Join us for a special stroller-friendly tour of the Self-Taught Genius Gallery in Long Island City, Queens. Led by museum educator and parent Nicole\u00a0Haroutunian, this interactive exploration of the current exhibition,\u00a0Roadside Attraction<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0includes movement, touchable objects, art making, and adult conversation.<\/p>\n This 45-minute tour is designed for those with children up to 12 months. We can accommodate single strollers and front baby carriers only. Free! 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Nelson<\/strong> from University of Virginia, Senior Attorney Sia Sanneh<\/strong> from the Equal Justice Initiative, and Professor Cheryl Sterling<\/strong> from Penn State University will present on their projects that encourage research, reflection, and public education on the histories and legacies of slavery, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Elon Cook<\/strong>,\u00a0program director and museum curator at\u00a0<\/strong>the Center for Reconciliation in Providence, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Elon Cook <\/strong>is a museum activist, public historian, and race womanist. She is program director for the Center for Reconciliation<\/a> and curator for its new museum project on the history and legacy of slavery and enslaved resistance. Cook also serves as humanities consultant for the Robbins House<\/a>, an African American historic site in Concord, MA. Other consulting projects include training historic site staff on interpretation theory and the development of slavery programs that center black humanity. She is currently teaching an undergraduate course at Rhode Island School of Design on the Rhode Island slave trade and public memory. A genealogist, Brown University\u2013educated public historian, and National Association for Interpretation\u2013trained workshop developer and instructor, Cook uses workshops, walking tours, and exhibitions developed using feminist, anti-oppression frameworks to improve the discourse around forgotten or erased elements of American history. She loves engaging the public with challenging historical narratives, opening hearts, and changing minds one conversation at a time.<\/p>\n Louis P. Nelson<\/strong> is Professor of Architectural History and the Vice Provost for Academic Outreach in the Office of the Provost at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. He is a specialist in the built environments of the early modern Atlantic world, with published work on the American South, the Caribbean, and West Africa. His research additionally engages the spaces of enslavement in West Africa and in the Americas, working to document and interpret the buildings and landscapes that shaped the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Nelson is working on a second collaborative project to understand the University of Virginia as a landscape of slavery. That important work, combined with the events of August 2017, have led to Nelson\u2019s co-edited book of essays, titled\u00a0Charlottesville 2017: The Legacy of Race and Inequity <\/em>(University of Virginia Press, 2018), and increased focus on outreach into the local community. His first-hand experience with the recent conflicts in Charlottesville, combined with his enslaved labor research, brings an informed scholarly perspective to global racial issues, historical and present. Nelson is an accomplished scholar, with two book-length monographs published by University of North Carolina and Yale University Presses, three edited collections of essays, two terms as senior co-editor of Buildings & Landscapes<\/em>\u2014the leading English language venue for scholarship on vernacular architecture\u2014and numerous articles.<\/p>\n Sia Sanneh <\/strong>is a senior attorney with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)<\/a> in Montgomery, AL. Since 2008, Sanneh has represented\u00a0condemned prisoners, men and women sentenced to death, juvenile offenders, people wrongly convicted or charged with violent crimes, poor people denied effective representation, and others whose trials are marked by racial bias or prosecutorial misconduct. Sanneh also helps develop and manage racial justice projects, including The Legacy Museum<\/a>, a narrative museum about the legacy of slavery, and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice<\/a>, a memorial dedicated to victims of racial terror lynching.\u00a0Sanneh is a clinical visiting lecturer in law at Yale Law School, where she teaches the\u00a0Capital Punishment Clinic.\u00a0She holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Columbia, and a\u00a0J.D. from Yale Law School.<\/p>\n Cheryl Sterling, <\/strong>Ph.D., is an associate professor of English and director of the African Studies Program at Penn State University. She is a Fulbright Scholar and recipient of numerous grants including the Organization of American States fellowship. Sterling is the former director of Black Studies at The City College of New York (CUNY). \u00a0Her teaching and research interests overlap the areas of identity, representation, and aesthetics in African and African diaspora literature, post-colonial theory, critical race\u00a0theory, gender studies, and social and cultural movements in Brazil.