Folk Art
See Also: Crafts, Outsider, Periods and Movements
Museums and Exhibits
American Folk Art Museum
Collection of more than 4,000 artworks span three centuries of American visual expression, from unflinching portraits, dazzling quilts, and muscular weathervanes to potent works by contemporary self-taught artists in a variety of mediums.
American Folk Art
Explore American Folk Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Learn more about the exhibition and artists such as Rufus Hathaway, Edward Hicks, Joshua Johnson, and Ammi Phillips.
Milwaukee Art Museum
View a small selection of highlights online from the museum's collection of American folk art.
American Visionary Art Museum
Located in a historic location in downtown Baltimore at the base of Federal Hill.
Craft and Folk Art Museum
Presents folk art and contemporary craft exhibits and programs in Los Angeles, CA.
Museum of Craft and Folk Art
Located in North Carolina, provides innovative exhibitions and educational programs that are designed to connect with and inspire diverse communities.
Museum of International Folk Art
Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and encourages the understanding of world folk arts through exhibitions, research, programs and education.
Contemporary Folk Art
An online exhibition from the Smithsonian American Art Museum featuring works by Thornton Dial Sr., Howard Finster, William Hawkins and others.
Singular Visions
Folk Art from Charlottesville Collections, a virtual exhibition from The University of Virginia Art Museum that presents works by contemporary self-taught aritsts.
Organizations
The Folk Art Society of America
The unique world of contemporary folk, self-taught, and outsider art.
IOV
An international organization that promotes and preserves popular culture, folk art, and understanding and tolerance among the people of the world.
Rochester Folk Art Guild
Non profit educational organization and community with resident and non resident members.
