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Americana Insights is pleased to announce the publication of its first printed annual volume, which presents groundbreaking research on traditional American folk art and material culture. Essays by leading scholars provide a wealth of new insights on a diverse array of artistic traditions, bringing depth and color to our understanding of the American experience.
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Americana Insights is pleased to announce the publication of its first printed annual volume, which presents groundbreaking research on traditional American folk art and material culture. Essays by leading scholars provide a wealth of new insights on a diverse array of artistic traditions, bringing depth and color to our understanding of the American experience.
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Historic TrappeTrappe, PASeptember 30, 2023 – July 23, 2024
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New Britain Museum of American ArtNew Britain, CTAugust 25, 2023 – March 03, 2024
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New York State MuseumAlbany, NYOngoing
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Colonial WilliamsburgWilliamsburg, VAOngoing
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The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NYJuly 14, 2023 – June 04, 2024
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ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER FOLK ART MUSEUMWilliamsburg, VAOngoing
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Smithsonian American Art MuseumWashington D.C.September 15, 2023 – March 24, 2024
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtKansas City, MOMarch 31, 2023 – April 14, 2024
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Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia, PANow – July 7, 2024
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ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER FOLK ART MUSEUMWilliamsburg, VAOngoing
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Hancock Shaker VillagePittsfield, MAApril 23, 2023 – Ongoing
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American Folk Art MuseumNew York, NYNovember 15, 2023 – March 24, 2024
Americana Insights highlights the best examples of traditional American folk art from Colonial times to the early 20th century—objects of extraordinary beauty, created with purpose by skilled, artful hands. Thoughtful essays and gorgeous color photographs tell the stories behind the art and its makers and celebrate the richness and diversity of our folk-art traditions, encompassing works by rural and city artisans, Pennsylvania Germans, Shakers, African Americans, schoolgirls and female academies, Native Americans, and many others.
Presentations offer fresh insight on a host of objects—carved and paint-decorated furniture and boxes; paintings and portraits by itinerant artists; trade figures and signs; redware and stoneware pottery; weathervanes and whirligigs; ceramics, glass, silver, pewter, and other decorative arts; quilts, samplers, needlework, and embroidery; family records, calligraphy, valentines, and friendship albums; decoys, scrimshaw, and other carvings; hooked and sewn rugs; Windsor chairs and benches; baskets, woodenware, tools, and more —and put them all into historical, social, and artistic context.
By inviting experts and scholars to share new research, our content remains fresh and current. By sharing our deep appreciation for Americana, we hope to extend and enhance knowledge of traditional American folk art among long time collectors, students and scholars. And, by keeping everything accessible and enjoyable, we hope to inspire and engage newcomers.
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