\u00a0She has published numerous critical essays in noted journals and in texts such as\u00a0Migrations and Creative Expressions of Africa and the African Diaspora<\/em>\u00a0(Carolina Academic Press, 2008),<\/em>\u00a0Narrating War and Peace in Africa<\/em>\u00a0(University of Rochester Press, 2010),\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Archipelagos of Sound: Transnational Caribbeanities, Women and Music<\/em>\u00a0(University of the West Indies Press, 2012). <\/em> She is the editor of a special issue of WAGADU: A Journal <\/em>Transnational Women\u2019s and Gender Studies<\/em> on African and Diasporic Women\u2019s Literature<\/em> (winter 2017). Her award-winning book,\u00a0African Roots, Brazilian Rites: Cultural and National Identity<\/em>\u00a0(Palgrave MacMillan, 2012), investigates African roots matrix ideologies in the literary and performance traditions of Afro-Brazilians. Her forthcoming edited volume, Transnational Trills: Music and Art in the African World\u00a0<\/em>(Cambridge Scholars Press, 2019), explores the overlap of politics and creative production. Professor Sterling is currently working on a book that creates aesthetic theory based on Yoruba Orisha paradigms to read African and African diasporic texts and images.<\/p>\n Event photos by Bones Photography.<\/em><\/p>\n Image:<\/strong> Paa Joe (b. 1947);\u00a0Fort Saint Anthony\u2013Axim. 1515 Portugal, 1642 Netherlands, 1872 Britain<\/em>; 2004\u20132005 and 2017; Accra, Ghana; emele wood and enamel; 48 1\/2 x 100 x 84 1\/2 in., courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery. 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Join us on Saturday, December 8,<\/strong> and Sunday, December 9,<\/strong> for Fab Folk Fest, our annual holiday event celebrating the beauty of self-taught art. Eight of our favorite artisans will be at the museum for the weekend with an amazing selection of special gifts. Enjoy cookies, a glass of wine, and Members\u2019 Double Discounts on shop purchases. 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Join us on Saturday, December 8,<\/strong> and Sunday, December 9,<\/strong> for Fab Folk Fest, our annual holiday event celebrating the beauty of self-taught art. Eight of our favorite artisans will be at the museum for the weekend with an amazing selection of special gifts. Enjoy cookies, a glass of wine, and Members\u2019 Double Discounts on shop purchases. We look forward to seeing you!<\/p>\n Museum admission and Fab Folk Fest events are free.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n EXTENDED MUSEUM HOURS (THROUGH CHRISTMAS)<\/span><\/p>\n Monday\u2013Thursday 11:30 AM\u20137 PM <\/p>\n EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW<\/span><\/p>\n American Folk Art Museum (Manhattan):<\/span><\/p>\n October 30, 2018\u2013February 24, 2019<\/p>\n John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night<\/a> and Paa Joe: Gates of No Return<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Self-Taught Genius Gallery (Queens):<\/span><\/p>\n October 15, 2018\u2013February 7, 2019<\/p>\n Roadside Attraction<\/a><\/p>\n \n","show_in_past_programs":true,"day":"08","month":"Dec","year":"2018","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/fab-folk-fest-2018\/"},"5":{"ID":19960,"post_type":"programs","title":"Midday Art Break 12\/5\/18","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2018-10-15 19:39:23","name":"midday-art-break-copy","parent":0,"modified":"2018-10-15 19:40:49","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":33,"name":"Drop-in Gallery Tours","slug":"gallery-tours","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":33,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":19938,"id":19938,"title":"midday-roadside-banner","filename":"midday-roadside-banner.jpg","filesize":104328,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/midday-art-break\/midday-roadside-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"midday-roadside-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":19937,"date":"2018-10-15 19:14:23","modified":"2018-10-15 19:14:23","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\/10\/midday-roadside-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-list.jpg","headline":"Midday Art Break","di_date":"2018-12-05","excerpt":" Join us at the Self-Taught Genius Gallery in Long Island City over your noon break for a free tour of\u00a0Roadside Attraction<\/i>\u00a0with the exhibition’s curator, Sarah Margolis-Pineo.<\/p>\n","start_time":"12:00 pm","end_time":"12:30 pm","admission":"Free","main_content":" Join us at the Self-Taught Genius Gallery in Long Island City over your noon break for a free tour of\u00a0Roadside Attraction<\/i><\/a>\u00a0with the exhibition’s curator, Sarah Margolis-Pineo.<\/p>\n Drawn from the collection of American Folk Art Museum,\u00a0Roadside Attraction<\/i>\u00a0evokes the spirit of a cabinet of curiosity for the automobile age. Tradeshow signs, circus banners, and miniatures are exhibited alongside artworks illustrating the paranormal, fantastic, and carnivalesque. Highlighting works created within artist-built environments, this exhibition examines the relationship between curiosity and entertainment, illuminating the ways they interweave to make space for extraordinary ideas and other worlds.