The People's
Folk
Art
Museum
History,
made by hand.
The folk art of our time,
by real people with real feelings.
Every viewpoint welcome.
Admit one · Free to visit
You found the pop-up
A temporary room of our own.
The People's Folk Art Museum is open — for now in a borrowed house, at forrealflies.com. Same mission, same walls-to-be, while we wait on the keys to our permanent address.
One flight down from the official record. The art of now lives here.
Bring a painting, a carving, a song, a sign, or a story from the street. The first pieces in the door become Founding Contributors of the museum.
Welcome to
A museum built by the people.
Our mission. The People's Folk Art Museum collects, credits, and keeps the folk art of our time: real, physical, human-made work about the political figures and moments of today, from every viewpoint, along with folk songs, live performances, and a community archive of recent historic protests. We do this so the honest feelings of ordinary people are not lost to a closet, a landfill, or a disappearing feed, and so the people who come after us can see what we really thought and felt — in the maker's own words.
We collect real, physical, human-made art about the political figures and moments of today, from every viewpoint, along with folk songs, live performances, and a community archive of recent historic protests.
Every piece gets its own page
Photos of the work, plus the backstory in the artist's own words: who made it, where, when, and why.
What we believe
- Ordinary people are artists, too.
- Honest emotion belongs in a museum.
- All viewpoints deserve a place on the wall.
- Real hands, real materials. Not AI.
- The maker keeps the copyright, the credit, and their own words.
We don't pick sides.
We save the art.
The rooms are open. The walls are waiting.
The Galleries
First exhibits coming soon. Be in the opening show. Five rooms are ready — typographic empty frames and all — for the first handmade work to walk through the door.
Paintings
Canvas, cardboard, plywood, murals, hand-made signs — anything a person painted or drew about the people and moments of our time.
Opening show — submit a piece
Sculpture & Craft
Wood, metal, clay, found objects, quilts, textiles, banners, and other work made by hand in three dimensions or with a needle.
Opening show — submit a piece
Folk Songs
Original songs, lyrics, and recordings written after the evening news, on a porch, or on the way home from a march.
Opening show — submit a piece
Live Performance
Music, poetry, street theater, and other performances made for a crowd, a corner, or a kitchen.
Opening show — submit a piece
Protest Archive
Photos, video, and first-hand stories of recent historic protests, kept with care for the privacy of the people in them.
Opening show — submit a pieceNow accepting Founding Contributors
Be part of the first exhibit.
We are building the collection from the ground up, and the first pieces in the door will be honored as Founding Contributors of the museum.
Got a piece in the garage? A song in your notebook? Photos from a march? Bring it home to the people's museum.
Beginners & first-timers welcome!
A grassroots project
Support the museum
The People's Folk Art Museum is not yet a registered nonprofit, so donations aren't tax-deductible. Every dollar goes toward hosting, printing and growing the museum.
More about donating · Donation policy
The best way to support the museum is still to submit a piece, or pass this pop-up on to a maker you know.
Your art. Your words. Your piece of history.