The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

Nicola Wood, Senior Editor Designed to replicate the three-tiered crowns found in Yoruban art from ... of enslaved African Americans, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History ...

It was the beginning of her extensive collection of more than 200 rare and commercial African American Christmas memorabilia — including various Santas, Mrs. Clauses, angels, nutcrackers ...