Folk Art Hero: Maud Lewis

I like to think of barn quilts as rural folk art. Rural CIVIC folk art because we can all get involved in creating a barn quilt. It’s the perfect form of community-based art.

Maud Lewis

But whenever I say folk art, I always have the name “Maud Lewis” in the back of my mind.

Here’s a film about Maud Lewis and her art. We’re lucky to have the National Film Board.

Mary Simpson