fasanella_nyc_1260\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"fasanella_nyc_1260","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":3568,"date":"2014-10-29 15:08:24","modified":"2014-10-29 15:08:24","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":504,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fasanella_NYC_1260-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fasanella_NYC_1260-300x120.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":120,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fasanella_NYC_1260.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fasanella_NYC_1260-1024x409.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":409,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fasanella_NYC_1260.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":504,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fasanella_NYC_1260.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":504}},"excerpt":"

Leslie Umberger, Ralph Fasanella expert and curator of folk and self-taught art at Smithsonian American Art Museum, will describe the genesis of the exhibition Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget<\/i>.<\/p>\n","main_content":"

Leslie Umberger, Ralph Fasanella expert and curator of folk and self-taught art at Smithsonian American Art Museum, will describe the genesis of the exhibition Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Space is limited; registration required.<\/p>\n

Information:<\/strong> Contact publicprograms@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Are you a friend or colleague of Ralph Fasanella? Do you have a short anecdote to share about Fasanella and\/or his art? Attend the lecture and meet staff from Labor Arts who will conduct brief, on-the-spot interviews, after the program in the galleries. To schedule an interview, please contact Labor Arts at info@laborarts.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Image: NEW YORK CITY (detail), Ralph Fasanella (1914\u20131997), 1957, oil on canvas, 50 x 110″, collection of Nicholas and Shelley Schorsch. Image courtesy Estate of Ralph Fasanella.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","call_to_action":[{"call_to_action":{"ID":5698,"post_author":"16","post_date":"2014-10-20 20:51:46","post_date_gmt":"2014-10-20 20:51:46","post_content":"","post_title":"Stay Connected\u2014Like the Museum on Facebook (C)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"stay-connected-like-the-museum-on-facebook","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-10-20 20:53:01","post_modified_gmt":"2014-10-20 20:53:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/afam.brooklynunited.com\/?post_type=callstoaction&p=5698","menu_order":0,"post_type":"callstoaction","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}],"more_info":[{"acf_fc_layout":"program_description","header":"Leslie Umberger on Ralph Fasanella","image":false,"text":"

Leslie Umberger, Ralph Fasanella expert and curator of folk and self-taught art at Smithsonian American Art Museum, will describe the genesis of the exhibition Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Space is limited; registration required.<\/p>\n"}],"reserve_text":"Purchase tickets","reserve_link":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/leslie-umberger-on-ralph-fasanella-tickets-14323226155","series?":"Program","list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fasanella_NYC_403.jpg","show_in_past_programs":true,"day":"20","month":"Nov","year":"2014","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/leslie-umberger-fasanella-1120\/"},{"ID":7454,"post_type":"programs","title":"Making the Invisible Visible: Willem van Genk's Mapping of Modern Life 10\/8\/14","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2014-11-15 21:01:51","name":"making-the-invisible-visible-willem-van-genks-mapping-of-modern-life","parent":0,"modified":"2017-10-04 19:11:00","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":25,"name":"Symposia & Lectures","slug":"symposiaandlectures","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":7455,"id":7455,"title":"vangenk_prog","filename":"vangenk_prog.jpg","filesize":145510,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vangenk_prog.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/making-the-invisible-visible-willem-van-genks-mapping-of-modern-life\/vangenk_prog\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"vangenk_prog","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":7454,"date":"2014-11-15 20:58:52","modified":"2014-11-15 20:58:52","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":504,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vangenk_prog-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vangenk_prog-300x120.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":120,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vangenk_prog.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vangenk_prog-1024x409.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":409,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vangenk_prog.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":504,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vangenk_prog.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":504}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/210302106_full.jpg","headline":"Making the Invisible Visible: Willem van Genk's Mapping of Modern Life","di_date":"2014-10-08","excerpt":"

A discussion on Willem van Genk’s oeuvre led by Ans van Berkum, leading scholar on van Genk, Dr. Val\u00e9rie Rousseau, curator, art of the self-taught and art brut, American Folk Art Museum, Patrick Allegaert, curator, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ben Katchor, artist and MacArthur Fellow, and artist Keith Mayerson. Dan Mazur moderated the discussion.<\/p>\n","main_content":"

