American Folk Art Museum Benefit Concert With Lonnie Holley And More

The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) is thrilled to celebrate multi-faceted Lonnie Holley at a special fundraising concert: “Lonnie Holley and His Universe.” Holley is a powerful visual artist represented in AFAM’s collection, as well as an internationally renowned musician. The concert will be hosted by Harvey Fierstein, award winning actor, playwright, screenwriter, and folk art enthusiast.

We are thrilled to celebrate Holley’s newest album, Oh Me, Oh My, features Bon Iver, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, and Sharon Van Etten, among others. The evening will celebrate Holley’s visual and musical talents and explore his collaborative spirit with other musicians, which has led to more than six full-length albums. He will be performing his original, experimental, genre-defying compositions with Mourning [A] BLKstar, a musical collective dedicated to Black Culture, storytelling, and song.

AFAM is the leading institution for folk art across time and place, showcasing artists and artworks that followed non-traditional paths and were previously overlooked by the mainstream artworld. For more than 60 years, the Museum has been a champion of self-taught artists and artworks that otherwise would not have been collected, celebrated, exhibited, and studied.