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Future Exhibits at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

Asa Ames: Occupation Sculpturing

This is the first exhibition devoted to the three-dimensional portraits carved by the elusive artist between 1847 and his death in 1851. Although Asa Ames's output was small, this exquisite group of polychromed carvings in wood, on loan from public and private collections, represents some of the most beautiful and sensitive American sculptures of the mid-19th century. Asa Ames: Occupation Sculpturing was organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York, with support from the Leir Charitable Foundations in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir, the Gerald C. Wertkin Exhibition Fund, and the New York City Department of Cultural Resources. February 1, 2009 through January 3, 2010. Opens Sunday, February 1, 2009

Material Witnesses: Quilts and Their Makers

This exhibition tells the fascinating and varied stories of the women and men who produced intricate, colorful bed coverings in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Opens Thursday, November 26, 2009

Sidewalks to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art

Examine signboards, storefront figures, weather vanes, marine carvings, whirligigs, carousel animals, and other pieces originally intended for use outdoors. These 19th and 20th-century artworks survived the elements and bear witness to the creative spirit that once enlivened the American landscape.

December 20, 2008 through January 3, 2010.

Opens Saturday, December 20, 2008