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Virtual Insights: Foodie Faces
Enjoy Virtual Insights: A Reading from Foodie Faces by artist and authors Bill and Claire Wurzel. Look, listen, and learn about expressing emotions and making art with food!
Learn more about upcoming education programs at folkartmuseum.org/programs/upcoming and make a donation to support virtual programming here: https://bit.ly/3gFoJp5. Please follow Bill and Claire’s work at funnyfoodart.com.
Join Natalie Milbrodt, Director of the Queens Memory Project, and Regina Carra, Rapaport Archivist at the American Folk Art Museum, on Tuesday, June 30 at 1:00 pm for a conversation on archiving stories of resilience, hope, mutual aid, and loss amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Special guest, artist Alexis Ward will also join the conversation to discuss her artistic practice.
Space is limited! Visit the link in our bio to register and find out more.⠀
Register and find out more about this program here: https://linktr.ee/afamuseum
Images from the AFAM from Home Archive by Elizabeth Gronke and Sheila Tintera, and from the Queens Memory COVID-19 Project by Alexis Ward.
Free Music Fridays: Matt Butler
The museum’s critically acclaimed performance series returns via Facebook Live. Music featured at the Free Music Fridays series thematically reflects the spirit of self-taught art on view at the museum.
6:00 pm: Taylor Plas
6:30 pm: Matt Butler
7:00 pm: Miwa Gemini
Please consider making a donation of any size to support our virtual programs.
Free Music Fridays: Taylor Plas
The museum’s critically acclaimed performance series returns via Facebook Live. Music featured at the Free Music Fridays series thematically reflects the spirit of self-taught art on view at the museum.
6:00 pm: Taylor Plas
6:30 pm: Matt Butler
7:00 pm: Miwa Gemini
Please consider making a donation of any size to support our virtual programs.
Explore the past six years of programming at AFAM by visiting our video archive on Vimeo. In this week's featured video, learn about future directions for the field of self-taught art!
This 2019 discussion brought AFAM curator Valérie Rousseau, curator Robert Cozzolino (Minneapolis Institute of Art), and specialist Cara Zimmerman (Christie’s) into a conversation about the expansion of the field of self-taught art through the study of archival material and oral history, around the idea of the supernatural.
This conversation brought to life themes in the recent exhibition Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler.
Full discussion: https://bit.ly/2yxwvAM
In scientific illustration, how do you balance artistic ability and objectivity?
NASA Senior Graphic Designer Sally Bensusen answers this question during "Contemporary Alchemy Women in Art and Science", a program in correlation with the exhibition “Charting the Divine Plan: The Art of Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863).”
View the full program and others below.
bit.ly/AFAMVimeo
This March, we are excited to partner with the National Museum of Women in the Arts to celebrate #5WomenArtists. Throughout the month, we'll share works by women artists that are on view in our current exhibition, "American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection."
image: Crazy Quilt, Clara Leon, Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1885, Silks and velvets with silk and chenille embroidery and paint, Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift of the family of Robert A. Coplin, 2016.20.1.
Photo by Adam Reich
Melcha Daughter of Salphahad, Consuelo “Chelo” González Amézcua, Del Rio, Texas, Mid-twentieth century, Ballpoint pen and pencil on paper, Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift of Evelyn S. Meyer, 2005.10.6.
Photo by Gavin Ashworth
New Jerusalem, Sister Gertrude Morgan, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1970, Acrylic and tempera on cardboard, Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift of Sanford Smith and Patricia Smith, 1986.21.1.
Photo by John Parnell
Freedom Quilt, Jessie B. Telfair, Parrott, Georgia, 1983
Cotton, with pencil, Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift of Judith Alexander in loving memory of her sister, Rebecca Alexander, 2004.9.1.
Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Garden of Eden, Elizabeth Layton, Kansas, 1977, Pencil and colored pencil on paper, Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift of Mr. Don Lambert, 2014.16.1.
Photo by Adam Reich
It is #MuseumsAdvocacyDay! This video highlights some of the work we do at #AFAM to inspire the next generation of artists, curators, and museum leaders.
Are you curious about the impact of the museum field? According to the American Alliance of Museums:
Museums are economic engines, contributing $50 billion to the U.S. economy annually, supporting more than 726,000 American jobs and generating $12 billion in tax revenue to all levels of government.
