Kentucky Folk Art Center

The Kentucky Folk Art Center (KFAC) at Morehead State University is one of Kentucky's special places. Located in the historic Union Grocery, the Center offers much more than a typical museum experience. KFAC houses a permanent collection of nearly 1,400 pieces of self-taught art. Dozens of works from the collection are displayed on a rotating basis in the center’s first-floor gallery. Upon viewing folk art for the first time, many are attracted to its whimsical attributes, and we should take joy in these works as the artists intended. But in many instances, the art you see on the walls at KFAC was born out of hard times. The works displayed here stand as a document of and testament to the common man's concerns, courage, and convictions. 

The Center presents several new changing exhibits each year in the second-floor gallery, featuring folk art, fine art, textiles, photography, and historical content. KFAC also boasts one of the best gift shops in the region, offering original folk art, crafts, jewelry, books, toys, housewares and much more. 

KFAC hosts or sponsors regular cultural events and activities each year, like the Appalachian Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair, on the first Saturday in December. For a complete schedule of upcoming events and exhibition openings, please call.