A\u00a0discussion examining\u00a0Willem van Genk’s oeuvre through multiple prisms, including graphic novels and the larger contemporary art world. Led\u00a0by Ans van Berkum, leading scholar on van Genk, Dr. Val\u00e9rie Rousseau, curator, art of the self-taught and art brut, American Folk Art Museum, Patrick Allegaert, curator, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ben Katchor, artist and MacArthur Fellow, and artist Keith Mayerson. Dan Mazur moderated the discussion.<\/p>\n

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Image: UNTITLED (WORLD AIRPORT), Willem van Genk (1927\u20132005), The Hague, Netherlands, 1965, mixed media on assembled millboards, 44 3\/4 x 46 3\/4″, collection Foundation Willem van Genk, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, 210302106. Photo by Guido Suykens, Ghent.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","gallery":[{"acf_fc_layout":"video","url":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/111747624","host":"Vimeo"}],"show_in_past_programs":true,"day":"08","month":"Oct","year":"2014","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/making-the-invisible-visible-willem-van-genks-mapping-of-modern-life\/"},{"ID":6997,"post_type":"programs","title":"Perspectives on the Work and Thoughts of George Widener 7\/29\/14","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2014-11-13 16:31:16","name":"perspectives-on-the-work-and-thoughts-of-george-widener","parent":0,"modified":"2016-02-12 18:59:45","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":25,"name":"Symposia & Lectures","slug":"symposiaandlectures","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":7006,"id":7006,"title":"110 West 80 St-4R, NY, NY 10024212 874 3879","filename":"2007.18.1_B.jpg","filesize":221953,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2007.18.1_B.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/perspectives-on-the-work-and-thoughts-of-george-widener\/110-west-80-st-4r-ny-ny-10024212-874-3879-38\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"110 West 80 St-4R, NY, NY 10024\n212 874 3879","caption":"","name":"110-west-80-st-4r-ny-ny-10024212-874-3879-38","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":6997,"date":"2014-11-13 16:47:51","modified":"2014-11-13 16:47:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/site\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":899,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2007.18.1_B-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2007.18.1_B-300x224.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":224,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2007.18.1_B.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":575,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2007.18.1_B-1024x767.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":767,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2007.18.1_B.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":899,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2007.18.1_B.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":899}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2007.18.1_B-copy_detail.jpg","headline":"Perspectives on the Work and Thoughts of George Widener","di_date":"2014-07-29","excerpt":"

Sharon Begley, author and senior health & science correspondent at Reuters<\/em>, moderated\u00a0this dialogue among artist George Widener, Dr. Val\u00e9rie Rousseau, curator, art of the self-taught and art brut, American Folk Art Museum, and Dr. Joy Hirsch, professor of psychiatry and of neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine.<\/p>\n","main_content":"

Sharon Begley, author and senior health & science correspondent at Reuters<\/em>, moderated\u00a0this dialogue among artist George Widener, Dr. Val\u00e9rie Rousseau, curator, art of the self-taught and art brut, American Folk Art Museum, and Dr. Joy Hirsch, professor of psychiatry and of neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine. It will explore the scientific and artistic aspects of George Widener\u2019s creations, two of which are on view in Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum<\/em><\/a>, as well as his prodigious memory and mathematical abilities.<\/p>\n

