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New Discoveries in Pennsylvania German and Germanic Folk Art

Building on recent new discoveries, Lisa Minardi, who is assistant curator at Winterthur Museum, author, and specialist in Pennsylvania German art and culture, will use objects featured in Self-Taught Genius to explore the relationship between fraktur and painted furniture. She will also present new research on fraktur artist David Cordier and discuss how the technical study of fraktur in collaboration with scientists and conservators is enabling new insights to emerge.











When: Wed., May. 28, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Where: American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square
212-595-9533
Price: Free
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Building on recent new discoveries, Lisa Minardi, who is assistant curator at Winterthur Museum, author, and specialist in Pennsylvania German art and culture, will use objects featured in Self-Taught Genius to explore the relationship between fraktur and painted furniture. She will also present new research on fraktur artist David Cordier and discuss how the technical study of fraktur in collaboration with scientists and conservators is enabling new insights to emerge.

Buy tickets/get more info now