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American Folk Art Museum
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> QUICK FACTS
WEBSITE:  
http://www.folkartmuseum.org
EMAIL:  
info@folkartmuseum.org
OPEN HOURS:  
Tues - Sun 10:30 - 5:30, Fri 10:30 - 7:30
PHONE:  
212-265-1040
FAX:  
212- 265-2350
COST:  
Adults $9 Students and Seniors $7 Members and children under 12 and Fridays after 5:30 Free
TAGS:  
contemporary, traditional-craft
> CURRENT EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
October 7th - March 9th, 2009 The Seduction of Light: Ammi Phillips | Mark Rothko Compositions in Pink, Green, and Red
Ammi Phillips, Mark Rothko
 
> STATEMENT
The American  Folk Art Museum is dedicated to the preservation, exhibition and study of American folk art and craft.  The Museum has a permanent collection of over 4,000 artifacts and galleries for on going exhibitions as well as rotating exhibitions. The Museum also has a study center for contemporary outsider art as well as The Henry Darger Study Center, which provides the opportunity to examine a vast personal archive of this beloved self taught artist and author.
> UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
> PAST EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Apr, 2008 Occupation Sculpturing
Asa Ames
 
Apr, 2008 Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger
Amy Cutler, Henry Darger, Jefferson Friedman, Anthony Goicolea, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Yun-Fei Ji, Justine Kurland, Justin Lieberman, Robyn O'Neil, Grayson Perry, Paula Rego, Michael St. John
 
Mar, 2008 Earl Cunningham's America
Earl Cunningham
 
2007
Oct, 2007 Crazy Quilt Workshop
Group Show
 
Oct, 2007 Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel
Group Show
 
Aug, 2007 Free Music Fridays
Group Show
 
Jun, 2007 Walk-In Wednesday: A Century of Maine Rug Hooking
Mildred Cole Pleadeau
 
Jun, 2007 The Great Cover-Up: american Rugs on Beds, Tables, and Floors
Group Show
 
May, 2007 Ballet Fiesta Mexicana
 
May, 2007 Workshop - Retablos
 
May, 2007 Focus on Collectors and Collecting - Collecting Santos, Retablos, Ex-Votos
 
May, 2007 Let's talk Folk Art - The Great Cover Up - American Rugs on Tables, Beds, Floors
 
Apr, 2007 Syposium: Culture in Context: Self-Taught Artist of the Twenty_First Century
Martin Ramirez
 
Apr, 2007 Gallery Tour - Martin Ramirez
Martin Ramirez
 
Mar, 2007 Martin Ramirez
Martin Ramirez
 




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