<\/p>\n If this program has sold out, please send an email to be placed on the waitlist to smargolis-pineo@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Address:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 47-29 32nd Place Map (click to enlarge):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Subway:<\/strong><\/span> 7 train to 33rd\u00a0Street, walk 2 blocks<\/p>\n Bus:<\/span><\/strong> Q32, Q39, Q60<\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"RSVP","reserve_link":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/midday-art-break-exhibition-tour-of-roadside-attraction-tickets-51403931543","day":"05","month":"Dec","year":"2018","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/midday-art-break-copy\/"},"6":{"ID":19819,"post_type":"programs","title":"Dialogue + Studio: Block Printing Textile Workshop 12\/4\/18","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2018-10-09 21:07:06","name":"dialogue-studio-block-printing-textile-workshop","parent":0,"modified":"2018-11-26 20:27:27","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":27,"name":"Workshops","slug":"workshop","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":27,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":19845,"id":19845,"title":"block-printing-banner","filename":"block-printing-banner.jpg","filesize":244329,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/block-printing-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/dialogue-studio-block-printing-textile-workshop\/block-printing-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"block-printing-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":19819,"date":"2018-10-09 21:06:11","modified":"2018-10-09 21:06:11","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\/10\/block-printing-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/block-printing-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/block-printing-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/block-printing-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/block-printing-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/block-printing-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/block-printing-list.jpg","headline":"Dialogue + Studio: Block Printing Textile Workshop\u2014SOLD OUT","di_date":"2018-12-04","excerpt":" Teaching artist Joiri Minaya\u00a0will lead a block printing on textile workshop and discuss the history of the pattern design process and intersections with her own art and practice.<\/p>\n","start_time":"6:00 pm","end_time":"8:30 pm","admission":"$20 members, students, artists, and seniors; $25 general public ","main_content":" **This program is now sold out. To join the waitlist, please submit your name and email through the Eventbrite ticket page<\/a>.**<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Inspired by the palette and patterning found in John Dunkley\u2019s landscape paintings on view in John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night<\/em><\/a>, teaching artist Joiri Minaya<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will lead a block printing on textile workshop and discuss the history of the pattern design process and intersections with her own art and practice. The program is limited to 20 individuals. All materials will be provided.<\/p>\n The Dialogue + Studio Workshop series offers participants opportunities to gain insight into and engage with self-taught art, past and present, at a deep level. Focused discussions about select themes, techniques, and materials featured in current exhibitions couple with related expert-led hands-on workshops.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joiri Minaya<\/strong> is a Dominican-American artist born in 1990.\u00a0Living between the United States and the Dominican Republic (and having lived in Belgium for a while) has made Minaya aware of her own difference and subjectivity depending on context. Influenced by this, her work meditates on representation, identity constructions, gender roles, migration, and nature from a personal place, but also through larger transcultural and historical frames. She graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Visuales (ENAV) in Santo Domingo in 2009, the Altos de Chav\u00f3n School of Design in La Romana in 2011, and Parsons the New School for Design in New York in 2013. She attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2013.\u00a0Minaya is the recipient of Emerging Artist Awards from the Rema Hort Mann Foundation (2016) and the Joan Mitchell Foundation (2015), a Great Prize and the Audience Award in the XXV Concurso de Arte Eduardo Le\u00f3n Jimenes at the Centro Le\u00f3n in Santiago, and the Great Prize of the XXVII National Biennial of the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo. She lives and works in Manhattan, maintaining a strong artistic presence in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n Image:<\/strong> John Dunkley (Jamaica, 1891\u20131947), Back to Nature<\/em>, c. 1939, mixed media on plywood, 16 9\/16 x 28 3\/8 in., National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston. Photo by Mariela Pascual.