Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

Jasper Lewis, Silbin Sandovar, and Frank Bell. Photo of Frank Bell courtesy of artist.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Finding Form in Found Materials

This discussion will convene scholars to discuss the innovation of self-taught artists and how studying materials and process can lead to a deeper understanding of their work.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

Jalopy Theatre presents Yacouba Sissoko. Photo by Sebastian Bouknight.

Families and Folk Art: Pattern and Repetition

Participants will explore the artwork on a guided tour, then return to the studio to use mixed media to create their own pieces that focus on detailed patterning.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

Meaner Pencil, Katy the Kyng, and Joanna Sternberg. Photo of Joanna Sternberg courtesy of artist.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Curator's Perspective Tour

Join us for a tour of the exhibition Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler with curator Valérie Rousseau.

Dialogue + Studio: Unconventional Materials

In this workshop, teaching artist Nadia Martinez will lead participants in making sculptural mobiles, using wire and recycled museum materials that can change their own environment.

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

D.B. Rielly, Jordi Baizan, and Karen Dahlstrom. Photo of Karen Dahlstrom by Clarence Klingebeil.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Verbal Description Program

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted are invited to join us for an interactive verbal description and touch tour in the museum’s galleries. The tour incorporates verbal imaging techniques and the museum’s Touch Collection, which includes objects that are expressly meant for handling.

Drawing Connections

Join us for a special evening of curators in conversation and an artist-led participatory drawing experience, inspired by works on paper featured in the exhibition Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

Joanna Schubert, Daniel Rauchwerk, and May Cheung. Photo of Daniel Rauchwerk by Sea Sloat.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

No Jazz + Wednesdays

Happy Thanksgiving! No performance today. Jazz + Wednesdays returns on December 4.

Free Music Fridays

No Free Music Fridays tonight. Happy Thanksgiving! Free Music Fridays returns on December 1.

Folk Art Reflections Music Series

Concert with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Southern Sounds: Listening Party with Dust-to-Digital

Join us for a listening party hosted by Atlanta-based record company Dust-to-Digital. Founders Lance and April Ledbetter will play recordings issued by their label and discuss the importance of preserving oral histories and music as cultural artifacts.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

Jalopy Theatre presents Feral Foster at the American Folk Art Museum. Photo of Feral Foster courtesy of the artist.

Families and Folk Art: Found Materials & Art Environments

Participants will discuss some of the spectacular artworks on view, then return to the studio to tinker with a variety of materials and create pieces that respond to the art environments.

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Field Vision

This discussion will bring exhibition curator Valérie Rousseau, curator Robert Cozzolino, and curator Raina Lampkins-Fielder into conversation about the expansion of the field of self-taught art through the study of archival material and oral history, around the theme of the supernatural, and across continents.

Free Music Fridays

Joanna Schubert, Daniel Rauchwerk, and May Cheung. Photo of Daniel Rauchwerk by Sea Sloat.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

Naomi Vernon, Emma Pierson, and Sterling Rhyne. Photo of Sterling Rhyne by Christopher Sonny Martinez.

No Jazz + Wednesdays

Happy holidays! No performance today. Jazz + Wednesdays returns January 8.

Free Music Fridays

No Free Music Fridays tonight. Happy holidays! Free Music Fridays returns on January 10.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

No Jazz + Wednesdays

Happy New Year! No performance today. Jazz + Wednesdays returns on January 8.

Free Music Fridays

No Free Music Fridays tonight. Happy New Year! Free Music Fridays returns on January 10.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

James VanDeuson, Linda Draper, and Naiika. Photo of Naiika by Bryan Joel.

Jazz + Wednesdays

Each Wednesday, from 2 to 3 pm, jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

No Free Music Fridays tonight. Free Music Fridays returns on February 21.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

No Free Music Fridays tonight. Free Music Fridays returns on February 21.

Free Music Fridays

No Free Music Fridays tonight. Free Music Fridays returns on February 21.

Free Music Fridays

No Free Music Fridays tonight. Free Music Fridays returns on February 21.

Free Music Fridays

No Free Music Fridays tonight. Free Music Fridays returns on February 21.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias