To add privacy, window screens were sometimes painted ... but she also winks at the old motifs by including swans. “I’ve been painting screens but my own way — traditional and contemporary ...

(See accompanying box for other events.) Mr. Cipolloni, who is 66 and retired, began painting pastoral scenes on window screens more than 45 years ago, when he needed “some extra money to go out ...

a prolific practitioner of the Baltimore folk art tradition of painting colorful window screens, died Feb. 11 of complications from dementia at Caring Home Assisted Living in Essex. She was 89.

Jan Crawford explores a unique folk art tradition going back 100 years ... as artists today once again embrace the tradition of painted window screens, an authentic connection to the city's ...

I went looking for old things connected to the city's history and quirky local culture — everything from Edgar Allan Poe to row houses and painted window screens, a utilitarian folk art that's ...

cofounder of The Painted Screen Society.Bright colors and clever designs adorn windows of homes and businesses. Historically, painted screens were used for privacy in hot summer months when the ...

To add privacy, window screens were sometimes painted ... but she also winks at the old motifs by including swans. “I’ve been painting screens but my own way — traditional and contemporary ...