Decorative ExhibitionDecorative ExhibitionLincoln Square
Step into a world where raw creativity trumps formal training. This intimate, always-free museum showcases quilts, visionary paintings, and whirligigs by self-taught artists whose work pulses with personal stories and unfiltered imagination.
June 11
Raw self-portraits and alter egos from artists who never sat in a classroom. Henry Darger's private worlds and Bill Traylor's autobiographical visions reveal what happens when creativity bubbles up from instinct rather than instruction. The result is work that feels startlingly intimate: unpolished, unfiltered, and utterly original.
June 11
Self-taught artists have always defined themselves on their own terms. This exhibition traces a century of painters, sculptors, and makers who rejected academic labels, featuring Joe Coleman's intricate autobiographical works and rarely seen pieces from the museum's collection.
June 11 at 11:30am
See how everyday Americans told their own stories through quilts, carvings, and keepsakes. This free exhibition reveals how folk art shaped national identity from the Revolutionary War through the early 20th century, with multilayered pieces that carry meaning from creators, collectors, and history itself.
Lincoln SquareOpens Friday at 11:30 AM
Decorative ExhibitionDecorative ExhibitionStep into a world where raw creativity trumps formal training. This intimate, always-free museum showcases quilts, visionary paintings, and whirligigs by self-taught artists whose work pulses with personal stories and unfiltered imagination.
June 11
Raw self-portraits and alter egos from artists who never sat in a classroom. Henry Darger's private worlds and Bill Traylor's autobiographical visions reveal what happens when creativity bubbles up from instinct rather than instruction. The result is work that feels startlingly intimate: unpolished, unfiltered, and utterly original.
June 11
Self-taught artists have always defined themselves on their own terms. This exhibition traces a century of painters, sculptors, and makers who rejected academic labels, featuring Joe Coleman's intricate autobiographical works and rarely seen pieces from the museum's collection.
June 11 at 11:30am
See how everyday Americans told their own stories through quilts, carvings, and keepsakes. This free exhibition reveals how folk art shaped national identity from the Revolutionary War through the early 20th century, with multilayered pieces that carry meaning from creators, collectors, and history itself.