Folk at Heart is an invitation to enter a world of discovery and creativity. We have curated an uplifting, theatrical and imaginative exhibition combining fine, popular and applied artists to sit alongside self-taught and anonymous folk artists mixing contemporary and historical timelines. Folk at Heart embraces the artist, the amateur, naïve and unpretentious – each artist leads the narrative from social history, decorative and useful to the subversive and grotesque. There is painting, printmaking, collage, ceramics, jewellery, basket weaving, quilting and embroidery alongside many curious and rare vintage finds. Folk at Heart explores the iconography of personal memory, pop-culture, myths and folk tales, practical design and the continuation of local traditions in all forms.
Michael Agnew | Julia Albert-Recht | Gary Anderson| Malcolm Appleby | Lise Bech | Stephen Bird | Kate Black | Clive Bowen | Colin Brown | Pauline Burbidge | John Byrne | Jonathan Christie| Martin Clark| Fitch & McAndrew | Alan Furneaux | Joe Ginniff | Owen Jones | Jonny Hannah | Mark Hearld | Joe Hogan | Andrew Holmes | Tracey Johnston| Jane Keith | Rachel Larkins | Diana Leslie | Angie Lewin | Anna Liebmann | Vicky Lindo & Bill Brookes| Christine McArthur | Adrian McCurdy | Michael McVeigh | Katrin Moye | Helen Munday | Jo Pond | Claire Roberts | Terry Shone | Sylvia von Hartmann