<\/span><\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"Purchase tickets","reserve_link":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/dialogue-studio-block-printing-on-textile-workshop-tickets-51028016170","day":"04","month":"Dec","year":"2018","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/dialogue-studio-block-printing-textile-workshop\/"},"9":{"ID":19931,"post_type":"programs","title":"Small Folk Story Hour 11\/10\/18","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2018-10-15 19:06:51","name":"small-folk-story-hour-2","parent":0,"modified":"2018-11-26 15:25:21","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":19932,"id":19932,"title":"smallfolk2-banner","filename":"smallfolk2-banner.jpg","filesize":154058,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smallfolk2-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/small-folk-story-hour-2\/smallfolk2-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"smallfolk2-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":19931,"date":"2018-10-15 19:06:10","modified":"2018-10-15 19:06:10","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\/10\/smallfolk2-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smallfolk2-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smallfolk2-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smallfolk2-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smallfolk2-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smallfolk2-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smallfolk2-list.jpg","headline":"Small Folk Story Hour ","di_date":"2018-11-10","excerpt":" This program for pre-k and elementary school-aged small folk will feature stories selected from the stacks of the Queens Library.<\/p>\n","start_time":"11:00 am","end_time":"12:00 pm","admission":"Free; registration recommended","main_content":" Co-organized by the\u00a0Queens Library at Court Square<\/a>, this program for pre-k and elementary school-aged small folk will feature stories selected from the stacks of the Queens Library. Read by Alexandra Nye, Children’s Librarian and ukulele player, these stories will explore the curious, fantastic, and carnivalesque. Following, museum\u00a0educator Nicole Haroutunian\u00a0will lead an interactive scavenger hunt that takes a closer look at the artworks on view and the stories they have to tell.<\/p>\n As a special addition to this program, the Queens Library Bookcycle will be on site to issue new library cards and check-out a special selection of books to Story Hour participants!<\/p>\n Free; registration recommended.<\/p>\n Address:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 47-29 32nd Place Map (click to enlarge):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Subway:<\/strong><\/span> 7 train to 33rd\u00a0Street, walk 2 blocks<\/p>\n Bus:<\/span><\/strong> Q32, Q39, 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14:06:03","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\/10\/cy-gavin-cw-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cy-gavin-cw-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cy-gavin-cw-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cy-gavin-cw-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cy-gavin-cw-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cy-gavin-cw-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cy-gavin-cw-list.jpg","headline":"Critical Walk-Through: Cy Gavin","di_date":"2018-11-08","excerpt":" Contemporary artist Cy Gavin\u00a0will discuss his art and practice engaging with landscape, identity, and his family history in Bermuda, while exploring how those themes relate to the works on view by exhibition artists Paa Joe and John Dunkley.<\/p>\n","start_time":"6:30 pm","end_time":"7:30 pm","admission":"$8 members, students, artists, seniors; $10 general public ","main_content":" Contemporary artist Cy Gavin<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will discuss his art and practice engaging with landscape, identity, and his family history in Bermuda, while exploring how those themes relate to the works on view by exhibition artists Paa Joe<\/a> and John Dunkley<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Critical Walk-Through is a guided tour that is meant to offer an alternative perspective to the works on view. It includes conversations with artists, scholars, and curators, providing an intimate opportunity to engage with the central themes and histories found in the artwork. The program is limited to 25 individuals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cy Gavin<\/strong> was born in Pittsburgh, PA. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University School of the Arts. Recent solo exhibitions include Devils’ Isle<\/em> at VNH Gallery, Paris (2018), and At Heaven’s Command <\/em>at Sargent’s Daughters, New York (2016). Group exhibitions include Lure of the Dark<\/em>, currently on view at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; Between the Waters<\/em> at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2018); Dirge<\/em> at JTT Gallery, New York (2017); Frame by Frame<\/em> at Callicoon Fine Arts, New York (2017); Hecate<\/em> at Various Small Fires, Los Angeles (2017); and High Anxiety<\/em> at the Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2016).