Maine is a repository for some of the Country's best folk art. Much of the material is seldom seen and only a small portion has been published.

Represented in Maine collections are essentially all the forms in which this genre appears: portraiture, landscapes, still life, decorated furniture, schoolgirl art, trade signs, pottery, marine arts, weathervanes and other sculpture, to name just a few.

In the spring, summer and fall of 2008, eleven of Maine's Art and History Museums will exhibit their folk art collections simultaneously as part of a coordinated statewide exhibition. Maine people and out-of-state visitors will be able, in the course of a few days, to follow Maine's Folk Art Trail from York to Waterville to Searsport to see this vast collection.

Our Sponsors: Davis Family Foundation, Carl M. Lindberg Family Foundation, American Folk Art Society, Northeast Auctions, Bill and Sally Gemmill, Maine Antigue Digest, Maine Antiques Dealers Association, Maine Humanities Council, Maine Community Foundation, Maine Arts Commission, Kenneth R. Martin, and an anonymous donor

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