Monday Museum Mystery: Who is this Folk Artist?
Monday Museum Mysteries are back! In this biweekly feature, we unlock the vault and share hidden treasures from our collection. Try your hardest to answer the questions asked, and when you think you know, check out the bottom of the post for the correct answer! This semester, Monday Museum Mysteries is teaming up with the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies , so each post will focus in some way on women and their impact on the world! This week, we are looking at Folk Art. The South has a very rich history of artists and their Folk Art. Do you know the names of any Folk artists? You might be familiar with Oxford-native Theora Hamblett. Theora had a similar style to our mystery artist; both of the artists painted things with religious significance. Our unknown artist grew up in Lafayette, Alabama, before she moved to New Orleans, where she lived for the rest of her life. She was not only an artist, but she was also a poet, musician, and pre...