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DESCRIPTION:Contemporary Folk  February 15 - April 13\, 2013 Reception: F
 riday\, February 15th 6-8pm\n"Folk art is\, indeed\, the oldest of all t
 he aristocracies of thought\, and because it refuses what is passing and
  trivial\, the merely clever and pretty\, as certainly as the vulgar and
  insincere\, and because it has gathered itself into the simplest and mo
 st unforgettable thoughts of the generations\, it is the soil where all 
 great art is rooted." W. B. Yeats Mythologies  Folk art draws its power 
 from its directness\, honesty and ingenuity. This exhibition brings toge
 ther six contemporary American makers whose work has variously been desc
 ribed as folk art\, outsider art\, or visionary art. Half of this talent
 ed group includes individuals with no formal art training and half hold 
 graduate degrees in the field of art. What binds them is that they are c
 ompelled to use their hands\, hearts and minds to make work of great spi
 rit and visceral interest.  Exhibiting artists include: Wesley Anderegg 
 Harvey Peterson Thomas Ridlon Richard Rockford Tod Smith Jessica Straus
URL:http://backbay.patch.com/events/contemporary-folk-at-the-society-of-a
 rts-and-crafts
SUMMARY:Contemporary Folk at The Society of Arts and Crafts
LOCATION:Society of Arts and Crafts: 175 Newbury St\, Boston\, MA
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