American Folk Art Trunks & Chests

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Museum of Art will host American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection from February 3 through May 7.

NEW YORK (AP) – The American Folk Art Museum, unlike many other arts institutions, managed to avoid layoffs and other cutbacks in the two years after the pandemic through a mix of fundraisers and increased donor contributions. On June 28, the museum planned to announce its largest and most unusual recent gift – a $5 million […]

  BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Since its debut five years ago, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has showcased works by well-known American artists like Georgia O’Keeffe and Andy Warhol. Now the Arkansas museum founded by a Wal-Mart heiress is turning its attention to ordinary objects made by unsung craftsmen, quilters and painters.