Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

Those Sensible Shoes, Tiphanie Doucet, and Ammar Farooki,. Ammar Farooki photo by Danish Ansari.

Dialogue + Studio: Lacemaking Workshop—SOLD OUT

Try your hand at the traditional art of bobbin lacemaking, which developed out of complex braiding techniques more than four hundred years ago.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection, led by museum gallery guides.

Free Music Fridays

Jon Ladeau, Elana Brody, and Melissa Czarnik. Melissa Czarnik photo by Hyperdrive Motivator Productions.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Curatorial Gallery Tour: Signature Styles: Friendship, Album, and Fundraising Quilts

Join us for a tour of Signature Styles: Friendship, Album, and Fundraising Quilts, led by Emelie Gevalt, curator of folk art, at the Self-Taught Genius Gallery in Long Island City.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Dialogue + Studio: Hand Painting Workshop

Teaching artist David Barnett will discuss the vanishing art of hand-painted signs in New York City, followed by a hand-painting workshop using both freehand and transfer techniques found in the typographical works featured in American Perspectives.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Curatorial Gallery Tour: Signature Styles: Friendship, Album, and Fundraising Quilts

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Panel Discussion: What Does It Mean to Be Defined as American?

What does it mean to be defined as American in the context of art museums today? Please join us for an evening discussion centered around this question.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Critical Walk-Through: Cheryl Pope on (Text)iles and Power

Contemporary artist Cheryl Pope will discuss her use of text and textiles to examine and question issues of identity, history, and power, while exploring these themes found in the exhibition American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection.

Folk Art Explorers: Trip to Atlanta

Join the Folk Art Explorers on a trip to Atlanta, Georgia, the hub of Southern Folk Art, on April 22–26, 2020. With world class restaurants, a tremendous nightlife, and a diverse and thriving cultural scene, Atlanta is a must-see destination. During this five day trip, we will visit private self-taught and folk art collections, environments, and museums.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Elizabeth and Irwin Warren Folk Art Symposium

This symposium will bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines and examine the objects and historical events depicted in American Perspectives to explore connections to the United States today.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Folk Art Reflections

For individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

Closer-Look Tour

A tour of American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum, led by museum gallery guides.

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