Folk art

Scope note

Use for the genre of art produced in culturally cohesive communities or contexts, and guided by traditional rules or procedures for creation in accordance with mutually understood traditions, and in some cultures allowing greater or lesser latitude for personal expression; genre defined and term used since the early 20th century. For the art genre not produced according to traditional rules and procedures of creation of a culturally cohesive community or context, but created outside of and unmediated by standards, traditions, and practices of the culture of the established art world, use "outsider art."