Sheboygan, WI The above video clip is a segment from the closing dinner, inspired by the environmental artists and was created by a group called “The Nana Projects” (Molly Ross and artists Annie Howe, Alison Heimstead, Elisabeth Roskos and Adam Krandle) It was performed to…
“Taking the Road Less Traveled: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists”co-hosted by the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and the Kohler Foundation, Inc.An International Conference – September 27-30, 2007Sheboygan, WI Let’s just get this out of the way – The Kohler’s are visionary, self-taught, vernacular, your-term-here…
David Nemechek | dates unknown | outside of Perry, OK Sign environment | creation dates unknown First things first – don’t stop along the 2 lane Highway 64 to get out and take photos, the law frowns on this behavior and will ticket you. You…
Slotin’s Folk Fest | Norcross (North Atlanta), GA“World’s Largest Folk Art Show” Thanks to Steve and Amy Slotin, “Detour Art” had it’s big debut at Folk Fest in North Atlanta. Every third weekend in August, over 100 galleries, dealers and artists descend upon this northeast…
Earl Wayne Simmons | 1956- | Bovina, MS Found object environment and paintings Original site 1980s – 2002. | New site (same location) 2002 – present As a child, Earl Wayne Simmons made his own toys from scraps of cardboard, jar lids, and bottlecaps, sometimes…
Reverend H. D. Dennis | 1916- | Margaret Rogers Dennis | dates unknown Vicksburg, MS Embellished visionary environment | Created 1994 to present Sometimes you just get lucky. I had been wanting to meet the Reverend Dennis and his wife Margaret for sometime, and now…