Folk Art

Profiles of artists and performers from around the world form the basis of this innovative volume that explores the many ways individuals engage wi...

Performing Englishness examines the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In t...

This book examines how Mexican artisans and artistic actors participate in translations of aesthetics, politics, and history through the field of c...

Glimmering glass beads can be threaded onto thin wire and shaped into flowers – a historical handicraft, rooted in Venice and its famous Murano gla...

This book is a mosaic or quilt of folk art around the world, from polychrome clay figures made in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla (Mexico) to the baske...

A celebration of female inventiveness and aesthetic sensibility, Shedding the Shackles explores women’s craft enterprises, their artisanal excellen...

"The rightful place for an artist, his real world, is a pot of black ink. I believe it contains all the magic, all the forms, everything that human...

An exploration of the evolution of the Japanese Mingei (folk art) movement within the context of today’s concerns  Originating in Japan in the 1920...

Prince Twins Seven-Seven (1944-2011) was not only one of Africa's most famous contemporary artists and the leader of the Osogbo School of Nigerian ...

Art, Observation, and an Anthropology of Illustration examines the role of sketches, drawings and other artworks in our understanding of human cult...

Now available in paperback, Performing Englishness examines the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of th...

Coca bags, or chuspas, represent one of the most enduring and resilient forms in the rich history of Andean weaving traditions. These small, elabor...