Call for artists "2nd Annual Westerleigh Folk Music and Art Festival"

Monday 30 March 2009 at 10:44 am Start: 06/20/2009 - 12:00pm
End: 06/20/2009 - 7:30pm

Where? Staten Island, NY (more)

Singer Neko Case and "People Got A Lotta Nerve" Video

Friday 27 March 2009 at 2:49 pm
Neko Case is an American alternative country singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers.

She is protective of her artistic independence, combining punk's do it yourself ethic, a strong business sense, and clear opinions about her artistic goals. She has spurned offers from major record labels because they don't offer her enough control of her music, remaining affiliated with Mint Records in Canada and Bloodshot and ANTI- in the United States.

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"Where the Wild Things Are" Movie Trailer

Friday 27 March 2009 at 06:12 am

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.

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Send a Folk Art e-card!

Wednesday 25 March 2009 at 09:31 am Visit Traditional Folk Art and you can send a Folk Art e-card free! They have many pictures to choose from. All you do is fill out your message and type in the email addresses and BOOM! you can send an e-card! (more)

Try AmericanStyle Magazine Free!

Wednesday 25 March 2009 at 08:30 am

AmericanStyle magazine is the nation's premier arts lifestyle magazine for art lovers, collectors and travelers. Each issue features contemporary art and artists, art galleries, art collectors, and arts travel and tourism. AmericanStyle offers readers exclusive visits to American artists' studios and art collectors' homes, as well as articles about art glass, ceramics and pottery, art jewelry, handmade crafts, furniture and more. The Datebook feature provides readers with a state-by-state listing of art events at art galleries, museums and art fairs and festivals.

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NarrowLarry's World of the Outstanding

Wednesday 25 March 2009 at 07:22 am A very "Narrow" guide to visionary folk art environments, modern architecture, and travel

Narrow Larry keeps a website dedicated to visionary folk art environments, modern architecture in the U.S., a United States travel guide and much much more. With ton of friends in the self-taught / visionary folk art field, from the artists to scholars, collectors, preservationists, and yep, website authors, Narrow Larry is a great place to research Folk Art.

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Folk Art & Antique Show - Malabar Farm

Wednesday 25 March 2009 at 06:20 am At the Malabar Farm State Park
4050 Bromfield Rd. Lucas,OH 44843-9745

Saturday, September 19, 2009
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Presented By:
Debbie, Tammy, Carol, Julie and Carolyn

Admission $2.00

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American Folk Art Festival 2009

Wednesday 25 March 2009 at 05:50 am Saturday, May 2nd 2009
12 Noon - 5 PM (Rain or Shine)

Laird Family Estate Winery
5055 Solano Ave, Napa CA 94558
$7.00 Admission

A Fund Raising Event and Folk Art Show to benefit the Museum of Craft and Folk Art

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43rd Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Wednesday 18 March 2009 at 06:26 am on the National Mall

June 24-June 28 and July 1-5, 2009

Open daily 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Evening events 6 p.m.

The Festival is held outdoors on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th Streets, near the Smithsonian museums. There is no admission charge. Visitors should dress for hot and humid weather. Parking around the Mall is extremely limited, so visitors are advised to use Metrorail. The Smithsonian station (Mall exit) is at the Festival site. Federal Triangle and National Archives stations are close by. During the Festival, call 202.633.7484 to hear a recorded description of daily events. For general Smithsonian visitor information, call 202.633.1000 (voice) or 202.357.1729

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Just too Cool!! Amazing Walking Female Robot by AIST

Monday 16 March 2009 at 09:13 am The female humanoid with slightly oversized eyes, a tiny nose and shoulder-length hair boasts 42 motion motors programmed to mimic the movements of flesh-and-blood fashion models.

"Hello everybody, I am cybernetic human HRP-4C," said the futuristic fashionista, opening her media premiere at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology outside Tokyo. (more)

LA Goal innovative programs for adults with developmental disabilities

Monday 16 March 2009 at 07:46 am LA Goal is working to create a more open society where all people with developmental disabilities can achieve employment and full inclusion into their communities.

People with developmental disabilities view our world in uniquely individual ways. When they express that vision through art, many prove to be remarkably gifted, creating works using a variety of mediums that will astonish and move you.

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NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2009 the 38th Festival!

Friday 13 March 2009 at 07:41 am May 22-25, 11 am-11 pm
RAIN OR SHINE!
Seattle, Washington

The Northwest Folklife Festival is the annual free climactic celebration of year-round ethnic, folk, and traditional arts activities produced by Northwest Folklife. The Folklife Festival is Seattle's unofficial leap into summer, with four days of jam-packed excitement.

Artists from the Pacific Northwest along with special guests from throughout the world create an ethnic extravaganza embracing music and dance performances, visual arts and folklore exhibits, hands-on ethnic children's activities, symposia, dance and music workshops, crafts, food, imported goods, demonstrations of traditional arts, and more! The exuberant tradition of sharing and participation at the Festival encourages exploration and learning between participants and public alike.

