Included in the examples are works from the Charleston and Old Slave Mart museums and the ironwork of Philip Simmons.

Forms from African and American popular arts, photojournalism, advertising, voodoo and the landscape reflect oral traditions of black culture: rural legends, po

Folk art is as varied as it is indicative of person and place, informed by innovation and grounded in cultural context. The variety and versatility of 300 Ameri

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