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The festival, which was named as an Alabama bucket list experience earlier this year by Garden and Gun, will take place on Oct. 4.
Is it folk art, design, or can we simply agree on "art ... was actually in the shape of a United States map (1886). Signature quilts, album quilts, Amish quilts and African-American quilts round out ...
For the most part, Amish buggies are as low-tech as possible, but some Amish folk upgrade them with modern technologies, namely battery-powered lights and turn signals. These aren't intended to ...
Amish quilters preferred simple ... peering into the depths of the sea. “What That Quilt Knows About Me” runs at the American Folk Art Museum until Oct. 29. New York-based writer Kim Cook ...
The newly opened Homestead Folk Art Museum is a celebration of that rich ... from hand-woven baskets used for storage or laundry to quilts and elaborate German bookshelves.
“Amazing Grace” hangs prominently, reminding visitors of the spiritual roots of Amish quilting traditions ... and other motifs associated with the region’s folk art. The lyrics to “Amazing Grace” ...
ARTHUR (JG-TC) -- The upcoming eight annual Woodwrights Guild Home & Garden Show is scheduled to feature more than 100 exhibitors, including award-winning Amish folk artist Andy Mast. Show ...
(Note to self: Write “Barn Raising Blues” and become the next big thing in quilting folk music ... From traditional Amish quilts that could double as optical illusions to modern art pieces that make ...
AS part of its mission to present folk art in a context “that can overcome ignorance and promote understanding,” the Museum of International Folk Art has displayed art from the farthest ...
“Anything but Simple: Gift Drawings and the Shaker Aesthetic,” at the American Folk ... art. Many instruments were talented textile-makers, and some of their drawings could almost be quilts ...
The Quilts of Amish Women at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) are anything but plain. Though Amish communities are widely known for modest attire and a humble way of life isolated from ...
KUTZTOWN, Pa. - While it's hot out there, there's one place to cool down at the Kutztown Folk Festival. Festival goers gathered inside the air conditioned quilt barn all week long to shop.