The Home for American Folk Art Discovery
Original videos and conversations exploring the artists, collections, and stories behind the work.
From artist visits and auction galleries to antique shows and private collections, House of Folk Art follows the people and pieces keeping American folk art alive.
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Watch full episodes on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Each week, we head somewhere new to find folk art, learn its story, and meet the artists carrying it forward.
The Art of Everyday America
Folk art was rarely made with a museum in mind. It comes from daily life and from people who felt the need to make something with their own hands.
House of Folk Art spends time with that work and the people connected to it. Folk art preserves parts of American history that are easy to miss because they were lived privately and recorded outside of institutions.
We are here to document that world as it exists and keep the stories attached to the work.
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A Life Spent Around Folk Art
Meet Matt Ledbetter, auctioneer, collector, and host of House of Folk Art
Matt has spent his life around Southern antiques and American folk art. He started young, going door to door with his father in search of overlooked objects and the stories behind them. Today, he runs Ledbetter Auction Gallery in Gibsonville, North Carolina, where years in the trade have connected him with artists, collectors, dealers, and families across the region.
House of Folk Art grew out of those relationships and a lifetime of looking closely. The show follows Matt as he asks questions, visits the people behind the work, and shares what he is still learning with a wider audience.