❥ kids at the outsider art fair

this week in outsider art work by noviadi, a cat and sardines rug from iowa, and a felipe benito archuleta pig, plus kids at the outsider art fair took disposable camera photos

Apr 06, 2025

THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART

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**NOVIADI ANGKASAPURA** Untitled (2021) // Ballpoint pen, crayon on cardboard; 25.5 x 17 inches (64.8 x 43.2 cm) via *Cavin-Morris Gallery*

**GENEVIEVE LA VALLE** Wicked: Visions of (sardines wrapped in bows) danced in their heads (2024) // Hand-punched yarn on fabric, backing, glue; 24”x 36” via *the artist*

**FELIPE BENITO ARCHULETA** Pig (circa 1965) // Ponderosa pine, paint, hemp rope; 8 3/8 x 6 13/16 x 13 1/4 in. (21.3 x 17.3 x 33.7 cm) via *New Mexico Art Museum*

**NELLIE MAE ROWE** Untitled (Figures with Cats) (1978–1982) // Crayon and marker on paper; 18 3/4 x 24 inches via *High Museum of Art*

**KENNETH ALLEN WILSON** Red devil with bottle (c. 1995) // Wood, paint, glass bottle; 12 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (31.7501 × 14.605 × 24.765 cm) via *Museum of International Folk Art*

**UNKNOWN** Knock Down Punk (Carnival Cat) (c. 1950s) // Fabric, Wood; 12 inches x 17.5 inches x 4 inches via *Red Goat Farm*

**WILLIAM HAWKINS** Santa Sophia Mosque (20th century) // Enamel paint on board; 46 5⁄8 x 55 1⁄4 in. (118.4 x 140.4 cm) via *Smithsonian American Art Museum*

**SARAH MARY TAYLOR** Big Lady (1990; Yazoo City, Mississippi) // Cotton, Broadcloth/Muslin; 90 x 74 inches (229 x 188 cm) via *International Quilt Museum*

**ALEJANDRO LAZO** Untitled (2004) // Acrylic on canvas (20 3/4 x 25) via *Indigo Arts Gallery*

**MAKER UNKNOWN** (Hazara People) Ceremonial Cloth / Prayer Stone Wrapper (Mid-20th century; Afghanistan) // Cotton embroidery on a cotton ground; 15 1/2 × 15 5/8 in. (39.37 × 39.6875 cm) via *Museum of International Folk Art*

**BARRY COLPITTS** Two Yellow Birds (date unknown) // Polychromed wood; 7" H x 6.5" L x 4 W (approx.) via *Black Sheep Gallery*

**CONNOR STEPHENSON** Nutcracker, Mask and Ship (2024) // Oil on Canvas; 60 x 48 inches via *the artist*

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**WILL PTACEK** Under the Cavalry Cross (2024) // Acrylic Gouache & Gesso on Canvas courtesy *the artist*

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OH WORD?

Last month at the 2025 Outsider Art Fair I gave some kids a disposable camera and asked them to take photos of their favorite artworks.

Shout out to these kids for liking great art and their parents for taking them to the greatest art fair around. Thanks for giving me permission to share these photos!

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Take yer kids to go see awesome weird art and photograph it!!!

Here’s what they liked best.

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SHOUT OUT

Shout out to Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona, a multi-media artist and advocate for Intuit causes, including setting the record straight when it comes to the thousands of years of Inuit’s treking the Baffin Island in Canada — as well as Kabloona herself who has hiked from Qikiqtarjuaq to Pangnirtung (which spans 1500 kilometers) with others several times!

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FROM THE COLLECTIVE

MIKE COMBS is a self-taught artist from Austin, Texas who for the past decade has been creating “Creeps” on up cycled husk corn crates using spray paint, house paint, and acrylic paint. You can find his “Creeps” on the walls of private collections across the country, as well as Austin galleries and streets.

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