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Kate Manko
117 Main Street
City: Kennebunk State: Maine Zip code: 04043 Phone: 207-646-2595 Visit website This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it For somebody who says she fears snakes, Kate Manko has an inordinate number of them in her collection. The bears, moose, squirrels, fish, birds, snakes and more — nearly 100 objects of animal folk art — all represent rather commonplace critters that regularly skitter, slither or otherwise motivate across the northern New England landscape. The serpents are whimsical rather than literal — brightly and fancifully painted twisty roots and limbs, articulated and pigmented segments of wood or artfully joined bottle caps. Kate Manko, just 26 years old, is already a seasoned dealer and collector, having begun at age 4 with her first acquisition, a treasured woodcock, circa 1900–1920s, crafted in the style of Elmer Crowell, the East Harwich, Mass., carver. She spied the finely painted game bird at a flea market in Kennebunk, Maine, while accompanying her father, and she asked him to get it for her because it reminded her of the marshland birds she saw in her yard. The exhibition "Wild Things: Selections from Kate Manko's Collection of American Folk Art Animals" , collection currently on view at the Brick Store Museum through December 29, 2007. Mouse over top right/top left of image to see next and previous |
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