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Know anything about Whig Rose quilts?
This quilt is available to bid on for the museum's silent auction. Bidding ends Monday, October 7th!
place a bid → https://t.co/4OEcsOGwpW
The museum's fall gala, otherwise known this year as the Outsider Ball is quickly approaching! Your support will allow the museum to sustain and expand its wide range of exceptional initiatives, and help make folk art accessible
more info → https://t.co/FJEZ1uMKvC
Audrey B. Heckler surrounded herself with the most significant artists associated with self-taught art. Among them Aloïse Corbaz, William Hawkings, Martín Ramírez, and Anna Zemánková. See her collection today!
MEMORY PALACES is now on view. → https://t.co/IHHImgqJTI
It's #NationalTattooDay! Did you know NYC is considered the birthplace of modern tattooing in America? It's where artist Martin Hildebrandt set up the first professional shop in the mid-19th century. Check out our newly digitized 19th-century flash book at https://t.co/i7jyZkVe9A
Samuel Steinberger was one of many Jewish immigrants who poured into New York's ports from Eastern Europe as oppression mounted in the 1880s. He made this quilt with remnants of satin and velvet from his tailoring business. See it in Made in New York City→https://t.co/WfVHfTlz5M
In his autobiography, Mr. Dial Is A Man Looking For Something, artist Thornton Dial wrote, "My art is the evidence of my freedom." Read the full text via @SoulsGrownDeep at → https://t.co/WunXLq5g60
Did you know AFAM offers free live jazz on Wednesdays from 2-3 pm? Boogie down to the museum and see Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook! More info at → https://t.co/ZYPhRMyu3J
Recent rains got you down? The sun is out and #FreeMusicFridays in on! Join us at 5:30 pm for sweet sounds by Jason Howell, @treyalam, and @JasonMylesGoss. Arrive early to explore the galleries and enjoy a glass of wine with host @LaraEwen before the show! https://t.co/SA847vdtyb
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of #ChildrensBookWeek, the nation’s longest-running literacy initiative, with Fables across Time: Kalila and Dimna, animal fables that originated in India more than two thousand years ago, available in the museum shop! https://t.co/NIdZCYbvz0
To create his visually compelling works, Henry Darger borrowed from popular-media sources to overcome his lack of formal drawing skills. Did you know @FolkArtMuseum is the single largest public repository of his work? See more at → https://t.co/eC4P5MpnXY Image © Kiyoko Lerner.