National Advisory Board, 2012-2013National Advisory Board, 2012-2013

  • Jim Arient, Naperville, Ill., retired dentist, collector.
  • Beth Arient, Naperville, Ill., collector.
  • Didi Barrett, New York, N.Y., New York State legislator.
  • Russell Bowman, Chicago, Ill., gallerist, former director, Milwaukee Art Museum.
  • Marilyn Bradley, Egg Harbor, Wis., collector.
  • Orren Bradley, Egg Harbor, Wis., retired Macy’s executive, collector.
  • Lynne Browne, Atlanta, Ga., collector, senior correspondent for Folk Art Messenger.
  • Wyatt Collins, New Iberia, La., retired attorney, high school teacher.
  • Susan Mitchell Crawley, Atlanta, Ga., independent curator and author.
  • Carol Crown, Memphis, Tenn., professor of art history, University of Memphis.
  • Harriet Finkelstein, Boston, Mass., retired tax accountant, collector.
  • John Foster, St. Louis, Mo., designer, founder of ENVISION Folk Art.
  • Tony Gengarelly, Brattleboro, Vt., professor of art history and museum studies, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
  • Kurt Gitter, New Orleans, La., retired retinal surgeon, collector.
  • Bill Glennon, Huntley, Ill., retired businessman, collector.
  • Baron Gordon, Williamsburg, Va., retired member New York Stock Exchange, collector.
  • Ellin Gordon, Williamsburg, Va., retired admissions director, Rye County Day School, collector.
  • Kevin Grogan, Augusta, Ga., director, The Morris Museum.
  • Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Salem, Mass., chief curator, Peabody Essex Museum.
  • Larry Kent, Vista, Calif., president, Kent’s Bromeliads, collector.
  • Randall Lott, Tampa. Fla., software executive, collector.
  • George Meyer, Bloomfield Village, Mich., attorney, collector.
  • Kay Meyer, Bloomfield Village, Mich., chairman of crisis intervention organization.
  • Carol Millsom, New York, N. Y., retired professor of education, New York University.
  • Mary Mitchell, Baileys Harbor, Wis., artist, writer.
  • Deborah Quirk, Tesuque, N. M., businesswoman, collector.
  • Cheryl Rivers, Brooklyn, N. Y., art history professor.
  • Thomas Scanlin, Dahlonega, Ga., jeweler, collector.
  • Betty-Carol Sellen, Deale, Md., retired librarian, Brooklyn College, author.
  • Stephanie Smither, Houston, Tex., collector.
  • John Turner, Berkeley, Calif., retired news editor, KGO-TV, author.
  • George Viener, Reading, Penn., gallery owner, collector.
  • Jean Weiller, Sarasota, Fla., designer, artist.
  • Ted Weiller, Sarasota, Fla., businessman, collector.
  • Barbara Weisskopf, Deerfield, Ill., collector.
  • Victor Weisskopf, Deerfield, Ill., president, Admiral Security, collector.
  • Gerard Wertkin, New York, N. Y., former director, American Folk Art Museum.
  • Alice Yelen, New Orleans, La., director of education, New Orleans Museum of Art.

Mission Statement

The Folk Art Society of America, founded in 1987, is a nonprofit organization that advocates the documentation, preservation and exhibition of folk art, folk artists and folk art environments, with an emphasis on the contemporary. We publish The Folk Art Messenger free to members, and produce an annual Conference with symposia, special exhibitions and an auction. Our online Calendar lists current, upcoming and ongoing folk-art-related events and exhibitions.