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Images:<\/strong> Cy Gavin;\u00a0Bather I<\/i>; 2017; acrylic, chalk, ink, and oil on canvas; 92 x 92 in. Image courtesy of the artist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cy Gavin;\u00a0Sally Bassett Laughing at Crow Lane<\/i>; 2016; acrylic, oil, chalk, and Bermudiana seeds on denim; 120 x 57 in. Image courtesy of The Rubell Family Collection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"Purchase tickets","reserve_link":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/critical-walk-through-cy-gavin-tickets-51027817576","day":"08","month":"Nov","year":"2018","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/critical-walk-through-cy-gavin\/"},"12":{"ID":19712,"post_type":"programs","title":"Educators' Open House 11\/7\/18","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2018-10-01 19:20:55","name":"educators-open-house-2","parent":0,"modified":"2019-08-27 15:37:17","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":39,"name":"Educators","slug":"educators","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":19713,"id":19713,"title":"educatorsopenhouse-banner","filename":"educatorsopenhouse-banner.jpg","filesize":147044,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/educatorsopenhouse-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/educators-open-house-2\/educatorsopenhouse-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"educatorsopenhouse-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":19712,"date":"2018-10-01 19:18:51","modified":"2018-10-01 19:18:51","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\/10\/educatorsopenhouse-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/educatorsopenhouse-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/educatorsopenhouse-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/educatorsopenhouse-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/educatorsopenhouse-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/educatorsopenhouse-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/educatorsopenhouse-list.jpg","headline":"Educators' Open House","di_date":"2018-11-07","excerpt":" Please join the American Folk Art Museum\u2019s education department and educators from around the city for private tours of the current exhibitions, educational resources, and light refreshments.<\/p>\n Please join the American Folk Art Museum\u2019s education department and educators from around the city for private tours of the current exhibitions, educational resources, and light refreshments. To participate in this free special event or to learn about other opportunities for teachers at the museum, please contact\u00a0education@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"day":"07","month":"Nov","year":"2018","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/educators-open-house-2\/"},"13":{"ID":19937,"post_type":"programs","title":"Midday Art Break 11\/7\/18","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2018-10-15 19:18:45","name":"midday-art-break","parent":0,"modified":"2018-10-15 19:39:57","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":33,"name":"Drop-in Gallery Tours","slug":"gallery-tours","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":33,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":19938,"id":19938,"title":"midday-roadside-banner","filename":"midday-roadside-banner.jpg","filesize":104328,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/midday-art-break\/midday-roadside-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"midday-roadside-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":19937,"date":"2018-10-15 19:14:23","modified":"2018-10-15 19:14:23","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\/10\/midday-roadside-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/midday-roadside-list.jpg","headline":"Midday Art Break","di_date":"2018-11-07","excerpt":" Join us at the Self-Taught Genius Gallery in Long Island City over your noon break for a free tour of\u00a0Roadside Attraction<\/i>\u00a0with the exhibition’s curator, Sarah Margolis-Pineo.<\/p>\n","start_time":"12:00 pm","end_time":"12:30 pm","admission":"Free","main_content":" Join us at the Self-Taught Genius Gallery in Long Island City over your noon break for a free tour of\u00a0Roadside Attraction<\/i><\/a>\u00a0with the exhibition’s curator, Sarah Margolis-Pineo.<\/p>\n Drawn from the collection of American Folk Art Museum,\u00a0Roadside Attraction<\/i>\u00a0evokes the spirit of a cabinet of curiosity for the automobile age. Tradeshow signs, circus banners, and miniatures are exhibited alongside artworks illustrating the paranormal, fantastic, and carnivalesque. Highlighting works created within artist-built environments, this exhibition examines the relationship between curiosity and entertainment, illuminating the ways they interweave to make space for extraordinary ideas and other worlds.<\/p>\n If this program has sold out, please send an email to be placed on the waitlist to smargolis-pineo@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Address:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 47-29 32nd Place Map (click to enlarge):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Subway:<\/strong><\/span> 7 train to 33rd\u00a0Street, walk 2 blocks<\/p>\n Bus:<\/span><\/strong> Q32, Q39, Q60<\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"RSVP","reserve_link":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/midday-art-break-exhibition-tour-of-roadside-attraction-tickets-51403931543","day":"07","month":"Nov","year":"2018","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/midday-art-break\/"},"14":{"ID":20108,"post_type":"programs","title":"Families and Folk Art: Animals All Around 11\/3\/18","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2018-10-23 15:05:37","name":"families-and-folk-art-animals-all-around","parent":0,"modified":"2018-10-23 