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FASA wins big at Virginia Press Women Awards

The Folk Art Society Website won second place in the Virginia Press Women awards at their Annual Conference on April 13, 2013 in the category nonprofit, government or educational. Read more »

Important Hotel Information for 2013 Conference

The original conference hotel, the Marriott City Center in Raleigh, NC, is already completely booked. A second hotel has been secured: The Clarion Hotel, 320 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Read more »

Folk Art Society Scholarship - deadline April 1

The Folk Art Society of America will award $1,000 cash stipend to one undergraduate or graduate student majoring in fields such as American studies, art history, folklore, history, museum studies or Read more »

Jessie Cooper 1932-2013

Kentucky folk artist Jessie Cooper of Flemingsburg, died January 24, 2013, after a long illness. Read more »

26th Annual Conference to be held in Raleigh, NC

We are pleased to announce that the 26th Annual Conference of the Folk Art Society of America will be held in Raleigh North Carolina from October 3-7, 2013. Save the dates!

FASA Wins Virginia Press Women Awards

Virginia Press Women awarded many prizes to The Folk Art Society this year! Read more »

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.