Outsider Art · Guide
Visionary Art Environments to Visit in the United States
Five self-built worlds from California to Georgia, what they are, who keeps them standing, and why a quick check before driving saves a wasted trip.
Folk Art & Roots Culture
Front page: explainers and guides from an independent American magazine about folk art, festivals, roots music and DIY film.
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- Festival Camping Checklist: What to Pack and What to LeaveFestival Guide · 2 min read
- What Is Americana Music? Roots, Grammys and Key AlbumsRoots Music · 2 min read
- How to Make a Short Film on Your Phone: A Beginner's GuideIndie Film · 3 min read
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Festival Guide · Guide
Burning Man First Timer Guide: Principles, Survival and Art
A temporary desert city runs on gifting, self-reliance and art, and it expects every newcomer to arrive ready to look after themselves.
Roots Music · Explainer
Delta Blues: History, Sound, Key Players and Where to Hear It
Solo singers with a slide guitar in the Mississippi Delta recorded a handful of 78s that went on to reshape Chicago blues and rock and roll.
Outsider Art · Explainer
Gee's Bend Quilts: History, Makers and Where to Buy
How Black women in a bend of the Alabama River turned worn-out clothing into some of the most admired art made in America.
Festival Guide · Explainer
What Is an Art Car? Houston Parades and Mutant Vehicles
From a fruit-covered car in Houston to licensed mutant vehicles in the Nevada desert, the rolling sculpture is a very American folk art.
Outsider Art
Self-taught artists, visionary environments and the folk traditions of the American South and beyond.
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Outsider Art · Guide
Howard Finster's Paradise Garden: A Visitor's Guide
A Baptist preacher's scrap-built "Memorial to God" in the Georgia foothills, rescued by its county and kept open by a nonprofit.
Outsider Art · Guide
Pasaquan: The Visionary Compound of St. EOM in Georgia
Seven acres of painted temples, pagodas and totem faces in rural Georgia, built by a self-proclaimed saint and restored for public visits.
Festival Guide
How grassroots festivals, parades, burns and art fairs work, and how to get the most out of them.
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Festival Guide · Checklist
Festival Camping Checklist: What to Pack and What to Leave
Everything a first-time festival camper needs in one table, and why the event's own prohibited-items page decides what actually goes in the car.
Festival Guide · Explainer
What Is a Krewe? Mardi Gras Krewes Explained Simply
From Mobile's Cowbellions to Comus, Rex and Bacchus, how private Carnival clubs came to run the parades and balls of the Gulf Coast.
Festival Guide · How-to
How to Sell Art at Festivals: Applications, Fees and Booths
Juried applications, show fees, a sales tax permit and a weatherproof booth are what stand between a maker and a first good weekend of sales.
Roots Music
Blues, Americana, shape-note singing and the homemade instruments behind them.
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Roots Music · Explainer
What Is Americana Music? Roots, Grammys and Key Albums
A roots-music umbrella that began as a loose industry tag now has its own trade association, its own awards and its own Grammy categories.
Roots Music · How-to
Cigar Box Guitar: History, Parts and How to Build One
A box, a stick and three strings: the homemade instrument that grew from a make-do folk tool into a worldwide makers' movement.
Roots Music · Explainer
Sacred Harp Singing: Shape Notes and the Hollow Square
Four shapes, four parts and a square of chairs: the old Southern way of singing that anyone can walk into and join.
Indie Film
Do-it-yourself filmmaking, short films on a shoestring and the festival circuit.
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Indie Film · How-to
How to Submit to Film Festivals: A First-Timer's Guide
From picking the right festivals to the screener link and the checkout button, the steps an independent filmmaker takes before sending a film out.
Indie Film · How-to
How to Make a Short Film on Your Phone: A Beginner's Guide
A phone, a simple script and a few habits borrowed from real film sets are enough to shoot a short that holds up on a big screen.
Indie Film · Guide
No-Budget Filmmaking: How to Make a Film With Almost Nothing
How filmmakers finish a film with borrowed gear, free locations and friends, and why the paperwork matters as much as the camera.
Culture of Chance
Luck, play and risk in painting, design, stage and song: partner features collected in one place.
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Culture of Chance
Board Games, Card Games, and the Fine Line to Fine Art
Picture two scenes. In one, a museum light shines on a chess set made from carved ivory and gold. In the other, a worn deck of cards sits on a kitchen table…
Culture of Chance
Casino Murals and Public Art: Narrative Walls of Fortune
Big walls can tell big stories. In casino towns, walls do more than fill space. Murals and public art guide your steps, set the mood, and share the soul of a…
Culture of Chance
Ceramics of Chance: Dice, Tiles, and the Aesthetics of Play
The die leaves my hand. It ticks over a leather apron, then rests near the wheel. The sound is not bright. It is low and kind. The clay feels cool and firm. It…
Culture of Chance
Color, Light, and the Aesthetics of the Gaming Floor
Good design is not only “flashy.” On a gaming floor, color and light guide your eyes, help you relax, and shape how long you stay. This clear guide shows how…
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