Folk Art Museums and Exhibits Organizations See also: Periods and Movements Museums and Exhibits American Folk Art Museum Includes highlights from the collection in an online image gallery that features early portraits, quilts, needlework, and pottery plus a large selection of work by contemporary artists. Milwaukee Art Museum View a small selection of highlights online created by folk and self-taught artists in the museum's collection of American folk art. American Visionary Art Museum Includes a highlights from past exhibitions and from the permanent collection plus an introduction to visionary art, and teachers resources. Museum of Craft and Folk Art View images, videos, and related information from past exhibitions, also includes a student gallery featuring children at work in the museum's education program. Museum of International Folk Art This museum is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and houses a large collection of folk art and crafts from cultures around the world. 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 artists. Tate: Outsider Art Information about a past exhibition at the Tate Britain, includes an introduction to outsider art with a chronology, artists biographies and a selection of images. Guggenheim: Art Brut A selection of images and information in the Guggenheim online collection. Rockford Art Museum Images and information about objects in the Rockford Art Museum's collection of Outsider Art, includes mostly works by self taught African American artists. Gaia Museum Includes information about outsider art as well as introductions to current and past exhibitions, plus selected images from the permanent collection. OutsiderArt The art of the insane, along with marginal, visionary, intuitive, and native art. Organizations The Folk Art Society of America An organization that promotes contemporary folk, self-taught, and outsider art and artists. Rochester Folk Art Guild A non profit educational organization and community with resident and non resident members. Resources Intuit A non profit organization that presents intuitive and outsider art exhibitions and educational resources. Also maintains an online gallery of more than 200 images from the permanent collection. The Orange Show Non-profit center for visionary art, includes a large online gallery of art cars. Wikipedia: Outsider Art An introduction to outsider with a list of notable artists, a small selection of images, further reading, and related information. About using Wikipedia as an Academic Resource Tate Glossary Definition with a selection of representative images from the Tate Glossary online. Facebook: ArtPromote Follow us on Facebook and discover amazing images and exhibitions from around the world and throughout history. Are you an artist? Join us and add your own images and links!

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