Welcome to the Folk Art Society of America
The Folk Art Society of America, founded in 1987, is a nonprofit organization that advocates the documentation, preservation and exhibition of folk art, folk artists and folk art environments, with an emphasis on the contemporary. We publish The Folk Art Messenger free to members. Our online Calendar lists current, upcoming and ongoing folk-art-related events and exhibitions.
Latest Issue of the Folk Art Messenger
[#112] Vol. 34, No. 1, Summer/Fall 2024
$18
Message from the Executive Director
The Folk Art Society’s History Continues by Ann Oppenhimer
What Produced Kentucky Folk Art? by Allan Weiss
Kentucky Artists-Kentucky Visions by Scott Erbes
The Story Quilts of Yvonne Wells – Book Review by Margaret Day Allen
Stephane Cerutti: The Dream of Icarus by Jeanine Rivais
Commeraw’s Stoneware – Book Review by Margaret Day Allen
The Painted Screens of Baltimore Find a “Forever Home” by Elaine Eff
Roger Donaldson: Walking Stick Artist by Beth Wiltshire
Slotin Auction’s Fun Folk Art and Paradise Garden Fundraiser by Tina Cox
A New Path to Preserve and Grow: 34th Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival by Susan Robertson
Obituaries: Jim Harley, Audrey Heckler, Sanford Smith by Ann Oppenhimer
News and Letters to Editor
Calendar of Exhibitions