Museums are critical to their communities: investing some $2 billion and 18 million instructional hours annually in education programs that reach students of all ages and needs.
Museums provide powerful and healing healthcare programs that reach diverse populations and support national security and diplomacy efforts through international cultural exchange.
Americans care deeply about their museums: every week, they donate over 1 million volunteer hours to the museum field.
Please considers sharing this post and visit The American Alliance of Museums website to learn how you can advocate for museums across the nation. https://www.aam-us.org/programs/museums-advocacy-day/
Each of these works could only have been wrought from a particular mind, and this exhibition gifts the viewer a couple of paces within each of these monastic creations. It is, one might say, a constellation of memory palaces.” — Lisa Ying Zhang on “Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler.”
Today is the last day to see Memory Palaces. This exhibition is a unique opportunity to see a vast array of incredible works.
The museum is open from noon to 6 PM.
#AFAM #MemoryPalaces
image: Carlo Zinelli, Untitled, c. 1960–1965, Gouache on paper, Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, © Fondazione Culturale Carlo Zinelli Photography © Visko Hatfield, courtesy of the Foundation to Promote Self Taught Art and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.; Barbus Müller, a.k.a. Antoine Rabany; Untitled, c. 1907–1919, Granite, Collection of Audrey B. Heckler Photography © Visko Hatfield, courtesy of the Foundation to Promote Self Taught Art and Rizzoli
International Publications, Inc; August Klett, Untitled (“Dr. Pardel”), c. 1914–1918, Watercolor and graphite on paper, Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, Photography © Visko Hatfield, courtesy of the Foundation to Promote Self Taught Art and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.; Martín Ramírez, Untitled, 1960–1963, Gouache, graphite, and black pencil on paper, Collection of Audrey B. Heckler© Estate of Martín Ramírez, Photography © Visko Hatfield, courtesy of the Foundation to Promote Self Taught Art and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.; William Edmondson, Angel, 1937, Limestone, Collection of Audrey B. Heckler Photography © Visko Hatfield, courtesy of the Foundation to Promote Self Taught Art and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.; Aloïse Corbaz, Untitled (“l’Amérique Stubborn Président”), 1953
Colored pencil, graphite, and sewn paper cutouts on paper, Collection of Audrey B. Heckler © L’association Aloïse Photography © Visko Hatfield, courtesy of the Foundation to Promote Self Taught Art
Celebrate #GivingTuesday with a gift to the American Folk Art Museum. Your donation enables the American Folk Art Museum to remain open to the public free of charge, to provide educational programs for schools across New York City, to create inspiring exhibitions, and to maintain our world-class collection of traditional folk art and work by self-taught artists.
Give $250 or more and you will be entered into a lottery to meet curator Dr. Valérie Rousseau for a pre-public hours tour of this critically acclaimed exhibition.
http://bit.ly/AFAMdonate
The museum is pleased to take part in American Education Week. We activate our collection and exhibitions through countless free tours and programs for all ages, including a variety of performances and workshops. For more, visit our website: https://soo.nr/RlLm
#AEW2019
Have you placed a bid on the museum's silent auction? This year's online auction includes over sixty-six rare and unique items. From artworks, found objects, to jewelry, there's something here for everyone. Auction closes at 9:30 pm Monday, October 7th.
bid here → http://bit.ly/2n00r2F
See something you like? The museum's silent auction begins today. Included in the auction are works from William Wegman, Daniel Zeller, quilts, Post Civil War tintypes, handmade earrings, and much more!
link to auction → http://bit.ly/2n00r2F
The museum would like to thank everyone who attended the members opening to Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler. It was wonderful to see the distinctly original curation by the exhibition curator Valérie Rousseau, paying homage to Audrey B. Heckler's apartment in the way she curated the Karin and Jonathan Fielding Gallery. Pictured is collector Audrey B. Heckler (middle), exhibition curator Valérie Rousseau (left), and the museum's director Jason Busch (right). Come see over twenty-seven years of collecting self-taught art looks like.
MEMORY PALACES: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler is now on view through January 26, 2020.
more info → http://bit.ly/2kkGzX0
Photo by Stephen Smith/Art Zealous
Presenting the 2018 Anne Hill Blanchard: Uncommon Artists Lecture: New Research on Self-Taught Art in the Caribbean. Our outgoing Executive Director, Anne-Imelda Radice, speaks to Anne Hill Blanchard's legacy and introduces speakers Barbara Paca on Frank Walter, Nancy Josephson on Myrlande Constant, and Jacqueline Bishop on Kemel Rankine.
