In the excellent collection show “Women Only: Folk Art by Female Hands” you’ll see 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century women expressing themselves in a dizzying array of mediums.

According to the American Folk Art Museum, love tokens arrived in the US after Pennsylvania German immigrants introduced the practice in the mid-18th century.

A patriotic-themed quilt, along with an Uncle Sam whirligig, greet visitors to “American Made.” Quilts adorn several galleries, including one from the 18th century that features the name of ...

The 19th century saw the rise of the posthumous portrait, when in photographs and paintings, people preserved the faces of departed loved ones.

A painting found in an abandoned California storage locker is a rare double-sided portrait by revered American painter Ammi Phillips.

Jacob and son, John Bieber, folk artists of the 18th Century, had a water powered sawmill in the Oley Hills run by the Bieber creek soon after their patriarch, Johnann Bieber immigrated here in ...

Creating an 18th-century garden | CultureMs Peacock is a noted American poet, and it shows in her approach: she repeatedly uses the mosaicks as a simile for the rich and varied life of her subject ...