U S Folk Art Museum Plans Reach Beyond Its Early Vision
New York AP reports the Museum of Early American Folk Art, though not yet housed permanently, has bold outreach plans as a nonprofit chartered by New York. Founders seek a central public venue in the metro area after the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and other major folk art collections were formed here but dispersed to other sites.
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Museum of
Early American Folk Art
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
New Folk Art Museum Plans Public Launch in New York
A new folk art museum in New York plans a fall loan exhibition at Time-Life Building with 100 plus items from circuses to ship figureheads. Temporary home at 37 W 53rd St will open in spring, with three loan shows yearly and a goal to build a permanent collection and library. Key supporters include Joseph B. Martinson and critics urge quick rescue of pieces before their owners fade. The exhibit aims to spark local interest and tour pieces regionally, highlighting works from 18th century to modern times.
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Williamsburg
Electra Havemeyer Webb
Shelburne
W. 53Rd St
Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Primitive Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
Bayou Country
Louisiana
Great
Smokey Mountains
New York
Martinson
Iowa
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Pertory Group
HAU
Israel
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Harry Shaw Newman
Jean Lipman
Harry T. Peters Jr
Atkinson
Saco
Mersman
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