KENTUCKY ART
AND CRAFT GALLERY PRESENTS
KENTUCKY FOLK ART: 2002
March 14 - June
1, 2002
Opening
Reception: Friday, March 15, 2002 + 5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Louisville, KY
-- The Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation’s Shands Gallery is proud
to present a return to the roots of its mission with Kentucky Folk Art: 2002. This
unique exhibit surveys the trends and traditions of contemporary
Kentucky Folk Art, while asking the very difficult question of
“What is folk art?” It is commonly stated that folk art is
defined by three points: its self-taught legacy, its existence
outside of the mainstream realm of commercialized fine art, and its
stylistic separations along the lines of geographical placement,
religion and language. These axioms remain a facet of the definition
today, but the categorical attempts have become much more muddled
and complex with the spread of urbanization, education,
communication and technology.
“Kentucky is extremely fortunate to be so richly endowed
with a strong tradition of folk artisanship and native artistic
appreciation,” says Executive Director Mary Miller. “This
overflowing fount of diverse artistic talent has afforded us the
luxury of rounding up a truly diverse group of artists with whom to
re-evaluate folk art in the 21st century.” A wide cross section of
media will be represented, from painting and woodcarving to video
and electronics. Participating artists include those whose names are
synonymous with Kentucky Folk Craft, such as Minnie Atkins, Marvin
Finn, David A. Lucas, Hazel Kinney, C.M and Grace Kelly Laster, Willie D. Rascoe, Lavon Williams, Dan Torpey, Jesse
and Ronald Cooper, and Guy and Dollie Skaggs.
Also in the mix are artists such as J. Todd Dockery, Scott
Scarboro, Tony Woollard, James Welch, Zephra May Miller-The Bag Lady
of Louisville-Smoketown, Andrea Rodriguez, Joanne Meshew, Brad Devlin,
and Ramona Hotel, who evade the traditional definition but yet are
still deeply influenced and involved with the spirit of what folk art,
naive art, primitivism, and outsider art represent.
Kentucky
Folk Art: 2002 will be open from March 14, 2002 through June
1, 2002. The opening will be held on Friday, March 15 from 5:00 p.m. -
7:30 p.m. In conjunction with the opening there will be a very special
on-street exhibition of local and regional art cars. Come talk to the
car artists and make your own connections between the spirit of folk
art and the flowering tradition car embellishment and decoration. All
events are free to the public. Please
call (502) 589‑0102 or log on to www.kentuckycrafts.org for more
information.
About the Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation
The Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation is a nonprofit
organization founded in 1981 to continue the art and craft heritage of
Kentucky through the support and education of craft artists and
education of the public. The
Foundation is supported in part by the Fund for the Arts and Kentucky
Arts Council, a state agency of the Education, Arts and Humanities
Cabinet. The Kentucky Art
and Craft Gallery is open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. until
4:00 p.m., or by appointment.
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