Outsider Art · Explainer
What Is Outsider Art? Meaning, Origins and Key Artists
From Jean Dubuffet's art brut to Roger Cardinal's English coinage, a plain guide to a label that museums still argue over.
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Outsider Art · Compared
Folk Art vs Outsider Art: What Is the Difference?
Quilts and decoys on one side, private visions on the other, and a lot of shared ground in between that museums rarely keep apart.
Outsider Art · Guide
Visionary Art Environments to Visit in the United States
Five self-built worlds from California to Georgia, what they are, who keeps them standing, and why a quick check before driving saves a wasted trip.
Outsider Art · Guide
Howard Finster's Paradise Garden: A Visitor's Guide
A Baptist preacher's scrap-built "Memorial to God" in the Georgia foothills, rescued by its county and kept open by a nonprofit.
Outsider Art · Guide
Pasaquan: The Visionary Compound of St. EOM in Georgia
Seven acres of painted temples, pagodas and totem faces in rural Georgia, built by a self-proclaimed saint and restored for public visits.
Outsider Art · Explainer
Face Jugs: Edgefield History, Makers and How to Spot Them
From unrecorded Edgefield potters to the Meaders family and Burlon Craig, what a face jug is and why a real antique is so rare.
Outsider Art · Explainer
Gee's Bend Quilts: History, Makers and Where to Buy
How Black women in a bend of the Alabama River turned worn-out clothing into some of the most admired art made in America.
Outsider Art · How-to
How to Collect Folk Art: A Beginner's Guide to Buying Well
Train your eye in museums and fairs, get the paperwork in writing, and store your first piece the way conservators would.
From the archive
Related pages of the old festival site.
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The Outsider Art Show
The Saturday folk art show at the heart of the festival, rooted in Southern self-taught art, with the artists the site listed.
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How the Doo-Nanny Began
The founding story as the festival site told it: a turnip root with a face, a junk shop in Pittsview and a roadside folk art show that started in 1996.
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The Possum Trot Auction
The Friday-night art auction that opened the festival weekend, with costumes, bidding and donations.