In studying early American folk art, there is no shortage of folk art documents that express early pioneer immigrants’ gratitude for reaching America in a time when many individuals still fea… ...

Numerous folklorists have attempted to trace certain Pennsylvania Dutch Folk art dower chest designs to their original folk artists living in southeastern Pennsylvania for a number of years now ...

Now, much of Yoder’s art is Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, with hex signs and fraktur being some of her specialties. Yoder’s path to her current art career certainly wasn’t linear, but each ...

In the late 1980s, Pennsylvania could boast more than 400 barn stars — those circular, geometric designs painted on the sides of Pennsylvania Dutch barns that most people know as “hex signs.” ...

Where PA Dutch folk art meets AI: ... was inspired by Pennsylvania Dutch and German fraktur art — the highly stylized 18th- and 19th-century illuminated designs that often bordered documents ...

This historic barn including PA Dutch hex signs appears along Crystal Cave Road in Richmond Twp., Berks County on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art ...

He says the tradition grew out of folk art that German settlers brought with them to Pennsylvania. Originally, the designs were based off of stars, hence the "barn star" designation.

ESCAPES | A tour of Pennsylvania Dutch country’s “hex barns” shows off the colorful and unusual folk art.

When Europeans immigrated to southeastern Pennsylvania over 300 years ago, they brought with them an aesthetic vernacular that became known as Pennsylvania Dutch folk art.