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Manko American Folk Art
Po Box 20
City: Moody State: Maine Zip code: 04054 Phone: 207-646-2595 Visit website This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Through December 31, 2007, The Brick Store Museum of Kennebunk, Maine, is pleased to present Wild Things: Selections from Kate Manko's Collection of American Folk Art Animals. The Exhibition features more than 80 objects of animal life folk art, including bears, moose, elk, deer, squirrels, snakes, turtles, fish, frogs, and a wide variety of birds. These highly inventive and playful works reflect their makers' desire to capture the animals' individual characteristics. Various materials were used in crafting these pieces; many are based in wood but infused with imaginative details fashioned out of metal, seashells, beads, and leather. Others were created entirely out of materials such as deer antlers, canvas, pieces of discarded oil drums, and even bottle caps. The objects, many of which were found in camps throughout Maine, date from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries. While a number of the pieces were created for home and outdoor decoration, others were utilitarian objects, aiding hunters or fisherman in attracting their prey or acting as rooftop weathervanes. Wild Things reflects the personal collection of Kate Manko, a dealer and collector of American Folk Art in Moody, Maine, who has assembled the wildlife objects over a twenty-year period. For more information on viewing the exhibition: www.brickstoremuseum.org or 207.985.4802. Mouse over top right/top left of image to see next and previous |
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