HeyJaredHouse of Folk Art
Join Matt Ledbetter, esteemed auctioneer and folk art connoisseur hailing from Gibsonville, North Carolina, as he unveils the rich tapestry of Southern Folk Art.
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Episode 64 | Face Jugs, Monsters and the Art of Stacy Lambert (opens the original)
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Kyle and Matt dive into the life, work, and wild imagination of North Carolina folk potter Stacy Lambert, using old photographs, stories, interview footage, and pieces from Matt’s collection to trace how Stacy developed a style completely his own. Stacy Lambert Bio Stacy was born in Randolph County in 1965, one of six children, and grew up around Seagrove. His parents worked in textiles rather than pottery, and his first artistic interest was drawing. After high school, he joined the Army, later
Episode 63 | The Lost Art of Door-Knock Picking with Wade Ledbetter (opens the original)
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Wade Ledbetter returns to the House of Folk Art to talk about the lost art of door-knock picking. Wade started picking around 1978 and spent more than 30 years driving back roads, choosing houses that looked promising, and knocking on doors to ask if anyone had old things they were ready to sell. In this episode, Matt asks him to explain what real picking looked like before Facebook Marketplace, online auctions, and yard-sale listings changed the business. Wade walks through the pitch he used at
Episode 62 | Mike Smith Was There: Rare Photos from Folk Art History (opens the original)
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Mike Smith returns to the House of Folk Art with something remarkable: a collection of photographs he took while visiting folk artists across the South during the 1990s. Mike estimates that he has photographed thousands of works, artists, homes, studios, and folk art environments over the years. In this episode, Matt sits down with him to look through around 50 of those images, many showing artists at home and surrounded by work that has since disappeared, changed hands, or been lost entirely. T
Episode 61 | Is This Folk Art? The Mystery of the Columbus Collage Man (opens the original)
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Matt and Sully are back with a mystery collection from Columbus, Ohio. This episode starts with a simple question: is Collage Folk Art? In front of them is a group of 147 handmade collages, all believed to be from the same unknown artist. The pieces came out of a Columbus estate, with no artist name, very little history, and just enough clues to make Matt think something important may be hiding in plain sight. Before digging into the work, Sully gives a quick setup on collage as an art form, fro
Episode 60 | Matt Shows Mike Smith the Rare Folk Art Leaving the Gallery (opens the original)
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This episode starts with Mike returning to the table, where Matt has pulled together a group of rare folk art, pottery, baskets, quilts, and objects from the gallery before they ship out to new collections. Some of these pieces may not come back around for decades, so Matt wanted to get them on camera while they were still in the room. The conversation begins with Mike’s 35 years in the folk art world and his early trips through the Southeast visiting artists. From there, Matt and Mike dig into
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