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Small Museum featured on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Weekend
Check out this great video segment from UNC-TV’s North Carolina Weekend:
Where Does the Term Outsider Art Begin and End?
Blogpost by Lisa Piper (one of the owners of the collection)……. I’ve often wondered where the term Outsider Art begins and where it ends. Can it be used for cooking […]
Small Museum Grand Opening is finally here! Sept 25 4pm – 6:30pm
Photography by Jessica Key of NOIR Photo. Folk art lovers will get a new venue this fall when doors open at The Small Museum of Folk Art in historic downtown […]
Collector’s folk art finds home in Pittsboro (Raleigh News & Observer)
PITTSBORO Jim Massey spent decades collecting folk art: R.A. Miller’s metal cutouts, Clyde Jones’ chainsaw-hewn critters, Sam “The Dot Man” McMillan’s spotted furniture, Jimmy Lee Suddeth’s mud finger paintings and […]
Objects and Memories, Museums and Inspiration
“The women . . . put different colored bottles, broken glass and sea-shells all around the grave of Aunt Dicey. In that way they showed their love for her.” William […]
A Newby’s Experience of Clydefest 2015
You don’t have to have lived for a long time in the Triangle area of North Carolina before you see a “critter,” maybe at your favorite restaurant, at […]
Folk art fans plan museum (Raleigh News & Observer)
PITTSBORO It is Tuesday, and Pittsboro’s Small B&B Café is closed. But owners Lisa Piper and Dave Clark are not at rest. They are on the prowl for used windows […]
New folk art museum working to come to Pittsboro (INDY Week)
Things will be stirring in the local art world this spring. As the North Carolina Museum of Art embarks on a major renovation, a mom-and-pop business in Pittsboro hopes to […]