15:18:52","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":20116,"id":20116,"title":"animals-all-around-banner","filename":"animals-all-around-banner.jpg","filesize":409559,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/animals-all-around-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/families-and-folk-art-animals-all-around\/animals-all-around-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"animals-all-around-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":20108,"date":"2018-10-23 15:18:45","modified":"2018-10-23 15:18:45","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\/10\/animals-all-around-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/animals-all-around-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/animals-all-around-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/animals-all-around-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/animals-all-around-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/animals-all-around-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/animals-all-around-list.jpg","headline":"Families and Folk Art: Animals All Around","di_date":"2018-11-03","excerpt":" Animals of all kinds feature prominently in John Dunkley’s paintings and sculptures of his native Jamaica. Drawing inspiration from the artist’s subjects, participants will create their own mixed media sculptural menagerie.<\/p>\n","start_time":"1:00 pm","end_time":"2:00 pm","admission":"Free; registration required","main_content":" Animals of all kinds feature prominently in John Dunkley’s paintings and sculptures of his native Jamaica. Drawing inspiration from the artist’s subjects, participants will create their own mixed media sculptural menagerie.<\/p>\n Families and Folk Art is held the first Saturday of every month. This program introduces children ages 4 to 12 and their accompanying adults to folk art through interactive discussion-based tours in the galleries followed by hands-on artmaking activities inspired by objects in the museum. Museum admission is always free. Space is limited; registration required.<\/p>\n More info: 212. 265. 1040, ext. 381, or familyprograms@folkartmuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\n Families and Folk Art is supported by the estate of Marlene Gordon.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image:<\/strong>\u00a0John Dunkley (Jamaica, 1891\u20131947), Banana Plantation<\/em>\u00a0(detail),<\/em> c. 1945, mixed media on plywood, 29 1\/8 x 17 5\/8 in., National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, gift of Cassie Dunkley. Photo by Franz Marzouca.<\/span><\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"Register","reserve_link":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/families-and-folk-art-animals-all-around-tickets-51594188607","day":"03","month":"Nov","year":"2018","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/families-and-folk-art-animals-all-around\/"},"17":{"ID":19416,"post_type":"programs","title":"Walter Benjamin: The Collector Course 10\/16\/18","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2018-08-22 14:09:59","name":"walter-benjamin-the-collector-course","parent":0,"modified":"2018-08-22 19:49:09","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":31,"name":"Special Events","slug":"special-events","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":31,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":19417,"id":19417,"title":"BISR-banner","filename":"BISR-banner.jpg","filesize":252506,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BISR-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/walter-benjamin-the-collector-course\/bisr-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"bisr-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":19416,"date":"2018-08-22 13:55:09","modified":"2018-08-22 13:55:09","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\/08\/BISR-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BISR-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BISR-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BISR-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BISR-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BISR-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BISR-list.jpg","headline":"Walter Benjamin: The Collector Course","di_date":"2018-10-16","excerpt":" Walter Benjamin was one of the Western world\u2019s preeminent philosophers of\u00a0stuff<\/em>\u2014from toys to decorative design to clothes, materials, buildings, popular art and knick-knacks. In this course offered by the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, students will examine Benjamin\u2019s writings on collecting.<\/p>\n","start_time":"6:30 pm","end_time":"9:30 pm","performer_or_host":"Brooklyn Institute for Social Research","admission":"$315 for 4-week course","main_content":" Walter Benjamin\u2014as he became better acquainted with Marxism and began to self-identity as a convinced if somewhat idiosyncratic Communist\u2014became one of the Western world\u2019s preeminent philosophers of\u00a0stuff<\/em>. From toys to decorative design to clothes, materials, buildings, popular art and knick-knacks, Benjamin was persuaded that \u201cdetritus\u201d was in fact the key to understanding history and the always pregnant, revolutionary possibilities of the present.