Painting a quilt with a block design on a piece of wood to hang on a barn can be traced to European, Australian and German immigrants who arrived in Pennsylvania in the 1700s. Over the years, the ...

Perhaps nothing symbolizes Pennsylvania Dutch culture more than the hex sign. Some believe hex signs were first added to barns as a kind of painted prayer, usually for blessings and as protection from ...

Join us for a creative and colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint your very own barn quilt—a bold, geometric work of art inspired by traditional quilt blocks. You’ll be guided through the ...

CLEMENT — Kellie Tew turns the pages of her barn quilt photo album. “It’s like a baby book,” she says, as a kaleidoscope of primary colors flickers through her hands. In the six years she’s been ...

Appraisal: 19th-Century Dutch Folk Art Painting, from Chicago, Hour 1. Watch Stephen Fletcher's appraisal of a 19th-century Dutch folk art painting, in Chicago, Hour 1.

Appraisal: Folk Art Oil Painting, ca. 1880, from Anaheim Hour 1. Check out Karen M. Keane's appraisal of a folk art oil painting, ca. 1880, in Anaheim Hour 1.

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