Women Only Exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum
Monday, May 10, 2010 16:27
I was in New York this weekend and paid a visit to the American Folk Art Musuem. I wanted to check out their new exhibit “Women Only: Folk Art By Female Hands.” I strongly suggest every crafter, artisan and female art aficionado in the New York metropolitan area visit before the exhibit ends on September 12. It features a myriad of female works of art from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
There are quilting techniques on display, like this late-nineteenth century quilt made of silk.
Different mediums appear throughout the exhibit like this shadow box made of human hair.
Perhaps one of my favorite pieces is this crazy quilt. The unknown artist made her political statements known through the popular art of quilting far before women were given the right to vote decades later.
About Christine Ernest
Christine Ernest is Hello Craft’s Communication Director. She does a good amount behind-the-scenes work like organizing the Hello Craft blog content, sending out press releases and formatting the page you are reading right now. In her free time Christine documents her thrift finds and crafty endeavors on her Tumblr, thinks about pulling out her Brother knitting machine and crochets one too many granny squares. Her DIY hero is her mother, who is handy with both a chainsaw and a sewing machine. To contact Christine, please email christine[at]hellocraft[dot]com and follow her on twitter: @cernest
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http://art188.com/skull-art/ Skull Art | Art 188
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