{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"House of Folk Art","title":"Episode 50 | Rare 1990s Folk Art Footage from Tom Wells","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3139,"description":"Before museums and collectors caught on, Tom Wells was documenting Southern folk artists on VHS in the early 1990s.\nIn this episode, Matt Ledbetter sits down with the longtime dealer to revisit those tapes and reflect on discovering artists like Z.B. Armstrong and J.T. McCord.\nTom explains how he first met these artists, how relationships developed, how work was sold, and what it looked like to build a market without the internet, price databases, or collector forums. Some of the footage captures artists actively working. The footage captures artists at work and preserves moments from an important era for folk art. \nCHAPTERS\n00:00 | Meeting Tom Wells in Thomson, Georgia\n01:39 | First encounter with Z.B. Armstrong\n08:24 | National exposure and Southern Magazine\n12:19 | Jake J.T. McCord on his front porch\n18:46 | Finding Ralph Griffin off a dirt road\n27:09 | Jimmy Lee Sudduth and painting with mud\n37:21 | Leonard Jones and painted tin\n42:21 | Discovering Willie Tarver\n46:45 | Meeting Richard Roebuck\nDo you know a folk artist or have a picking story worth sharing? Leave your name and where you are from and you might hear yourself on a future episode.\nhouseoffolkart@gmail.com\n(919) 410 8002\nFollow @houseoffolkart for more stories, field trips, and upcoming auction dates at LedbetterAuctions.com.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/V9-9EJUZ9R45flfIBnsuQ4AwapFGe_rYKiVr1IMQwbU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzUxNTk0LzE3MTE3/Mzc2MTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}