Objects range from functional Japanese ceramics and indigenous baskets to whimsical folk toys and miniatures from around the globe, all celebrating the many ways art connects us across geography and time. They also showcase the intricate interplay between humans and the natural world, as well as the persistent desire to make and live with beautiful and well-crafted things. Above all, the objects are intended to spark creativity, imagination and joy.
On View
Sep 3, 2021 - Aug 14, 2022
Location
Curated By
Barbara Hanson Forsyth and Camille Bethune-Brown
The Museum’s free Commons Level features selections from the Museum’s permanent collection. The art displayed establishes a connection between Mingei’s roots in the early 20th-century Japanese mingei movement and the Museum’s dynamic collecting mission focused on “art of the people.”