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11th Annual Downtown Denver Arts Festival

Thursday 12 March 2009 at 08:34 am May 22-25th 2009
Denver Pavilions, Colorado

The Downtown Denver Arts Festival is dedicated to supporting and showcasing Colorado visual artists. Downtown Denver Arts Festival holds its annual premier event each Memorial Day Weekend at the Denver Pavilions. The fine art and fine craft exhibition features over 125 of Colorado’s best artists with over 150,000 people expected to attend.

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38th Annual Kentuck Festival of Arts

Thursday 12 March 2009 at 08:04 am October 17th-18th 2009
Historic Downtown Northport, Alabama

The Kentuck Festival, nationally recognized for its quality and diversity, celebrates a variety of artistic styles ranging from folk to contemporary arts as well as traditional crafts. Each of the 250+ artists participating in the Festival is either invited as a guest artist or is juried based on the quality and originality of their work. The guest artists are nationally recognized folk and visionary artists whose powerful visual images continue to capture national and international acclaim.

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Take a Folk Art Roadtrip with Detour Art!

Thursday 12 March 2009 at 07:31 am Detour art is dedicated to the sheer joy of outsider, folk, visionary, self-taught, vernacular art and environment discoveries found all along the back roads (and side streets) around the world.

The site offers an encyclopaedic resource tool which lists tons of information. They have 2600+ Outsider, Visionary, Self-Taught and Art Brut artists listed. 800+ Folk Art Environments from Around the World, along with Museums, Organizations and Web References that can be found at the various links.

Detour Art offers a Travel Journal and Photo Gallery for anecdotal tales and personal photographs from the road of self-taught artists and visionary art sites.

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Via San Gregorio Armeno, Street of Nativity Workshops in Naples, Italy

Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 11:03 am

Via San Gregorio Armeno, in the heart of Naples' old town, is often called the street of nativity workshops. Lining the narrow pedestrian street are artisan workshops making nativity scenes (presepe in Italian) and terra cotta figures. Tiny shops sell Christmas crib figures and souvenirs, with items ranging from very high quality to inexpensive.

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Art & Soul Mixed Media Art Workshops

Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 08:01 am Art & Soul is a paper, fabric, jewelry and fiber arts art retreat taught by internationally recognized instructors. We are thrilled to bring such a wide variety of skills and artistic talent together for a 6th year!

Choose from dozens of mixed media workshops taught by internationally recognized instructors—designed to energize your creative spirit and reveal the secrets of your soul.

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Folk Art Patterns by Heidi England

Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 07:04 am

Heidi England literally had a hobby turn into a career. Her early training took place at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. It was later she met and studied with Jo Sonja Jansen in Conroe, Texas. Heidi relates, "It was here that Jo Sonja introduced Folk Art into my life -- and I fell in love with the art form and its history.

This was 25 years ago! Jo has been my teacher ever since. This I've learned -- the more you study and learn, the more you realize how much MORE there is to learn! Learning is one of the true joys in my life." Heidi has also studied in Germany and at Vesterheim in Decorah, Iowa.

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Ships by John Taylor on Exhibit

Friday 06 March 2009 at 10:15 am Exhibition at the Garde Rail Gallery
February 5 - March 28, 2009

Fresh from his solo exhibition at the Boise Art Museum last spring, John Taylor returns to Garde Rail Gallery with a show of new work. The show will feature several of John’s ship sculptures, as well as pieces that see the work moving into exciting new directions.

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Paul Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings

Friday 06 March 2009 at 08:47 am

The Boyer Gallery, officially known as the Paul Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings, is a folk art museum located at 1205 M Street in Belleville, Kansas featuring the animated sculptures of Paul Boyer. Many of the displays are hand carved wooden pieces that have been animated with hand-built motors and mechanics, while others are working models of aircraft or tractor engines. All of the pieces are built from scratch.

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Subscribe to Raw Vision Journal

Wednesday 04 March 2009 at 09:27 am

Raw Vision was first published in 1989 with the express purpose of bringing the phenomena of Outsider Art to a wide public. The first edition of Raw Vision presented works known to just a handful of people around the world. Raw Vision has since continued to feature new discoveries of Outsider artists and unknown places such as sculpture gardens and extraordinary self-made buildings.

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WITH OUR HANDS: World Folk Arts Festival

Monday 02 March 2009 at 1:01 pm At the Washington State History Museum
1911 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402

April 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
April 19 from noon to 5 p.m.

Twenty master folk artists will provide demonstrations of their work and hands-on activities during this two-day festival. Enjoy performances, talk to master artists and learn about world folk arts traditions and these Pacific Northwest artists. Here’s your chance to participate in folk arts traditions such as Japanese Kabuki dancing, Chinese knot tying, Yakama bead working, Latvian embroidery and much more.

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