In many cultures, animals have long been seen as more than just companions or wild creatures. They carry messages, symbols, and signs from the unseen world. One of the most curious beliefs is that ...

Just a few blocks from Canyon Road in Santa Fe is an art gallery and lifestyle shop called Folklore, where visitors can “really slow down, get present and experience beauty and healing,” according to ...

Chen Wenling, “Riding to Happiness (with 56 little pigs)” (2006) fiberglass, Denver Art Museum (all image by the author for Hyperallergic, unless otherwise noted) As far back as ancient Sumer and ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Art Park is currently featuring "Contemporary Folk Animals," a group art show with four animal sculptures made from repurposed materials. Montana artists Bill Ohrmann, ...

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Three local Peruvian female weavers creating colourful alpaca wool on the ground in the Sacred Valley. Obviously, you can’t travel to Peru right now, but if you’re itching to buy some of the country’s ...

Kathy Buschi considers herself a folk artist. Self-taught, she adds life to her local scenes of Delaware by using people, animals and the occasional family member. Kathy Buschi considers herself a ...

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...