There are two ways to build a room around folk art. Either use the art as a theme setting to decorate the whole room or use it as the focal point with the room’s contents directing the viewer’s eyes to the art.

Using art to establish a theme means one might look at the art and seek out things to mirror into the room’s decorations. If there is a predominant season, color or subject matter in the art presented Read the rest of this entry

The Santa Fe International Folk Art Market is located in New Mexico. This folk art market is the largest in the world. When you visit The Santa Fe International Folk Art Market be prepared for a lively, colorful and generally fun event. There is usually well over one hundred artists that represent nearly fifty countries. They are energetic and talented. More than twenty five thousand people attend every year. Interestingly enough, nearly half of the artists are there to represent women’s cooperatives. This has a major impact on women because it give a Read the rest of this entry

Back before such thing as internet shopping or even physical stores every day items were hand crafted from necessity. Today’s novelty folk art was yesterday’s winter project for do or die. Clothing was needed for protection as well as social status. Hand made garments were the norm. The artistry depended on the ability to purchase or weave fabric and obtain supplies such as looms. To vary color natural substances were used such as berries, bark and sometimes dirt. While in the earliest days some bartering of products was done, for the most part Read the rest of this entry

Folk Art is rather unique in that among all other art forms it is most prone to be influenced by the culture of the area in which the artist is producing. This is true because by definition, the folk artist has little to no training in the formal art world, techniques or art history, therefore they have nothing to go on other than their heritage and background. In the South, such artist currently draw much of their knowledge and experience for that of slavery and rural life or ancestors that were Read the rest of this entry