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The Met Museum Nets Major Collection of Outsider Art from the South
Nellie Mae Rowe, “Woman Scolding her Companion” (1981), pastel, colored pencil, crayon, and marker on paper (all images courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of Souls Grown Deep Foundation from...
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From the Deep South, an Overlooked Chapter in Art History
Thornton Dial, “Don’t Matter How Raggly The Flag, It Still Got To Tie Us Together” (2003), mattress coils, chicken wire, clothing, can lids, found metal, plastic twine, wire, Splash Zone compound,...
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Artist Thornton Dial, an American Genius, Dies at 87
Artist Thornton Dial in an undated photo taken at his home near Bessemer, Alabama (photo by Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio, courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation) It has been said that when gods fall, the...
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Choosing Between a Folk Artist’s Story and His Work
Ronald Lockett, “Rebirth” (1987), wire, nails, and paint on Masonite, 12 x 18 1/2 x 1 1/2 in, collection of Souls Grown Deep Foundation (all photos by Stephen Pitkin / Pitkin Studio) Ronald Lockett...
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Outsider Art Comes to the Metropolitan Museum
Thornton Dial, “History Refused to Die” (2004) okra stalks and roots, clothing, collaged drawings, tin, wire, steel, Masonite, steel chain, enamel, and spray paint, 8 feet 6 inches x 87 inches x 23...
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One of Black Southern Art’s Greatest Advocates, William S. Arnett, Dies at 81
William Arnett in his living room (1992) (photo by Bard Wrisley) Art collector, historian of the American South, and founder of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, William S. Arnett, passed away in...
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Souls Grown Deep Starts Unprecedented Resale Royalties for Artists
Lonnie Holley, an artist represented by Souls Grown Deep (© Timothy Duffy, courtesy Resnicow and Associates) Souls Grown Deep Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting work by African...
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Gee’s Bend Quilts, Purvis Young Works, and More Enter Five University...
Thirty artworks entered the collections of the Blanton Museum of Art, the Hood Museum of Art, the Princeton University Art Museum, the RISD Museum, and the Hampton University Museum.
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