Directory of Folk Art Resources

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Folk Art by definition, is the art produced by self-taught people - in other words, those who have not studied at art school. However today, the term "Folk Art" is also used to describe craft techniques that have been passed down from generation to generation. Then, there's Outsider Art, which is art that is created outside of the norm. That is to say, without guidelines or accepted standards. There's also Visionary Art. It seems that there are those among us that have a spiritual force guiding them to create works of art, usually with a strong spiritual message - this is called visionary art.

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Resources in This Category

• Florida Folk

  http://www2.fiu.edu/~knappj/
  A text-photography documentary about self-taught, outsiders artists living in Florida.

• History of Talavera Pottery

  http://www.inside-mexico.com/art1.htm
  Learn about the origins of Talavera a type of majolica earthenware, a white and glazed type of ceramic.

• The Folk Art Society of America

  http://www.folkart.org/
  A non-profit organization which advocates the discovery, study, documentation, preservation and exhibition of folk art, folk artists and folk art environments.

• The Orange Show

  http://www.orangeshow.org/
  A non-profit organization founded to preserve, present, promote and popularize the artistic expressions of ordinary people.

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