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Image:\u00a0FUNERAL FOR\u00a0<\/em>TITANIC (detail), George Widener (b. 1962), Ohio, 2007, ink on paper napkin, 48 x 68 1\/8″, gift of the artist, 2007.18.1. Photo by Gavin Ashworth.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","gallery":[{"acf_fc_layout":"video","url":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/105132701","host":"Vimeo"}],"show_in_past_programs":true,"day":"29","month":"Jul","year":"2014","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/perspectives-on-the-work-and-thoughts-of-george-widener\/"},{"ID":7011,"post_type":"programs","title":"The Roots of Self-Taught Genius 6\/10\/14","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2014-11-13 16:54:38","name":"lecture","parent":0,"modified":"2016-03-11 18:08:25","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":25,"name":"Symposia & Lectures","slug":"symposiaandlectures","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":7448,"id":7448,"title":"2013.1.2_1260","filename":"2013.1.2_1260.jpg","filesize":146751,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.2_1260.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/lecture\/2013-1-2_1260\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"2013-1-2_1260","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":7011,"date":"2014-11-15 20:43:05","modified":"2014-11-15 20:43:05","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":504,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.2_1260-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.2_1260-300x120.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":120,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.2_1260.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.2_1260-1024x409.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":409,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.2_1260.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":504,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.2_1260.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":504}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.2-copy_detail.jpg","headline":"The Roots of Self-Taught Genius","di_date":"2014-06-10","excerpt":"

What is a self-taught genius? Stacy C. Hollander, deputy director for curatorial affairs, chief curator, and director of exhibitions, discussed the vision behind Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum <\/em>and shared new discoveries about select artworks in the exhibition.<\/p>\n","main_content":"

What is a self-taught genius? Stacy C. Hollander, deputy director for curatorial affairs, chief curator, and director of exhibitions, discussed the vision behind Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum <\/em><\/a>and shared new discoveries about select artworks in the exhibition.<\/p>\n

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Image: JAMES BLAKESLEE REYNOLDS, attributed to Reuben Moulthrop (1763\u20131814), West Haven, Connecticut, c. 1788, oil on canvas, 45 1\/4 x 36″, gift of Ralph Esmerian, 2013.1.2. Photo by John Parnell.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","gallery":[{"acf_fc_layout":"video","url":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/103707854","host":"Vimeo"}],"show_in_past_programs":true,"day":"10","month":"Jun","year":"2014","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/lecture\/"},{"ID":6642,"post_type":"programs","title":"New Discoveries in Pennsylvania German and Germanic Folk Art 5\/28\/14","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2014-11-06 18:55:55","name":"new-discoveries-in-pennsylvania-german-and-germanic-folk-art","parent":0,"modified":"2016-03-11 18:08:58","series?":"Program","main_image":{"ID":7034,"id":7034,"title":"T441 PL 203","filename":"2005.8.34_detail.jpg","filesize":224868,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2005.8.34_detail.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/new-discoveries-in-pennsylvania-german-and-germanic-folk-art\/t441-pl-203-3\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"t441-pl-203-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":6642,"date":"2014-11-13 17:22:15","modified":"2014-11-13 17:22:15","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":756,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2005.8.34_detail-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2005.8.34_detail-300x180.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":180,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2005.8.34_detail.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":461,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2005.8.34_detail-1024x614.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":614,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2005.8.34_detail.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":756,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2005.8.34_detail.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":756}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2005.8.34-copy_list.jpg","headline":"New Discoveries in Pennsylvania German and Germanic Folk Art","di_date":"2014-05-28","excerpt":"

Building on recent new discoveries, Lisa Minardi, who is assistant curator at Winterthur Museum, author, and specialist in Pennsylvania German art and culture, used\u00a0objects featured in\u00a0Self-Taught Genius <\/em>to explore the relationship between fraktur and painted furniture.<\/p>\n","main_content":"

New Discoveries in Pennsylvania German and Germanic Folk Art was presented May 28, 2014. Organized by Suzanne de Vegh, manager of adult public programming.<\/p>\n

The American Folk Art Museum collection is especially rich with examples of Pennsylvania German and Germanic folk art. Building on recent new discoveries, Lisa Minardi, who is assistant curator at Winterthur Museum, author, and specialist in Pennsylvania German art and culture, used\u00a0objects featured in\u00a0Self-Taught Genius<\/a> <\/em>to explore the relationship between fraktur and painted furniture. She also presented new research on fraktur artist David Cordier and discussed how the technical study of fraktur in collaboration with scientists and conservators is enabling new insights to emerge.<\/p>\n

