The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

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But can folk art be considered of equal importance as ... the pictorial art from Himachal Pradesh. “I take the characteristics of the traditional and mix it with contemporary compositions ...

Folk is making a comeback. In music, film, dance—and now, even the visual arts. Stroud, where a handful of grassroots art galleries have opened in recent years, is one of the British epicentres ...

Here, young people dedicate their after-school hours and weekends to practicing the traditional folk art of lion dancing. An ancient art dating back to the Han Dynasty, lion dance is more than ...

The practice of making pajaki, the Polish folk art created to honor the earth, finds an unexpected revival. By Saskia Solomon “They were almost completely forgotten about in Poland,” Karolina ...

He almost sold Dowdle Folk Art, the puzzle business he started in 1997. But then, in 2010, Dowdle was asked by his Latter-day Saint ward to help with a Christmas pageant themed around prints made ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Located 2.5 miles south of the Santa Fe Plaza on Museum Hill, the Museum of International Folk Art neighbors the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Museum of Indian Arts ...

Folk art plays a large role in rural Idaho’s history. It is a form of utilitarian art that is typically passed on and preserved through families over the generations, but as modernization and ...

Columbus Collective Museums is hosting the inaugural Crossroads Folk Art Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Rose Hill Park, 3300 Hamilton Road. Organizers promise an eclectic celebration ...

At milepost 382 off the Blue Ridge Parkway, you'll find the Folk Art Center, home to the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The guild dates back to the 1930s and still represents the artists and ...