Episode 62 | Mike Smith Was There: Rare Photos from Folk Art History

Podcast: House of Folk Art · Matt Ledbetter

Opublikowano: 2026-08-03

Mike Smith returns to the House of Folk Art with something remarkable: a collection of photographs he took while visiting folk artists across the South during the 1990s. Mike estimates that he has photographed thousands of works, artists, homes, studios, and folk art environments over the years. In this episode, Matt sits down with him to look through around 50 of those images, many showing artists at home and surrounded by work that has since disappeared, changed hands, or been lost entirely. The photographs include Benny Carter sitting in his living room and standing among the...