Introductory remarks from Monty Blanchard, President of the Board of Trustees at the American Folk Art Museum, ahead of the 2018 Anne Hill Blanchard: Uncommon Artists Lecture: New Research on Self-Taught Art in the Caribbean.
War and Pieced in Context (Part II).
An evening of scholarly presentations explores the historical, material, and cultural significance of quilts from military fabrics. The program will begin with a keynote lecture by War and Pieced co-curator and international quilt historian, author, and collector Dr. Annette Gero. Speakers include Neal Hurst, associate curator of costumes and textiles at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Sue Reich, independent scholar and quilt historian; and Jonathan Holstein, independent scholar and author of The Pieced Quilt: An American Design Tradition. Carolyn Ducey, curator of collections at International Quilt Study Center & Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will moderate the discussion.
Discussion: War and Pieced in Context, Part I
An evening of scholarly presentations explores the historical, material, and cultural significance of quilts from military fabrics. The program will begin with a keynote lecture by War and Pieced co-curator and international quilt historian, author, and collector Dr. Annette Gero. Speakers include Neal Hurst, associate curator of costumes and textiles at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Sue Reich, independent scholar and quilt historian; and Jonathan Holstein, independent scholar and author of The Pieced Quilt: An American Design Tradition. Carolyn Ducey, curator of collections at International Quilt Study Center & Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will moderate the discussion.
Summer Saturday 2017
Celebrate everything folk at the American Folk Art Museum’s first annual Summer Saturday 2017—an all-day FREE event of live music, artist demos, guided tours, and family fun.
Summer Saturday 2017 will be on July 22, starting at 11:00 am. Bring the kids to hear folk tales from years past. From our popular Free Music Fridays series, performances by singer-songwriters will take place throughout the day, and docents will lead guided tours of the museum’s exhibitions between sets. Artisans will demonstrate their skills, and their work will be for sale in the Museum Shop. A special 10% discount is available in the shop all day (20% for members).
To see a full schedule and learn more, visit: http://bit.ly/2uodo4M
Live Symposium: Post-Dubuffet: Self-Taught Art in the Twenty-First Century Part II
In a world exponentially altered by technology and its far-reaching effects on community structures, social relationships, and educational systems, is self-taught art being radically revised in the twenty-first century? Who are the art brut artists of tomorrow?
Curators, scholars, and artist come together in this symposium to examine the current state of the field. Speakers will include Maxwell L. Anderson, Edward M. Gómez, Massimiliano Gioni, Jane Kallir, Randall Morris, Barbara Safarova, George Widener, and Valérie Rousseau, symposium chair and curator at the American Folk Art Museum.
This symposium was sponsored by the Foundation to Promote Self-Taught Art and the Council for the Study of Self-Taught Art and Art Brut at the American Folk Art Museum.
Live Symposium: Post-Dubuffet: Self-Taught Art in the Twenty-First Century Part I
In a world exponentially altered by technology and its far-reaching effects on community structures, social relationships, and educational systems, is self-taught art being radically revised in the twenty-first century? Who are the art brut artists of tomorrow?
Curators, scholars, and artist come together in this symposium to examine the current state of the field. Speakers will include Maxwell L. Anderson, Edward M. Gómez, Massimiliano Gioni, Jane Kallir, Randall Morris, Barbara Safarova, George Widener, and Valérie Rousseau, symposium chair and curator at the American Folk Art Museum.
This symposium was sponsored by the Foundation to Promote Self-Taught Art and the Council for the Study of Self-Taught Art and Art Brut at the American Folk Art Museum.
Edward M. Gómez's presentation © 2017 Edward M. Gómez; all rights reserved; used by permission.
This year has been one for the books. Kiss it goodbye with an epitaph honoring the occasion. Stop by the museum today until 7PM and tomorrow from 11:30AM-5PM to write your own and don’t forget to send it to [email protected].
#FolkArtMuseum #EpitaphProject
📷 from epitaphs written at the American Folk Art Museum, 2016.
Only two more Wednesday Socials left for the year! Stop by tonight from 5pm–7pm for another round of wine🍷, holiday shopping🛍, and a highlights tour.
#FolkArtMuseum #WednesdaySocial
📷 by Sara Pattiz