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Image: BIRTH RECORD FOR HANA OBERHOLTZER (detail), David Cordier (active c. 1805\u20131820), Miami River Valley, Southwestern Ohio, 1816, watercolor and ink on paper, 73\/4 x 121\/4″, gift of Ralph Esmerian, 2005.8.34. Photo \u00a9 John Bigelow Taylor, New York.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","gallery":[{"acf_fc_layout":"video","url":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/98535477","host":"Vimeo"},{"acf_fc_layout":"video","url":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/98533611","host":"Vimeo"},{"acf_fc_layout":"video","url":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/98531303","host":"Vimeo"}],"show_in_past_programs":true,"category":{"term_id":25,"name":"Symposia & Lectures","slug":"symposiaandlectures","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"day":"28","month":"May","year":"2014","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/new-discoveries-in-pennsylvania-german-and-germanic-folk-art\/"},{"ID":6658,"post_type":"programs","title":"Self-Taught Genius: A Full-Day Symposuim 5\/12\/14","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2014-11-06 19:05:34","name":"self-taught-genius-full-day-symposuim","parent":0,"modified":"2016-03-11 18:10:24","series?":"Program","main_image":{"ID":7461,"id":7461,"title":"2013.1.3_1260","filename":"2013.1.3_1260.jpg","filesize":148366,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.3_1260.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/self-taught-genius-full-day-symposuim\/2013-1-3_1260\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"2013-1-3_1260","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":6658,"date":"2014-11-15 21:09:12","modified":"2014-11-15 21:09:12","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":504,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.3_1260-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.3_1260-300x120.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":120,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.3_1260.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.3_1260-1024x409.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":409,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.3_1260.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":504,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.3_1260.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":504}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2013.1.3_A_detail.jpg","headline":"Self-Taught Genius: A Full-Day Symposuim","di_date":"2014-05-12","excerpt":"

Thinkers from a variety of disciplines gathered\u00a0to share perspectives on topics related to the themes of the exhibition Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum<\/em>.<\/p>\n","main_content":"

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Thinkers from a variety of disciplines gathered\u00a0to share perspectives on topics related to the themes of the exhibition Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum<\/em><\/a>. The exhibition posits an original premise that considers the changing implications of self-taught in the United States, from a deeply entrenched and widespread culture of self-education in the early national period to its usage today to describe artists working outside the art historical canon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Keynote Lecture<\/strong>
\nADAM GOPNIK<\/p>\n

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Moderator
\n<\/strong>ANDREI CODRESCU<\/span><\/p>\n

Morning Session: American Origins & Originals
\n<\/strong>STACY C. HOLLANDER
\n<\/span>Breaking the Rules of Art: Genius and the Emergence of the Self-Taught Artist<\/span><\/p>\n

DARRIN M. MCMAHON
\nLife, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Genius<\/span><\/p>\n

WILLIAM D. MOORE
\nLimning Belief: Freemasons, Shakers, and Adventists<\/span><\/p>\n

LYNETTE SPILLMAN
\nFreedom, Progress, and Diversity in American Identity Narratives<\/p>\n

Afternoon Session: Alternative Paths<\/strong>
\nVAL\u00c9RIE ROUSSEAU
\nThe Oblique Angle: When the Self-Taught Artist Shapes the World<\/p>\n

CAELAN MYS
\nCoffee Cans, Cardboard, Clay, Concrete, and Chicken Bones\u2014Constructions for the Kingdom: Exploring the Work of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein<\/span>ALISSA QUART
\nRepublic of Outsiders<\/span><\/p>\n

DAN P. MCADAMS
\nThe Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By<\/p>\n

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The Anne Hill Blanchard Uncommon Artists Lecture Series highlights new and important contributions in the field of self-taught art and art brut.<\/p>\n","more_info":[{"acf_fc_layout":"program_description","header":"2017 Uncommon Artists Lecture","image":false,"text":"

Anne Monahan on Horace Pippin<\/p>\n

Laura Steward on Jerry Gretzinger<\/p>\n

Helga Christoffersen on Hilma af Klimt<\/p>\n