We saw the Strawberry Moon rise over Eldridge Swamp two nights ago. Just south of our home in Shushan, New York. At a place we had never...

When I came across this 1866 image and article in our historic newspaper collection earlier this year, I immediately thought of Glens...

Every Wednesday we have posted an image on Facebook from our current exhibition, Life Through Bloomer's Lens: Portraits from the Richard...

This beaded wire bird is the work of Bernard Domingo a folk artist living in Westchester County in the lower Hudson Valley of New York...

"The view presented... is one of the finest on Lake George" proclaims an 1853 issue of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion found...

This geisha doll (ningyo) is the newest addition to Folk Arts All Around Us, an evolving exhibition at Crandall Public Library. It is...

April is National Poetry Month, so I thought I'd share a poem I found quite recently, along with a bit of family history. “He’s The First...

Moose & Wolves is a wood carving and painted wood sculpture by Benjamin N. Raino of Whitehall, where Washington County touches Lake...

This 4 x 4 foot wood-framed metal work is custom designed and handcrafted by James Gonzalez of Farmhouse Forge in Potsdam, NY. It was...

Henry's Star is a Barn Quilt, 4 x 4 feet in size, designed and hand-painted on a wooden board by Ruth McWilliams. It was commissioned by...

We're very excited to announce our most recent acquisition for our permanent Folk Art Collection – Riverbowl III by Serena Kovalosky of...

Elmer Stahlman (1902-1997) shared his recollections of his family's apple farm stand in 1990 as a part of a Survey of the Apple Culture...

Here's another video in the series From the Archives, based on my grant-funded research documenting the folklife and traditions of our...

Hand-crafted paper mâché vejigante masks from Puerto Rico caught my eye in 2004 while walking on Broadway, proudly displayed in a hair...

John Hamm (1920-2006) told me this story in 1989 for a Folk Arts Project where I first interviewed residents about their childhood...

Here's another video in the series of documentaries called From the Archives, based on my grant-funded research documenting the folklife...

This morning, The Folklife Center received a wonderful new collection. Jon Patton and his sister Mary Jo Patton Russell stopped by on...

Harry and I in the Strawberry Patch, a painting by Clara Mae Orto, is one of the many unique works found in our Folk Arts Collection at...

We are now the proud owners of 100 Amigurumi crocheted animals. A large box arrived in May. Its contents were originally part of an...

A few years ago, in the papers of my grandparents, Arthur and Mabel (Hamm) DeGarmo of Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York, I found a...