Americana Insights 2023 presents groundbreaking research on traditional American folk art and material culture. Essays by leading scholars provide a wealth of new insights on a diverse array of artistic traditions, from New England, the mid-Atlantic, South, and mid-West—and spanning the colonial era to early twentieth century.
Robert Shaw is an independent curator and art historian who has written and lectured extensively on many aspects of American folk art. His many critically acclaimed books include Bird Decoys of North America: Nature History and Art (2010), American Quilts: The Democratic Art (2017), and American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds (2021). He has curated exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Natural History, the National Gallery of Art, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Shelburne Museum, where he served as curator from 1981 to 1994.
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