WHAT IS FOLK ART?

folk art also folk-art    n.
	Art originating among the common people of a nation or region and usually reflecting their traditional culture, especially everyday or festive items produced or decorated by unschooled artists.

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Zelda Grant Zelda Grant is a self-taught fabric artist with an eye for manipulating colors, textures and designs, along with the ability to craft whatever her mind conceives. "I was born to create. From a young child, I remember how things with lots of texture felt as I continually stroked my little hands across them. "   Zelda Grant's Website	Book by Zelda Grant Order Info

Silas Dekind, Jr. Silas DeKind Jr. is a folk artist whose work is on display in Pawleys Island as well as the College of Preachers, a member of the Washington National Cathedral Foundation in Washington, D.C. A resident of the Plantersville community of Georgetown County, he was inspired by another artist who paints baptisms and by images of immersions he'd witnessed while visiting Mississippi during his days in the Army.

"Wash Day" - Silas Dekind Purchase Info

Missionary Mary L. Proctor Folk artist, Mary L. Proctor of Tallahassee, Florida began her art work process in 1995, as a healing experience after her loss of several family members in a fire. Since then, she has gone on to create hundreds of pieces. Shown here, materials include found objects, ordinary, day-to-day items such as detergent box cuts out, as in Bounce Back Girl, or old 33 LP vinyl records wall display.

Works by Missionary Mary L. Proctor Purchase Information

ADDITIONAL GULLAH ARTISTS

• Ramona La Roche – Photographer, Artist, Author, Educator, Healing Arts Therapist
• Vermelle “Bunny” Rodriguez – Quilter, Dollmaker & Tings
• Zenobia Washington – Dollmaker
• Silas DeKind, Jr. - Mixed Media 3D Artist

HEALIN' FOLK ARTS AND SOULFUL RETREATS

• Creative Arts & Healin' Music Circles

• Gullah Hans & Tings - Holistic massage therapy and body works  Appointments
• Herbs en tings
• Herbs from the Amazon Rainforest 
• NingXia Wolfberry Juice
• Therapeutic Essential Oils - Essential 7 and Oils of Ancient Scripture
  

BUSINESS LINKS

• DreamKeepers Art Center - Georgetown SC
• Chuma Gallery - Charleston SC