March 22, 2010
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Two-for-One Museum Admission
American Folk Art Museum
(between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas)
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 265-1040
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Free for children under 12
Fri: 10:30 am – 7:30 pm
The American Folk Art Museum is one of the leading institutions dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of American folk art. Its permanent collection of 5,000 objects, many of them masterpieces, offers a telling glimpse of the social and historical settings in which they were created. The permanent exhibit America's Heritage contains fine examples of portraits, landscapes, seascapes, trade signs, weather vanes, whirligigs, decorated tin, carousel horses, furniture, pottery, decoys, quilts and other objects dating from the mid-1700s to the present. Several short-term shows are mounted annually. These have included Young America: A Folk Art History and a retrospective of the work of Sister Gertrude Morgan. Exhibition-related lectures, gallery tours and workshops help visitors acquire a fuller understanding of the cultural, social and historical context of the works. The museum, founded in 1963, occupies space next to the Museum of Modern Art on West 53rd Street.
Free admission 5:30-7:30 pm on Friday evenings.
- Directions: Subway: E, V to Fifth Avenue/53rd Street; B/D/F/V to 47-50th Streets Rockefeller Center; Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 to 53rd Street
- Disability Access: Fully accessible.
- Gift Shops: Handmade and one-of-a-kind objects, also books on folk and decorative arts; open all week, Mon 11 am-6 pm; Tues-Sun 11 am-7:30 pm
- On-Site Food: Cafe serves hot and cold snacks and beverages; open Mon-Thurs 10:30 am-4:30 pm, Fri 10:30 am-7:30 pm, Sat-Sun 11:30 am-4:30 pm
- On-Site Parking: On streets or in commercial lots nearby
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American Folk Art Museum Listings
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Up Close: Henry Darger and the Coloring Book
Thurs, March 11, 2010 – Sun, Sept 19, 2010 Darger (1892–1973) adopted countless images from popular-media sources such as newspapers, magazines, comics and cartoons, but no single source influenced him as steadily as the coloring book. This intimate exhibition features nine examples illustrating the primary role the coloring book played for this 20th-century artist.
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Thurs, March 11, 2010 – Sun, Sept 5, 2010 While many self-taught artists engage in storytelling with a representational style of art making, there exists a significant number of artists that are drawn to non-objective portrayals of subject matter, not unlike abstract "fine" artists. This exhibition highlights the work of more than 40 of these self-taught surrealists.