Folk Art taken from http://folkart.com. Students analyze each work for theme.

1. Theme: The old represents Wisdom and Knowledge. The
middle age stands for Strength and Fertility. The young is
Innocence, Agility and the Hope of a better future.
HaitianFolkArt
“Generations”

2. Theme: Sisters gather at the market to help one another
sell their produce and to renew their sisterly bond.
HaitianFolkArt
“Sisterhood”

3. 1980s.
HaitianFolkArt
“Wall of
Shadows”
Theme: The painting speaks of the political turmoil of the

4. AfricanAmerican
“Sweet Sweet
Gardenia”
Theme: Though the
earth is bright and
beautiful, Sweet
Gardenia will not
open her eyes.

5. AfricanAmerican “Going to Church”
Theme: Role of religion in the African American family
and community.

6. AfricanAmerican “Big Band”
Theme: The importance of music (jazz music in this
case) to the African American Community.

7. CelticFolkArt
“Walls and Doors”
Possibly this painting is
about the recurring
dream of a library
without books where
history & knowledge live
inscribed in walls ...it's
content, whether painful
or joyful...transformed
into an alphabet of
colored light.

8. CelticFolkArt “Harmony”
Theme: Harmony and
spirituality.

9. CelticFolkArt “Dreambridge to Ark”
Theme: Each time we close our eyes to go to
sleep, we take a journey.

10. AmericanIndian “Folk Art Black Stallion”
Theme: Independence, strength

11. AmericanIndian “Seeking Creative Expressions”
Theme: The painter represents his need to
create art on a daily basis

12. AmericanIndian
Ketchican Totem Pole
Theme: Totem poles
were built to
commemorate
ancestors and to
remember the past.

13. MexicanFolkArt
“Angry Rebellious
Doll”
Theme: Hand
crafted by an
extremely poor
artist to give a
voice to those
seeking political
and economic
freedom

14. MexicanFolkArt “Bright Ocean Flower Trees”
Theme: Represents the beauty of Mexico

15. MexicanFolkArt Huichol Mural made with coloured string
Theme: The painting seems to speak of the busy
nature and diversity of the community.

16. VariousAmerican
“Thanksgiving Autumn Country Farm Rural
Americana”
Theme: Rural America is a land of plenty

17. VariousAmerican “Angel Inn”
Theme: Eat, Drink, and be Merry

18. VariousAmerican “David and Catherine Crane”
Theme: Marriage is _(You fill in the blank on this one)