Folk Art in the Everyday Lives of Farm Women

On Friday, September 18 at 6 p.m., Ginny Scheer will give a presentation at the Livingston Manor Library, Livingston Manor, NY, about folk art expression among farm women.  It is the second presentation of a project called Farm and Field: the Rural Folk Arts of the Catskills Region, sponsored by the New York Folklore Society and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Based on interviews with four women who grew up on farms or who make their living on farms, and including a little known historical folk artist, Scheer's slide presentation will examine how the expressive lives of these women relate to stereotypes of rural women's folk art and crafts, and how their creations come out of the rural culture of which they are a part.

The Livingston Manor Free Library is located at 92 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY  12758.  for more information call 845-439-5440.