How to Use folk art in a Sentence

folk art

noun
  • Look for Dan’s handmade folk art pieces.
    — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • In part, this fresh eye came from my limited knowledge of folk art.
    — Douglas Brenner, House Beautiful, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Maria stands for folk traditions, folk arts, the ways of her people.
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • One of his bestsellers is erotic folk art jigs that were made by soldiers in the world wars.
    — Sandy Sanchez, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
  • There’s been a lot of growth in attention to and collection of folk art in the past few years.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The Texas tradition has become a teenage rite of passage and a kind of folk art, too.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Dia de los Muertos folk art skulls and figurines were safely locked behind a glass case.
    — Brian Melley, ajc, 13 June 2021
  • The Texas tradition has become a teenage rite of passage and a kind of folk art, too.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Craig accumulated a large amount of folk art and outsider art.
    — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 23 July 2021
  • The museum features folk art exhibits from around the world (walk-ups only).
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Gierosky’s art is also on display at her private gallery, along with original folk art from around the world.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Medieval painting, and usually folk art, are the holding-the-breath kind.
    — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a folk art train from about the ’30s in the windowsill, and the kitchen table was a made from a piano.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The app ecosystem is creating the next iteration of folk art, in a way.
    — Taishi Fukuyama, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2019
  • Explore Polish folk art and learn to make unique handmade Christmas cards.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2017
  • It was placed there by a Swedish immigrant, and through endurance and default, became folk art.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Blazhiyevska’s background in Ukrainian folk art plays an important role in her work.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The unique quilting style of a group of residents has been recognized as an important form of folk art.
    — Kelly Kazek | [email protected], al, 1 June 2020
  • It’s inspired by Anna Bond’s folk art textiles, giving you a unique art piece for your home.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Years ago, an appraiser had come to look and figured the collection might be worth $10 a piece as folk art.
    — Kirk Johnson, New York Times, 24 June 2018
  • The event also boasts a live animal show, free kids’ activities, a book fair and folk arts and crafts vendors.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Works of native folk art, such as dolls and other paintings, are also displayed in cases around the restaurant.
    — Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Works of native folk art, such as dolls and other paintings, are also displayed in cases around the restaurant.
    — Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
  • My art style is inspired a lot by Chinese folk art, but with a bit of a modern sensibility.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • This love for folk art and the nontraditional crafts can be seen in the pieces from his collection that are also on display.
    — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 28 June 2019
  • His is now regarded as one of the finest collections of Mexican folk art anywhere.
    — Washington Post, 10 July 2019
  • The hour-long event helps educate kids 2-5 about Japanese folk art, craft and design.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • The connection among folk art, handcrafts, and modernism was made by a number of curators and collectors at the time.
    — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Mitchell described Thomas’ artwork as childlike but cool, with themes varying from folk art to heavy metal to Viking imagery.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This one reminds us of Scandinavian folk art with its abstract stripes and primary color scheme.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 23 Feb. 2026

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