Summary of July 19, 2007 Junior Curators Meeting:
"We went through the Emerson Wilcox House to examine and take pictures of what we thought was folk art [note of the editor: the Junior Curators had walked through the house two weeks before with Curator Tom Johnson who had pointed out some folk art objects].
Carrie, one of the Perkins Fellows with a degree in art history, was our guest speaker. She talked to us about her view of folk art and answered our questions. We learned that folk art has to appeal to the community where it was made. This means that the artists' community has to appreciate and find a use for the art.
Carrie helped us define folk art by describing its local aspect. She also pointed out that connoisseurs of folk art are qualified to determine what is (or isn't) folk art because of their training and knowledge.
From this information, we concluded that Shelly's drawing was not folk art [editor's note: or maybe "folk art for your parents?"]"
Homework for next week: Junior Curators (and Richard and Anne as well) have to bring in items from their home that they believe are folk art.
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