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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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The first comprehensive scholarly book on weathervanes…
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American Folk Art MuseumNew York, NYNovember 15, 2023 - March 24, 2024
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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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Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia, PAThrough January 15, 2024
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ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER FOLK ART MUSEUMWilliamsburg, VAOngoing
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New Britain Museum of American ArtNew Britain, CTAugust 25, 2023 – March 03, 2024
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Colonial WilliamsburgWilliamsburg, VAOngoing
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San Antonio Museum of ArtSan Antonio, TXOctober 14, 2023 – January 07, 2024
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Historic TrappeTrappe, PASeptember 30, 2023 – July 23, 2024
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New York State MuseumAlbany, NYOngoing
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University of Michigan Museum of ArtAnn Arbor, MIAugust 26, 2023 - January 7, 2024
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Hancock Shaker VillagePittsfield, MAApril 23, 2023 – Ongoing
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Williams Forsyth Gallery, Whaling MuseumNantucket, MAApril 22, 2023 – December 31, 2023
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Fenimore Art MuseumCooperstown, NYOctober 7, 2023 – December 31, 2023
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Michener Art MuseumDoylestown, PASeptember 9, 2023 – January 14, 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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