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Current Exhibitions

Community Spotlight: Sew Loka exhibitions

Community Spotlight: Sew Loka

Mar 6 - Jun 12, 2025

Fashioning an Icon Reina Martínez Vásquez, designed by Epifanio Gómez Jiménez. Blouse of commercial unbleached muslin, hand-led machine embroidered with commercial cotton. Collection of Linda Hanna. Image courtesy of Judith Romero. exhibitions

Fashioning an Icon

Apr 5 - Sep 7, 2025 At Mingei International Museum

Student Craft 2025 Students admiring works on display at opening reception exhibitions

Student Craft 2025

Apr 5 - Aug 17, 2025 At Mingei International Museum

Historic Footprints A group of Indigenous people drawn on ledger paper exhibitions

Historic Footprints

Apr 12 - Aug 17, 2025 At Mingei International Museum

Across the Spooniverse Collection of spoons made of various materials and styles laying on a table exhibitions

Across the Spooniverse

Apr 12 - Aug 17, 2025 At Mingei International Museum

Layered Narratives Image Description: Gently folded quilted textiles with patriotic motifs. exhibitions

Layered Narratives

May 17 - Nov 16, 2025 At Mingei International Museum

Tuck and Roll Two armadillo sculptures from Brazil. One made from a coconut shell, and the other carved from wood. 1993-55-035 and 1995-37-001. exhibitions

Tuck and Roll

May 24, 2025 - Jan 11, 2026 At Mingei International Museum

Upcoming Exhibitions

Inside the Design Center The Design Center — a modernist architecture building with large glass windows above a canyon exhibitions

Inside the Design Center

Sep 6, 2025 - Apr 12, 2026 At Mingei International Museum

Boundless A collection of ceramic vessels in blue and shades of warm tones, reflecting a sunset made by Laura Andreson. exhibitions

Boundless

Sep 27, 2025 - Jun 7, 2026 At Mingei International Museum

Restitched Feed sack quilt top - Hexagon Diamonds by an unidentified maker around 1940s. 1012-35-111. Quilt made of feed sack fabrics exhibitions

Restitched

Nov 22 - May 10, 2025 At Mingei International Museum

MAKE Zenga Bros. "Lamp Ramp", featuring skateboarder Andy Anderson. Photography by Gordon Nicholas. Image features a skateboarder riding a metal ramp that doubles as a lamp when tilted up. exhibitions

MAKE

Nov 21, 2026 - May 9, 2027 At Mingei International Museum

Recent Exhibitions

Restitched Feed sack quilt top - Hexagon Diamonds by an unidentified maker around 1940s. 1012-35-111. Quilt made of feed sack fabrics exhibitions

Restitched

Nov 22 - May 10, 2025 At Mingei International Museum

Blue Gold exhibitions

Blue Gold

Sep 14, 2024 - Mar 16, 2025 At Mingei International Museum

Cups to Connections Objects for Japanese Matcha tea from Mingei International Museum's permanent collection. Image description: Various colorful tea instruments, including tea bowls, a water jar, chasen, matcha scoop, and brazier against a black background. exhibitions

Cups to Connections

Mar 30 - Aug 11, 2024 At Mingei International Museum

Shirin Towfiq Thinking About Migration", 20 digital prints on gauze with fan, 15’ x 10’ installation. Courtesy of the Artist. Image: side view of very lightweight textiles installed on a wall floating, appearing to be floating. On the textiles are intricate geometric patterns in creams, blues, reds, and oranges. exhibitions

Shirin Towfiq

Mar 30 - Aug 11, 2024 At Mingei International Museum

La Frontera Diane Falkenhagen, Vipers (A Mild Metaphor for Border Politics, 2023, 2023, born and lives in Galveston, TX, USA.copper, powder coat, graphite drawings, sterling silver, 8.25 x 8.25 x 1 in, Courtesy of the Artist. Image courtesy of the Artist. exhibitions

La Frontera

Jan 27 - Aug 4, 2024

A World of Beads 2020-001-815, Necklace, Mingei International Museum, The Bead Museum, Gift of Gabrielle Liese. exhibitions

A World of Beads

Nov 19, 2022 - Jul 28, 2024 At Mingei International Museum

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