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May 1, 2025 | Upcoming Exhibitions at Mingei International Museum Honor Southern California’s Mid-Twentieth Century Impact
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2025
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March 4, 2025 | Across the Spooniverse, a New Exhibition at Mingei International Museum, Stirs Up Imagery of Family, Celebration, and Tradition
February 4, 2025 | Mingei International Museum Unveils Six New Exhibitions
February 4, 2025 | Mingei International Museum’s Bright Exhibition, Fashioning an Icon: Virgin of Guadalupe Imagery in Textile Design, Centers A Reimagined Cultural Icon
February 4, 2025 | Novel Exhibition, Historic Footprints: Native American Ledger Drawing from Fort Marion, Uplifts Stories of Resilience at Mingei International Museum
2024
October 30, 2024 | Mingei International Museum Presents Community Events in Balboa Park for Getty’s PST ART Weekend: San Diego & La Jolla
2023
December 13, 2023 | A Concurrent Jewelry Exhibition, La Frontera, Opens at Mingei International Museum and CECUT - Centro Cultural Tijuana in 2024
September 12, 2023 | Over/Under: Woven Craft at Mingei Opens November 4
August 28, 2023 | Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper Opens at Mingei International Museum on October 14, 2023
August 23, 2023 | Mingei International Museum Welcomes Guusje Sanders as New Curator and Ariana Torres as Assistant Curator
April 27, 2023| A Dazzling Exhibition of African Craft Opens at Mingei International Museum May 20, 2023
January 18, 2023 | The exhibition 25 Million Stitches: One Stitch, One Refugee opens at Mingei International Museum on March 25, 2023
2022
October 21, 2022 | Spotlighting piñatas as a traditional craft and vibrant contemporary art form
August 25, 2022 | Piñatas – The High Art of Celebration Opens at Mingei International Museum October 28
May 7, 2022 | Mingei International Museum Promotes Senior Staff Member
March 16, 2022 | Mingei International Museum Spring Exhibitions Bursting with Creativity and Whimsy
February 16, 2022 | Mingei International Museum Launches Inaugural Lecture Series with Leading Craft Scholar
February 7, 2022 | Mingei International Museum Welcomes New Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator
2021
November 2021 | Mingei Partners with San Diego Favorite Urban Kitchen Group for Innovative On-Site Dining Experience
September 2021 | Mingei Reopens with Creative Fanfare: Mayor Todd Gloria Salutes Fully Realized Transformation and Welcomes a Cultural Anchor Back to Balboa Park
April 2021 | Mingei International Museum Grand Reopening Set for September 3, 2021
March 2021 | Mingei International Museum Embraces Mission Through Significant Transformation
January 2021 | Mingei International Museum Receives Getty Foundation Grant to Develop a Bold, New Exhibition: BLUE GOLD: The Art and Science of Indigo
Mingei In The News
2022
October 21 | The New York Times
New Southern California Exhibitions Reveal Riches of Art and Tradition
2021
September 2 | The New York Times
A Museum of Everyday Art Extends a Welcome Mat
August 29 | San Diego Union-Tribune
The new Mingei: ‘a thing of genuine beauty and of marvelous utility’
August 24 | The Art Newspaper
Museum championing ‘art of the people’ reopens in San Diego after $55m renovation
August 12 | San Diego Magazine
INCOMING: Artifact at Mingei
July 29 | American Alliance of Museums
Crafting the Museum Experience: How Mingei International Museum Centered Mission and Visitor Experience in a Major Renovation
March 10 | San Diego Union-Tribune
The $55M transformation of Balboa Park’s Mingei Museum is nearing completion
2020
January 22 | Ranch & Coast Magazine
Mingei International Museum’s Transformation Begins its Final Phase
2019
December 4 | San Diego Union-Tribune
Balboa Park’s Mingei Museum now set to reopen in early 2021 following $52M makeover
March 14 | Airtable.com
How the Mingei Museum moved 26,000 pieces of art (without a hitch)