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What is vernacular art?

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By Beauvais Lyons
| Charlotte Sun Verified
Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by artists who are usually self-taught. They tend to work outside of art academies and commercial galleries, which have traditionally been the purview of white, affluent artists and collectors. Where to find folk art in Florida A.E. Backus Museum and Gallery: Backus was a largely self-taught artist from Fort Pierce who created iconic images of the timeless beauty of the Florida landscape.
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What is vernacular art? A visual artist explains

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By Beauvais Lyons
| Big News Network Verified
Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by artists who are usually self-taught. They tend to work outside of art academies and commercial galleries, which have traditionally been the purview of white, affluent artists and collectors. In the U.S., vernacular art - which can also be called folk art or outsider art - is dominated by the works of African American, Appalachian and working-class people.
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What is vernacular art? A visual artist explains

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By Beauvais Lyons
| The Caledonian-Record Verified
By Beauvais Lyons, Chancellor’s Professor of Art, University of Tennessee Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by artists who are usually self-taught. They tend to work outside of art academies and commercial galleries, which have traditionally been the purview of white, affluent artists and collectors.
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