The 44th annual Kentuck Folk Art Festival gets underway today in Northport, near Tuscaloosa. The internationally acclaimed event features close to three hundred folk artists, including Ab “The Flag Man,” Chris Hubbard, “Missionary Mary” Proctor, and Ruby Williams (pictured above.) The Festival attracts artists from twenty seven states, some of whose work has been displayed at the Smithsonian. Their work includes sixteen forms of art ranging from mixed media, clay, glass, photography, sculpture, and book arts. The event includes live music and activities for children.
Kentuck Festival of the Arts Gets Underway