<\/p>\n In this four-week course offered by the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research<\/a>, students will take up Benjamin\u2019s writings on collecting\u2014from the image of the collector in the\u00a0Arcades Project<\/em>\u00a0to Benjamin\u2019s essay on Edward Fuchs to his famous essay \u201cThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction\u201d to many, many (many!) shorter pieces on everything from fashion and toys to popular culture and advertisements. How can we relate this detailed analysis of the world of things\u2014what Theodor Adorno once famously lamented as the \u201ccrossroads between magic and positivism\u201d\u2014with the traditional Marxist focus on laying bare the relations of production (which are obscured by the seemingly freestanding nature of the objects of our everyday life)? Why did Benjamin think that it was in the minor and in the overlooked, as well as in the mass cultural and the artistic, that we should look for his \u201cconstellations\u201d of historical possibility? In answering, we\u2019ll not only analyze closely Benjamin\u2019s texts, but also examine several objects in the American Folk Art Museum’s Self-Taught Genius Gallery<\/a> in Long Island City, Queens, \u201ctesting\u201d Benjamin\u2019s many lenses on how to read the material world. In addition to the selections from Benjamin\u2019s writings, students will read secondary texts from Susan Buck-Morss, Esther Leslie, Margaret Cohen, and Sianne Ngai, among others.<\/p>\n Instructor<\/span><\/p>\n Ajay Singh Chaudhary<\/a> Course Schedule<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Tuesday, 6:30\u20139:30pm Course Location<\/span><\/p>\n 47-29 32nd Place Map (click to enlarge):<\/strong><\/p>\n Subway:<\/strong>\u00a07 train to 33rd\u00a0Street, walk 2 blocks<\/p>\n Bus:<\/strong>\u00a0Q32, Q39, Q60<\/p>\n The class room and gallery are located on the second floor, accessible by stairs. If elevator access is required, please contact BISR in advance, and arrangements will be made (the elevator, accessed via the parking garage, normally closes at 6 pm).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image credit:\u00a0<\/strong>Moses Eaton Jr., Sample Box and Ten Panels, c. 1820\u20131830, painted pine and brass, 8 3\/4 x 15 1\/16 x 2 5\/8 in., Collection of American Folk Art Museum, Anonymous Gift and Gift of the Richard Coyle Lilly Foundation, 1980.28.1A-K. Photo by Terry McGinnis.<\/span><\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"Enroll in course","reserve_link":"https:\/\/thebrooklyninstitute.com\/items\/courses\/walter-benjamin-the-collector\/","day":"16","month":"Oct","year":"2018","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/walter-benjamin-the-collector-course\/"},"18":{"ID":19405,"post_type":"programs","title":"Verbal Description Program 10\/9\/18","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2018-08-20 16:03:02","name":"verbal-description-program","parent":0,"modified":"2019-07-02 20:43:42","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":31,"name":"Special Events","slug":"special-events","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":31,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":19406,"id":19406,"title":"verbaldescript-banner","filename":"verbaldescript-banner.jpg","filesize":361176,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/verbaldescript-banner.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/verbal-description-program\/verbaldescript-banner\/","alt":"","author":"16","description":"","caption":"","name":"verbaldescript-banner","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":19405,"date":"2018-08-20 15:56:45","modified":"2018-08-20 15:56:45","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\/08\/verbaldescript-banner-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/verbaldescript-banner-300x110.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/verbaldescript-banner-768x280.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/verbaldescript-banner.jpg","large-width":1260,"large-height":460,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/verbaldescript-banner.jpg","1536x1536-width":1260,"1536x1536-height":460,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/verbaldescript-banner.jpg","2048x2048-width":1260,"2048x2048-height":460}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/verbaldescript-list.jpg","headline":"Verbal Description Program\u2014SOLD OUT","di_date":"2018-10-09","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":"2:00 pm","end_time":"3:30 pm","admission":"Free; reservation required","main_content":" The annual Fall Benefit Gala provides a primary source of funding for the American Folk Art Museum\u00a0and its acclaimed educational programs. The 2018 benefit honors\u00a0Elyse and Lawrence B. Benenson,\u00a0Raf Simons (Chief Creative Officer, Calvin Klein), and The Wunsch Americana Foundation.<\/p>\n","start_time":"6:00 pm","end_time":"9:30 pm","admission":" Tables: $50,000, $25,000, $15,000, $10,000; Tickets: $5000, $2500, $1500, $1000","main_content":" **<\/strong>Online auction now open!**<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The annual Fall Benefit Gala provides a primary source of funding for the museum\u00a0and its acclaimed educational programs. The museum has a long-standing commitment to arts education and serves more than eight thousand New York City schoolchildren each year. Your support will allow the museum to sustain and expand its wide range of exceptional initiatives and help make the arts accessible to a broad audience.<\/p>\n Honoring<\/strong> Gala Chairs<\/strong> Benefit Committee<\/strong> Young Folk Gala Chair<\/strong> Location:<\/span> Ziegfeld Ballroom, 141 West 54th Street<\/p>\n Date:<\/span> Tuesday, October 2, 2018<\/p>\n Time:<\/span>\u00a06:00\u20139:30 PM<\/p>\n Festive attire<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Platinum Sponsor Table $50,000<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLong Island City, NY 11101<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/STGG_Map_Feb2018-300x194.jpg\")
