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Grist to the mill: folk art in the Atlantic Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Susan M. Foshay
Susan M. Foshay*
Affiliation:
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Abstract

Literature on folk art of the Atlantic region, with few exceptions, would be nonexistent without the intervention of visual arts institutions and museums. The interest in folk art and folk art collecting by museums and galleries, and the institutions’ penchant for documentation, has generated a diversity of written and visual material on the subject, of both an historical and a contemporary nature, which unveils a regional portrait of artists and their work.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 22 , Special Issue 4: Special issue: The Visual Arts in Atlantic Canada: libraries and literature , 1997 , pp. 8 - 11
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1997

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