Lectures tagged "folk art"

Martin Ramirez: The Archive and The Repertoire
Tomas Ybarra-Frausto
November 6, 2008
00:45:37
Martin Ramirez (1895 - 1963) created hundreds of drawings of remarkable visual clarity and expressive power within the confines of DeWitt State Hospital in northern California, where he resided the last 15 years of his life.
Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art
Susan Mitchell Crawley
April 12, 2007
01:25:28
The High Museum's Susan Crawley, associate curator of folk art, moderates a panel discussion inspired by Carol Crown and Charles Russell's recent publication Sacred and Profane: Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art. Noted scholars discuss self-taught art in a cultural context.