As Christina Westenberger begins the annual folk art Christmas tree assembly with the help of four other staff members, there are always a few extra ornaments in the box. The tree, which resides in ...

Appraisal: Folk Art Carved Bird Tree, ca. 1900, from Kansas City Hour 1. Watch Nancy Druckman's appraisal of a folk art carved bird tree, ca. 1900, in Kansas City Hour 1.

In trying to understand the American folk art of our 17th and 18th century Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants to the New World, one must understand the premise of how much of a religious backlash these ...

I was a young college graduate when I first realized I had a dual identity living in southeastern Pennsylvania, besides being an American citizen. But the importance of being a local PA Dutchman did ...