Chinese people first developed folk art between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. Famous folk art such as paper tearing, shadow play, embroidery and carving were loved by royalty and common people alike.

STAUNTON — Staunton Augusta Art Center will be hosting "Retrospective," the highly anticipated first gallery exhibition of works by Mary Ann Vessey, a Staunton-based folk artist whose vivid and ...

A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...