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\nFriday 12\u20137:30 PM
\nSaturday 11:30 AM\u20137 PM
\nSunday 12\u20136 PM<\/p>\n
\nFriday 12\u20137:30 PM
\nSaturday 11:30 AM\u20137 PM
\nSunday 12\u20136 PM<\/p>\nAt the Self-Taught Genius Gallery
\nLong Island City, Queens<\/h6>\n
\nLong Island City, NY 11101<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAt the Self-Taught Genius Gallery
\nLong Island City, Queens<\/h6>\n
\nLong Island City, NY 11101<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAt the Self-Taught Genius Gallery
\nLong Island City, Queens<\/h6>\n
\nLong Island City, NY 11101<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nExecutive director, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research<\/p>\n
\nOctober 16\u2013November 06, 2018
\n4 weeks<\/p>\n
\nLong Island City, NY 11101<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n**This program is now sold out. The museum is working to schedule another tour. Please email education@folkartmuseum.org<\/a> to be notified when the next tour date is finalized.**<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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 exhibition.<\/h3>\n
Charting the Divine Plan: The Art of Orra White Hitchcock (1796\u20131863)<\/em> explores the confluence of art, love, science, and religion in the extraordinary art of Orra White Hitchcock, one of America\u2019s first female scientific illustrators. Her marriage in 1821 to Amherst College professor Edward Hitchcock cemented a years-long friendship and collaboration based on a bedrock of faith and science, mutual respect, close observation, and mental capacity for the largest of ideas. Orra White exhibited a prodigious scientific mind and abundant artistic talent at an early age. The exhibition traces her development from schoolgirl projects to highly accomplished renderings of the natural scenery of the Connecticut River Valley used in her husband\u2019s many geology publications. Less well known are colorful paintings on cotton\u2014some more than twelve feet long\u2014that were used to illustrate her husband\u2019s many college lectures on geology, botany, zoology, and anatomy. In these, Orra White Hitchcock communicated complex scientific principles in abstract visual terms that now appear gorgeously fresh and modern. Archival letters, manuscripts, diaries, and albums place Edward and Orra White Hitchcock in the very heart of international scientific inquiry. In the early years of the nineteenth century, when the natural world was a place of wonder, Edward Hitchcock, theologian and scientist, saw the interconnectedness of God\u2019s created world, and Orra White Hitchcock made it manifest through her art for all to comprehend and marvel.<\/h3>\n
Space is limited; registration is required.\u00a0Contact Rachel Rosen at 212-595-9533, ext. 381 or education@folkartmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Image credit:<\/strong> 32.\u00a0VALLIES.;<\/em> Orra White Hitchcock (1796\u20131863); Amherst, Massachusetts; 1828\u20131840; pen and ink and watercolor wash on cotton, with woven tape binding; 14 3\/4 x 29 7\/8 in.; Amherst College Archives & Special Collections.<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nElyse and Lawrence B. Benenson
\nRaf Simons, Chief Creative Officer, Calvin Klein
\nThe Wunsch Americana Foundation<\/p>\n
\nMonty Blanchard and Leslie Tcheyan
\nJoyce B. Cowin
\nLewis B. Cullman and Louise Kerz Hirschfeld<\/p>\n
\nThe Asen Foundation
\nSusan Baerwald and Marcy Carsey\/Just Folk
\nLaurie and Bill Benenson
\nThomas Block and Marilyn Friedman
\nLaurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
\nNancy Rutter Clark and Christopher Dewey
\nKendra and Allan Daniel
\nLucy C. and Frederick M. Danziger
\nPeggy and Dick Danziger
\nNancy Druckman
\nTony and Judy Evnin
\nKarin and Jonathan Fielding
\nArlyn and Edward L. Gardner
\nBarbara Gordon and W. Stephen Cannon
\nAgnes Gund
\nVera and Pepi Jelinek
\nPenny and Allan Katz
\nBetty and John A. Levin
\nTad Martin and Heidi Messer
\nWendy and Barry Meyer
\nLaura and Richard Parsons
\nPeter and Susan Solomon Family Foundation
\nPeter Rapaport
\nBrett Robbins and Renata Ferrari
\nDonna and Marvin Schwartz
\nLeslie Seeman and David Becker
\nSteve Shiffman
\nAndrew Siegel
\nRenee Soto and David Krasne
\nJerry Speyer and Katherine Farley
\nGene and Jean Stark
\nRachel and Donald Strauber
\nBonnie and Thomas W. Strauss
\nBobbi and Ralph Terkowitz
\nElizabeth V. and Irwin W. Warren
\nSue Ann Weinberg<\/p>\n
\nMichael Diaz-Griffith
\nLansing Moore, Jr.<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n
Event Details<\/h4>\n
Table and Ticket Information<\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nPhoto: Ziegfeld Ballroom<\/a><\/h6>\n
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