Kentucky Folk Arts Center

 Trish and I are in Morehead, Kentucky, for the Cave Run Storytelling Festival.  Yesterday and today we have school students on field trips to the Festival.

When our school day was finished yesterday, we went for a visit at the Kentucky Folk Arts Center, located here in Morehead.

Folk Arts include any form of self-taught artistic expression.  It may be quilting, painting, woodwork…there is no limit. Often Folk Artists are not recognized and often their work is left to decay and disappear.  The Kentucky Folk Arts Center recognizes Kentucky Folk Artists and preserves the best of their work in this tiny museum.

We loved this depiction called “Hurricane Hugo.”

Much of the work collected here is of  Biblically based content. From the Garden of Eden to The Last Supper we saw many serpents and many naked versions of Adam and Eve!

There was also a lovely gift shop.  Helpful for shoppers but also an opportunity for many artists to sell their creations.  We were very tempted by the fox with a chicken in his mouth.  This place is worth a stop.