There, the first Saturday in November, people came to celebrate folk artist Ruby C. Williams. The invitations, like Williams, didn’t mess around. “Time: 11 a.m. sharp.” “At 11 o’clock sh ...

From the Greek world through the Renaissance, hares often appear as symbols of sexuality in literature and art ... hare or rabbit, symbolizing that she overcame sexual temptation. But it is in the ...

From the Greek world through the Renaissance, hares often appear as symbols of sexuality in literature and art ... Mary with a hare [Image: Louvre Museum, Paris] But it is in the folk traditions ...

Among the most interesting examples are those painted in the 19th Century by Swedish-born folk artist Olof Krans. In 1850, the 12-year-old Krans came to Bishop Hill, Ill., a tiny hamlet founded in ...