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Museums American Folk Art Museum 45 West 53rd Street NY, NY 10019 (212) 977-7170 www.folkartmuseum.org In January 2002, MAFA opened a new 30,000 square foot, five-story building in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The museum's new home was designed by architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Works by more than 100 contemporary artists, as well as numerous examples of older folk art, are included in MAFA's collections. Ongoing special exhibitions, with an excellent selection on permanent display. MAFA also publishes an informative quarterly magazine, Folk Art. American Visionary Art Museum 800 Key Highway Inner Harbor Baltimore, MD 21230 (410) 244-1900 www.avam.org Opened in the fall of 1995, AVAM showcases the works of self-taught artists. Based on the premise that visionary ability derives from "learning to listen to the small, soft voice within", AVAM invites guest curators to mount longstanding exhibitions on a variety of provocative topics. Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th and G Streets, NW Washington, DC 20560 (292) 357-1300 www.si.edu Extensive permanent holdings of twentieth-century self-taught art, along with special exhibitions. Installed on the first floor of the museum is James Hampton's amazing "Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly", a 180-figure assemblage constructed from gold and silver tinfoil and kraft paper. High Museum of Art 1280 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 733-4200 www.high.org A substantial resource for contemporary folk art, emphasizing the works of artists from the Southeastern US. Permanent collection includes 139 works from the collection of T. Marshall Hahn. Intuit The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art 756 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 (312) 243-9088 FAX (312) 243-9089 intuit@art.org outsider.ort.org |
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