Southern Folk Art

Folk art is an art form that not only encompasses the idea of traditional crafts, but also painting, sculpture, and other works produced by untrained artists to express their own personal feelings about the world or their own lifestyle.

The objects pictured on this page represent three artist's work in the Permanent Collection of the University Museums.

"This is It" by
Luster Willis

"Skull" by James "Sun Ford" Thomas

"Haunted House" by Sultan Rodgers

The Art of Quilting

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