The Los Altos History Museum Folk Art Fair was established in June 2001 by Tom Baker, promoter of the California Country Antiques Show. Tom invited two folk artists, Tana Taylor (Prairie Primitives Folk Art) and Karen Phillippi to show their work at the Los Altos History Museum, located across the parking lot from the California Country Antique Americana Country & Folk Art Show. Both the Folk Art Fair and Antiques Show are for the benefit of the Los Altos History Museum.

Over the years, the Folk Art Fair has grown, and you are now likely to find up to 10 folk artists showing, selling (and sometimes demonstrating!) their work at this event. Tana and Karen are still regular exhibitors at this Fair, and were joined by Emily Hollinger in 2002 and since then by several other artists including Sylvia Anderson, Carolyn & David Vallelunga, Penny Burns, Kathy Clark, Judy Sullivan and the Los Altos Rug Hookers.

The Folk Art Fair is held in the courtyard of the History Museum which is located on San Antonio Road in Los Altos, California. If you're attending the California Country Antiques Show, look across the parking lot for the barn-shaped building -- that's the Museum -- the Folk Art Fair is in the enclosed courtyard adjacent to the Museum. The Los Altos History Museum Folk Art Fair is open to the public and admission is FREE!

The next Los Altos History Museum Folk Art Fair will be held on October 21st, and the hours are 10am to 4pm.